Performance Lead

Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed sale of Vantive to funds managed by the Carlyle Group is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

Performance Lead

As a core member of the extended SLT, this person will drive performance and deploy continuous improvement across the site. This individual should be a strong team player with highly developed communication and presentation skills. This position reports to the plant manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Focused on identifying and improving OEE throughout the end-to-end value streams of the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC)

- Implementation of the Baxter Operating System (BOS) – our Enterprise-wide operating system using Lean Thinking, Lean Implementation, Digital Transformation and effective Root Cause Problem Solving to drive improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost

- Shaping and deploying standard tier boards, KPI cascades, across balance scorecard metrics into all functions and areas

- Supporting the delivery of team-based Kaizen improvements in line with top loss data and site manufacturing strategy

- Working cross functionally to ensure all departments contribute, assist, and deliver quantifiable performance improvement across the business

- Working cross functionally to deliver the site MIP program in line with the site strategy. Tracking, updating, and coordinating MIP oversight and budgeting

- Working cross functionally to ensure all departments contribute, assist, and deliver quantifiable performance improvement across the business Communication & employee engagement

- Ensure mechanisms are in place to communicate and drive employee involvement within continuous improvement projects and continually review their effectiveness and explore new options which link to & support the site engagement plans

- KPI data evaluation / Tableau analysis - Data analysis, report development, cost saving evaluation and creation of improvement narratives

- Advanced problem-solving capability. Supporting site teams to solve complex problems by facilitating structured problem-solving events, eliminate waste and deliver new capacity / capability against the manufacturing strategy and business growth plans

- Implementing standard practices and standard work to improve processes

- Training in Opex elements as required to align with Opex strategy across site

- Management of 6S program across the site. Coach and mentor site Black Belt and Green Belt candidates to ensure timely completion of their quality and/or cost focused projects- ultimately leading to the candidate’s certification.

Qualifications:

- Must have experience managing teams and developing support programs

- Advantage Six Sigma Black Belt certification

- Must have a working knowledge of LEAN tools and methodology

- Must be able to function in a team environment

- Must be able to directly lead and/or co-lead high-impact process improvement projects

- Ability to manage multiple projects

- Proven skills working with cross-functional teams

- Strong negotiating and influencing skills. The ability to drive change.

- Excellent reading, writing and verbal communication and platform skills in local language as well as in English. Strong teaching and presentation skills required

- Strong analytical/statistical problem-solving skills

- Strong Coaching and Facilitation skills

Education and/or Experience:

-BS/BA degree or equivalent degree in Business Management, Engineering, or other related field of study. MBA, MS or other technical graduate degree preferred

- Solid knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing principles with a minimum 5 years of business operations and/or plant manufacturing or engineering experience, which includes a minimum of 3+ years of demonstrated process improvement success

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