Supply Chain Transformation Director; Medical Devices

Supply Chain Transformation Director (for Medical Devices)

Supply Chain Transformation Director (for Medical Devices)

The Supply Chain Transformation Director is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic roadmap to enable business growth, including efforts/programs to simplify and optimize the end-to-end supply chain, improve service levels, reduce costs, innovate, and deliver world-class supply chain performance to delight our customers.

Your role:

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement a strategic roadmap aligned with best practices and the overall business objectives. This includes a customer‑centric mindset, setting clear goals and objectives, defining key performance indicators (KPIs), and creating a roadmap for achieving transformational outcomes.
• Execution & Change management: Develop, implement, and execute programs aligned with the organization's strategic objectives. This includes effective governance models, defining program scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines. Coordinate cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth program execution.
• Team Leadership: Provide leadership and guidance to the teams from different functions, involved in program execution. Foster a collaborative and high‑performing team environment. Coach and mentor team members, provide feedback, and support their professional development.
• Process Optimization: Identify and deliver opportunities to streamline and optimize supply chain processes, including but not limited to:
  Sterilization strategy implementation, Make vs Buy program development, Network design optimization, End‑to‑End technology and AI platforms for supply chain/manufacturing, Operational Excellence, and Cost to Deliver optimization.
• Talent Development: Build and develop a high‑performing supply chain transformation team capable of driving and sustaining new capabilities and solutions.
• Innovation & Technology Enablement Drives innovation initiatives to leverage emerging technologies and trends in supply chain management, such as automation and AI, to enhance operational efficiency and agility.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the supply chain by encouraging innovation, fostering experimentation, and promoting a mindset of agility and adaptability. Implements best practices and standards to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards while maintaining high levels of operational excellence.
• Emerging Best Practices: Stays abreast of industry trends, market dynamics, and technological advancements to anticipate future challenges and opportunities, driving proactive adjustments to the supply chain strategy.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired a Bachelor's degree with 18 years of experience in Operations and Supply chain domains, or a Master's degree with 15 years of experience in Operations and Supply chain domains. (This is a people leader role of a team of 8 direct reports)
• Your skills include Supply Chain Management, Program Management and Change Management, People Management, and Executive Stakeholder Management.
• You have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electro‑mechanical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent. Master's Degree is preferred.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office‑based teams, this means working in‑person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full‑time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

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