Lean Leader to Getinge Critical Care

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

We are Getinge! We are team players, game changers & forward thinkers, working together towards a common goal. At Getinge, our passion is to secure that every person and community have access to the best possible care, offering hospitals and life science institutions products and solutions that aim to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. Every day we collaborate to make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives. Unleash your potential, inspire change, and bring ideas to life with us. If you are up for challenging the status quo, join our team and make your mark on the future with us.

About this opportunity  

Our product area Critical Care is located at our site in Solna outside Stockholm and in Feldkirchen in Germany. Here we have full cycle development and final assembly of our products within Ventilation, Anesthesia and Advanced Monitoring.  

In this role, your primary responsibility will be to lead and improve the LEAN manufacturing work at Getinge Critical Care on the site in Solna. You will initiate plans and activities to increase productivity and reduce costs and will serve as a Subject Matter Expert and trainer for the site. You will work closely together with the production managers, team leaders and operators in the production as well as Solna Operations Management team. You will be supported by other LEAN leaders within Getinge hold the role of Champion for Solna within the global team for manufacturing excellence.  You will report to the Senior Director Operations Critical Care.

What you will do

• Champion and driver of the Critical Care Manufacturing Excellence Program.
• Lead Lean transformation projects to improve efficiency and remove waste.
• Be an instrumental part in setting a Lean thinking culture on all levels.
• Train and coach teams in Lean principles, tools, and best practices.
• Analyze processes and process flows to identify improvement opportunities together with process owners.
• Develop and implement methods for continuous improvements and process optimization in production and in supporting functions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Continuous follow-up of project plans and report risks, deviations to Manufacturing Excellent stakeholders, steering groups and management.
• Monitor and report KPI:s related to the Getinge Manufacturing Excellence Program.

This position is based in Solna and includes international travelling approximately 4-6 times/year.

You will bring

To be successful in this position, we believe that you have the following qualifications.

• Solid experience and knowledge in LEAN manufacturing including End-to-End Flow Process optimization, Continuous improvement work and/or similar areas.
• Engineering Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in training and coaching of others on different organizational levels.
• Strong Leadership skills.
• Previous background and experience in project management is an advantage.
• Knowledge and experience within the MedTech industry is an advantage.
• Fluent in Swedish and English. Will write training material, instructions and educate others in both Swedish and English.

In addition to your technical skills, we highly value your personality. You need to have excellent communication skills and the ability to coach and communicate with different stakeholders. You are a true teamplayer and problem solver with an eagerness to learn and develop others.

We think you have an ambition for growth and an eagerness for keeping up to date within your field of expertise.

At Getinge we see ourselves as proactive and self-driven in learning and contributing to the continued development of our products and our organization's capabilities.  We are Team Players, Forward Thinkers and Game Changers.

We think you will thrive in a high-expectation environment and have an interest in our products.

Why join Getinge 

Getinge offers a job in a safe and informal work environment, where we appreciate close team collaboration. We keep an open dialogue between leaders and employees, as well as between teams. We are focused on developing people, and together we will create a plan for learning and competence development when you start your career with us. 

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including wellness allowances, generous family benefits and joint company activities. Everything to ensure we support your well-being and goals.

Application  

Applications will be reviewed continually, and we therefore recommend sending us your application as soon as possible, but no later than 2025-04-20

We kindly ask you to submit your application in our recruitment system by clicking the “apply now” button. Due to GDPR regulations we do not accept applications via e-mail.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Hiring Manager Jonas Kärvin at email: Jonas.karvin@getinge.com or Talent Partner Emma Paulsson at: emma.paulsson@getinge.com .

We look forward to receiving your application. We hope you will join us on our journey to become the world’s most desired MedTech company

About us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.  

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 

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