Head of OpEx(m/w/x)

Job Description You’re an important part of our future. Hopefully, we're also a part of your future! At B. Braun, we protect and improve the health of people worldwide. You support this vision, bringing expertise and sharing innovation, efficiency and sustainability as values. That’s why we would like to keep developing our company with you. Keeping your future in mind, we’re making a joint contribution to health care worldwide, with trust, transparency and appreciation. That's Sharing Expertise. Head (f/m/d) of OpEx Functional Area: Production Working Model: Onsite Requisition ID: 6834 Within the B. Braun Melsungen AG, the OPEX team of the Center of Excellence Infusion & Pain Therapy (CoE IPT) of our Hospital Care division is looking for a Head (f/m/d) of Operational Excellence. The OPEX-Team fosters a culture of continuous improvement. It focuses on the identification of improvement-potentials in processes at the production sites and in the CoE to achieve sustainable cost-reduction and performance-gains. As Head (f/m/d) of Operational Excellence you have a key-role in the development and execution of the CoE´s strategic projects and initiatives to achieve cost-reduction and efficiency-improvement. You are responsible for the harmonization and development of the OPEX system for the medical plants of the division Hospital-Care. As part of the Circle of Competence (CoC) you collaborate on the definition of best practises for Operational Excellence. **Tasks and responsibilities:** * Disciplinary and professional leadership of the Operational Excellence area for the Center of Excellence Infusion & Pain Therapy * Development and execution of strategic measures for a continuous cost reduction within the CoE and its production sites * Finding and implementation of solutions as well as implementation of optimization projects with a focus on production, process and product development * Mediation, application and implementation of an operational excellence culture using lean management methods * Support and active cooperation towards corporate OPEX strategies * Operational support of the plants for process analysis, identification of waste and definition of performance improvement plans * Driving a review-process with the plants, assessing the impact and effectiveness of performance initiatives and make necessary adjustments **Professional skills:** * You have successfully completed a bachelor degree in business administration, medical technology or engineering * You have at least five years of practical experience in management consulting, in continuous improvement programs and in project management * Ideally, you have professional experience in a medical technology company and/or management * You demonstrate a high level of expertise in the application of lean management techniques, proven practical experience with the DBM system is an advantage * Your German and English skills are excellent. Further language skills are an advantage **Personal skills:** * You are confident and engaging, are communicative and display a high level of intercultural competence * You have excellent analytical skills * You have an independent, goal-oriented and structured way of working * You possess a high willingness to travel **Benefits:** * Corporate networks * Company pension scheme * Mobility options, e.g. the B. Braun job ticket or job bike * Services related to work & family, e.g. holiday childcare * Flexible working hours, such as flexitime and mobile work * Employee discounts