Plant IT Lead

Overview

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BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of Med Tech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We are the makers of possible BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of Med Tech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

The role of the Plant IT Lead is to serve as the TGS representative responsible for partnering with local Plant Managers and their site leadership teams to drive and shape demand for new requests and to ensure day to day manufacturing and quality operations at a site level are enabled through the continued availability of TGS supported technologies for the Manufacturing, Plant Maintenance, Quality control and Quality engineering functions.

The role is also accountable for ensuring that the full portfolio of manufacturing-specific TGS work for the plants is delivered as planned and budgeted and includes ensuring corresponding projects, plans, status reports, compliance and regulatory measures, resources, etc. are in place for the manufacturing and related DC locations.

This individual will serve as a point of escalation for the Plant Managers, their direct leadership team, and the plant SMEs. They will be required to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the Manufacturing function is proactively supported and is provided with strategic thought leadership when it comes to improving and increasing the use case of technology at a site level, including Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory (digital) opportunities.

This is a great opportunity for someone to facilitate building a strong, collaborative, trusted partnership between the Plant IT and Plant Management teams. This role needs to bring together the appropriate technology, process and workplace solutions so they contribute to the overall Operations (Manufacturing, Plant Maintenance, Smart Factory and Quality) agenda of the region.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of operational understanding and strategic thinking, have both business and technology experience and have exceptional relationship building skills with a solution-oriented mindset. The Ability to influence and break down silos within an organization as well across organizations is highly valuable. Communicating complex business / technical challenges in a simplified manner and leading by example, mentoring, and motivating others around them will be needed.

The candidate should have good analytical, evaluative, judgment, decision-making and problem-solving abilities. Having strong humility, listening, creativity, and negotiation skills is Key.

This position reports directly to the TGS Plant IT Segment Lead and keeps a dotted line to the plant.

• Developing a deep knowledge of the local Manufacturing environment, including the key driver goals, short and long-term road maps, business processes and key personnel.
• Establish and earn a value-adding, strategic partner relationship with the Plant management team, the regional Plant IT and the entire TGS function.
• Partner with the Plant leadership to plan new joint initiatives, evaluate proposals, and determine how they fit into roadmaps and priorities.
• Partner with site management to measure benefits of TGS investments at the site, measure and communicate value realized on a periodic basis through…