Sr Manufacturing Manager - Brooklyn Park

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 8 Mar 2026

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

Today, we’re partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges – this requires bold leadership. If you want a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

Join our team as the Sr. Manufacturing Manager where you will lead the Manufacturing organization at our Brooklyn Park Facility. This individual will prioritize a lean culture through MPS Deployment, Value Stream Strategy, Lean and Six Sigma Coaching, and find unique problems to solve in manufacturing for the Twin Cities Campus. The Brooklyn Park site is part of the Twin Cities Campus organization that touches $2.1B of extended revenue for Medtronic and partners across 7 different Operating Units to deliver Innovative Solutions and Manufacturing to our patients.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

We empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones, with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise.

As the Sr Manufacturing Manager you will plan, direct and coordinate all aspects of the Value Stream and all associated processes at the enterprise level; in accordance with company objectives and operating budgets to satisfy safety, quality, cost, and delivery requirements. This includes but is not limited to coordinating activities with a cross functional team including engineering, purchasing, materials movement, scheduling, manufacturing, and in-process quality functions.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of activities in production area(s) to meet production goals, quality, and cost objectives.
• Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply.
• Plans and administers procedures and budgets.
• Makes budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and direct/indirect labor.
• Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
• Develops schedules and workforce requirements for assigned areas.
• Embrace the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) and implement One Best Way practices to improve local manufacturing and business processes.
• Conduct daily Gemba walks to observe & understand the health of the overall system, processes & workflows to understand the key opportunities and where to best direct short, medium and long-term improvement activity & resources.
• Management
  
  Skills:
  
  Management of Financial and Material Resources, Critical Thinking, Project Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Collaboration and Productivity Software, Effective Communication Skills.
• Functional
  
  Skills:
  
  Machining and Manufacturing Technologies, Proficient computer skills, Data Science and Analysis, Lean Manufacturing and continued improvement, Managing Quality.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant Manufacturing, Warehouse and Distribution experience within a highly regulated industry and 5+ years of Managerial experience; OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant Manufacturing, Warehouse and Distribution experience within a highly regulated industry and 5+ years of Managerial experience.

• Supervisory experience…