Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist - Lean Manufacturing

Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist - Lean Manufacturing

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

• Utilize Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to identify improvement opportunities that lead to year over year cost savings.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement at all levels through root cause analysis, PDCA methodologies, GEMBA management, etc.
• Support the Continuous Improvement program for the site to deliver improved results in cost, quality and customer service.
• Lead improvement workshops, kaizen events, chalk circles, VSM and other improvement events.
• Build skills and capabilities of others in Lean methods, cost savings and OEE/OLE.

• Know and can use Lean or Six Sigma improvement methods.
• Know and use Lean Manufacturing and industrial engineering methods such as time studies, flow analysis and system optimization.
• Proven experience in digitization solutions, including Power BI, SQL, and other data analytics platforms, to support data‑driven decision‑making, streamline reporting processes, and enhance operational visibility across the organization.
• Plan and facilitate workshops and improvement events.
• Strong collaboration, influencing, and project management skills, and the ability to drive change projects with cross‑functional partners to conclusion.
• Driven, self‑directing, goal oriented and able to prioritize workload in an agile environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.
• Financial acumen with advanced understanding of BOMs, value add, costing, and overhead.
• Experience operating as part of a site cross‑functional team, managing stakeholder relationships, and reporting up to senior management level.
• Excellent oral communications, business writing and presentation skills.
• Willing to travel up to 10%.

We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing.

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become part of a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions and orientations, working together to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare.

The base pay range for this position is:
Min $102,600 – Max $153,900.

Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination.

Siemens Healthineers is committed to equal employment opportunity. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

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A successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.

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• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

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