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Medtronic Sr Manufacturing Supervisor. in Kerkrade, Netherlands
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.
A Day in the Life
The Medtronic site located in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, is positioned close to the EMEA Distribution Centre as well as the Bakken Research Centre. Currently, the site is being transformed from a manual, analogue, and standalone manufacturing environment into a data-driven and connected key supply chain node. The site assembles configurable perfusion packs used as an interface between patients and the heart-lung machine during open-heart surgery.
For the Kerkrade site, we are looking for a Supervisor who will be positioned within the Operations department, reporting to the Operations Manager and contributing to the end-to-end door-to-door value stream.
In this role, you will work closely not only with fellow Operations Supervisors but also with key supporting functions including Finance, Quality, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Sourcing, and Planning. As such, you will act as a broad generalist, with the curiosity and capability to dive deeper into specific topics when required in order to support operational performance and cross-functional collaboration.
The successful candidate will start with a comprehensive onboarding and training period designed to build a strong understanding of the Kerkrade site, its processes, and the end-to-end value stream. During this phase, the focus will be on learning the operations, building cross-functional relationships, and developing a solid foundation within the business. During this period, the role will not yet include formal supervisory responsibilities. Depending on prior experience, this development phase may last up to one year, after which the candidate will gradually transition into full supervisory responsibilities.
Following this initial phase, the candidate will progressively build traction and influence within the end-to-end value stream, contributing to and leading cross-functional initiatives and improvement projects. From there, multiple career development paths may open, including:
• Line leadership, taking on the role of Functional Supervisor leading a team of assembly and/or warehouse operators
• Project leadership, driving operational or cross-functional improvement initiatives
• Opportunities within Planning or Sourcing, depending on business needs and the individual’s strengths and interests
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Support and contribute to the end-to-end door-to-door value stream within the Kerkrade Operations environment
Collaborate closely with Operations Supervisors and cross-functional teams including Finance, Quality, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Sourcing, Planning, and Distribution
Analyse and structure operational data, extract insights, and develop actionable controls to improve operational performance
Contribute to and lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence methodologies
Support the digitization of operational processes and help shape data structures that enable better decision-making and performance monitoring
Engage actively with stakeholders across the organization, from shopfloor operators to senior leadership, to drive alignment and operational improvements
Participate in and eventually lead cross-functional projects and transformation initiatives within the value stream
After the onboarding period, transition into supervisory and/or project leadership responsibilities within the Operations organization
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Management, or a related field.
Ambitious early-career professional with strong potential and motivation to grow within an operations and manufacturing environment.
Passion for products, processes, and people, with a strong interest in continuous improvement (knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC; Green/Black Belt is a plus).
Hands-on and data-driven mindset, capable of structuring, extracting, and analysing data to generate actionable insights and operational controls.
Strong interest in digitization and data engineering, with the ability and curiosity to leverage data to drive operational performance.
Dynamic communicator, comfortable interacting with stakeholders at all levels—from shopfloor operators to senior leadership.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions such as Sourcing, Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Distribution.
Result-oriented and proactive, with leadership potential to contribute to and drive cross-functional initiatives and complex improvement projects across the value stream.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Netherlands: 70,000.00 EUR - 105,000.00 EUR |
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Operations Incentive Plan (OIP).
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…
Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
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