Senior Director, Global Process Technology Engineering

Role Overview

• Driving technology advancements into Solventum global plants, including disruptive and digital technologies across the Medical, Dental, and Drinking Water business areas.
• Providing strategic and tactical direction to internal manufacturing locations, including leading Factory Acceptance Testing and assisting with on-site startup and qualification of new equipment and processes.
• Working to achieve Supply Chain performance metrics—Service, Quality, Lead Time, Inventory, COGS—by driving continuous improvement projects to deliver global cost reduction.
• Partnering with Manufacturing and R&D to incorporate appropriate process and equipment technology into NPIs and supporting growth through NPIs and new product launches.
• Providing subject matter expertise across the lifecycle of products and processes at manufacturing locations to drive growth and technology improvements.
• Developing Global Manufacturing Technology standards, programs, processes, and metrics.
• Collaborating with R&D and NPI teams to scale up and deliver robust commercial manufacturing equipment and processes, bringing new technology and automating manual processes for future efficiency and repeatability.
• Ensuring compliance with environmental, health, safety, regulatory, intellectual property, and accounting requirements.
• Providing leadership to Solventum Engineering through engineering-sponsored committees, technical organizations, and the Engineering Council.
• Managing the internal technology IP process.
• Executing process development and characterization, defining critical operating parameters for validation and manufacturing process control.
• Calculating and maintaining manufacturing capacity analysis for key assets globally.
• Participating in manufacturing network analysis programs for organic and inorganic growth and regionalization.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution AND thirteen (13) years of combined experience in manufacturing, Engineering, and/or supply chain leadership in the medical device, medtech, pharmaceutical, or biotech industry
• OR Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution AND fifteen (15) years of combined experience in manufacturing, Engineering, and/or supply chain leadership in the medical device, medtech, pharmaceutical, or biotech industry
• Strategic leader able to capture end-to-end customer/business needs across the value stream and lead a team to deliver those results
• Capability to drive success in a customer first, global, end to end value stream
• Strong coaching and collaboration skills
• Previous management experience in production, value stream/product/manufacturing operations, and plant environments
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Previous international manufacturing and supply chain experiences
• Experience in leading projects involving capital expenditures and/or New Product Introduction
• Experience working in regulated markets and/industries.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences
• Retirement Benefits