Global BD Excellence Senior Manager - Factory Flow

Global BD Excellence Senior Manager – Factory Flow

BD is seeking a passionate and results‑driven professional to join our global Operational Excellence (OPEX) community. This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented, highly motivated, and positive individual to make a meaningful impact by driving change and continuous improvement across our global network.

About The Role

Reporting to the Associate Director, Global BD Excellence, the Global BD Excellence Senior Manager – Factory Flow will lead initiatives that foster a culture of operational and customer excellence. You will champion Continuous Improvement (CI) and implement sustainable performance enhancements across quality, delivery, cost, and safety.

Main Responsibilities

• Mentor factory teams on BD Excellence, focusing on external and internal benchmarking and developing a zero‑loss approach to optimize quality, delivery, and cost while enhancing safety.
• Develop capability through components and component teams to establish fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability; guide sites to ensure resources and priorities align with these fundamentals.
• Manage implementation of BD Excellence components, enhancing capability development and aligning resources across functions to achieve continuous improvement objectives.
• Expand BD Excellence capability to support sites in a multi‑year cost‑to‑win strategy, focusing on problem‑solving, loss awareness, and sustainable loss elimination.
• Mentor associates in continuous improvement methodologies within manufacturing areas, emphasizing Lean Workplace and Factory Flow components.
• Assist plant BD Excellence teams in outlining Factory Flow and Lean Workplace Strategy, monitoring metrics, and achieving efficiencies in internal logistics.
• Outline the roadmap for Lean Workplace and Factory Flow components.
• Facilitate and lead breakthrough Kaizen events and bootcamps to realize targeted performance improvements.
• Conduct on‑site mentoring and assessments of Kaizen activities; develop governance to track project and saving status.
• Support site leadership in crafting a strategic vision and aligning critical metrics top‑down and bottom‑up.
• Support Lean Flow Centers of Excellence; develop standards, guidelines, and procedures to maintain critical metrics and visibility of global component impact.
• Collaborate with BD Excellence Business Units and other functional departments to develop projects, solutions, and procedures.
• Lead multiple teams and projects to desired results, prioritize cost‑savings projects, and manage them to completion.
• Work together to devise and implement a strategic plan for ongoing improvement in Factory Flow (Internal Logistics) and Lean Workplace.
• Champion barrier‑removal by addressing issues promptly and challenging the status quo to provide efficient solutions to customers.

Preferred Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience implementing Lean and Six Sigma business systems; Six Sigma Black Belt preferred.
• Demonstrated passion for safety, customer‑centricity, and operational excellence.
• At least 7 years of manufacturing experience; leadership background in a plant setting desirable.
• Strong understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels.
• Strong track record in project or program management.
• Experience managing production systems; production‑system certification or acknowledgment preferred.
• Proficiency in BD Excellence Factory Flow and Lean Workplace (time‑study techniques, 5S, 5T, Kanban, 5S, 5T, supermarket systems).
• Expertise in problem‑solving and experience training/mentoring others.
• Flexible; encouraged travel up to 70%.
• Proficient in English; Spanish is a plus.

Salary

€80,700 – €145,300 annually.

Equal Opportunity

Becton, Dickinson and Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.

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