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A Day in the Life

CTOR OEM

The Acute Care & Monitoring Operating Unit is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM OU organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovation processes, refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated and comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result — and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

The Program Manager/Core Team Operations Representative (CTOR) is the primary ACM OU Operations interface for OEM and Distribution Deals, working with the Core team. This is a highly visible and impactful role in the operations network and for the Acute Care Monitoring business. The CTOR will lead a cross functional team and is responsible for, planning, execution, and implementation of new OEM and Distribution Deals.
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A Day in The Life Of:

Autonomy: The PD Program Manager in the CTOR role is responsible for small to medium scale programs. A successful candidate will need to bring clarityclear communication, refine plans, and drive team execution through ambiguously defined situations. Guidance from peers and stakeholders is readily available.
Organizational Impact: The candidate will own and ensure overall Operations project execution with respect to schedule, budget, resource allocation, risk management, issue resolution and compliance to internal quality process requirements. Results are accomplished by leading Extended Operations functions that may include Demand/ Supply Planning, Technical Sourcing, Supplier quality, Process Development, Global Manufacturing – MDT & CM, OEM suppliers, Packaging & Labelling, Sterilization, Service & Repair, Sustainability, Global Supply Chain, and Distribution functions.
Influence and Complexity:  A successful candidate will be able to 1) apply best practices and lead meetings with internal/external stakeholders, 2) Communicate effectively to higher level management, 3) Solve issues through information exchange and influence, and 4) Gain cooperation of other functions on program objectives and plan execution.
Flexibility: A successful candidate will need to work with international teams so work schedule flexibility is possible as long as all project needs are met. Travel is required for this role and is usually planned in advance to meet project needs with up to 25% domestic/international travel.
The preferred location for this position is Galway, Ireland, with travel up to 25%

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the Extended Operations Team to ensure on-time and on-schedule delivery of OEM & Distribution Deal launches.
Provide Voice of Operations during project scoping.
Support project planning, phase gate reviews, and execution of Operations project deliverables.
Support Configuration/ Inventory Management
Communicate operations specific labelling requirements to OEMs (specifically for distribution control)
Review final labels with labelling SME
Support/ lead (as required) Global Item Changes (GIC’s) and drive to completion.
Support Global Network Enablement GNE
Supporting Supplier quality Engineering (SQE) with PPAP as needed
Issue and Risk Management
Work with Distribution Centres such as Heerlen VAS (Value Added Service)

COMMUNICATIONS & INFLUENCE RESPONSIBILITIES

Active and effective listener, conflict management
Ability to lead and Influence between Extended Operations Team and Core Team
Effective written and spoken communicator
Coach and develop extended Operations members, to help individuals advance their skills and careers. Provide performance feedback.
Recognize teams and individuals for exceptional performance

Key Skills & Experience

L8 Bachelors degree required with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Advanced degree in an Engineering discipline or Masters in Business Administration advantageous
Experience in managing and launching new Medical Device Products and therapies
Medical device product development experience and a strong understanding of FDA, ICH and IEC standards
Experience across the entire product lifecycle
DRM, DFSS or Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
Experience with manufacturing process development & validation. Including IQ, OQ, PQ, Measurement System Analysis, DOE, PFMEA, Control Planning.
Experience working with Value Stream Mapping and Capacity Planning.
Statistics & data analysis and sample size requirements.

Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package

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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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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

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