Senior Principal Process Engineer, OPEX - MFG

What Global Manufacturing Excellence contributes to Cardinal Health

Global Manufacturing Excellence is responsible for executing the strategic goals for operational excellence within a business segment, unit, or function including the selection and development of resources, managing the project pipeline, and ensuring ongoing communication about progress against goals. Works with multiple cross functional teams, business practitioners, and/or senior leaders and pursues independent actions to synthesize findings, develop improvement recommendations, and lead initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the Manufacturing Excellence program for a specific site, region, or value stream to drive results in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People
• Responsible for executing hands-on continuous improvement projects to support standardization
• Identify, develop, and execute short-term (10 weeks) projects to support process optimizations and cost-savings
• Conduct gap assessments of current business and/or functional performance using fact-based research techniques
• Apply world class best practices and process improvement tools while producing results for our business segment
• Gathers and interprets internal and external customer requirements for a segment or multi-segment process and establishes optimal process parameters
• Provide training and coaching on continuous improvements tools and techniques to build internal competencies
• Responsibility year-over-year within broad organizational operational excellence improvement efforts
• Responsible for aligning with senior leadership and other key stakeholders to develop and implement performance improvement recommendations

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience directly related in continuous improvement preferred
• 6+ years of experience working in medical device manufacturing setting, preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, preferred
• Experience in Kaizen processes, implementations, and continuous improvement recommendations
• Familiarity with SPC, Experimental Design, and Statistical Sampling Techniques
• Experience working with FDA Quality Systems Regulations and ISO Quality Systems
• Ability to lead team toward operational objectives
• Aptitude to contribute to strategic goal-setting for department/business unit
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, problem solving and implementation skills required
• Experience with change management and influencing, negotiating, and communicating across multiple organizational levels
• Travel expectations: up to 25% overnight travel, domestic and international
• Additional local travel may be required

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
• Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
• Projects may have significant and long-term impact
• Provides solutions which may set precedent
• Independently determines method for completion of new projects
• Receives guidance on overall project objectives
• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $88,800 - $133,140

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 4/6/24 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.