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W. L. Gore & Associates · 2 days ago

New Product Development Operations Leader

Arizona, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

W. L. Gore & Associates is seeking a highly skilled Operations Leader to join their Supply Chain team supporting New Product Development in Gore Medical. The role involves integrating and operationalizing supply chain components for new product development projects to ensure stable and scalable products at launch.

Health CareManufacturingMedical Device

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop the New Product Development (NPD) Supply Chain system requirements and key performance indicators to monitor progress and ensure execution towards Supply Chain Stakeholder Requirements

Align with the Supply Chain & Process Architects and/or Product Operations Leaders to develop and ensure sustainment of manufacturability goals and key performance indicators for the product throughout the development life cycle, ensuring an on-time launch with a reliable supply chain

Assess and drive manufacturability of the overall product and process design throughout the design and development cycle to achieve stakeholder and system requirements. Ensure supply chain is set up to scale at rate for new product launch

Leverage the Gore Business System (GBS - a systemic approach for driving performance improvement daily across the Enterprise), embedding its principles into daily operations and leadership behaviors, to create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Drive alignment across engineering and end-to-end supply chain capability teams to understand and execute to NPD project team needs, timelines, and goals

Ensure the delivery of materials, components, products, equipment, services, and completion of NPD process Supply Chain deliverables in alignment with mutually agreed project goals and milestones, strategies for leveraged capabilities, and business supply chain architecture

Define and as required provide leadership to operational support team

Identify commercialization and supply chain risks and drive appropriate mitigation strategies

Drive operational plans for life cycle scalability, launch readiness, and product commercialization across the end-to-end supply chain, including integration during all lifecycles with forecasting for financial outlook and Sales & Operational Process (S&OP) for NPD and commercial production

Establish clear expectations of equitable and inclusive behaviors from Associates and act immediately to appropriately address negatively impactful or unfair behavior

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementDesign for ManufacturabilityCross-Functional LeadershipLean ManufacturingData Analytical SkillsMedical Product KnowledgeOrganizational AlignmentInclusive Work EnvironmentBusiness AcumenAttention to Detail

Required

Bachelor's degree with an operation, supply chain, or technical emphasis OR a minimum of 5 years of demonstrated equivalent experience

Minimum 5 years of experience working in supply chain, engineering and/or manufacturing operations roles across product life cycles

Minimum 2 years demonstrated effective cross-functional leadership and ability to influence across product lifecycle

Demonstrated experience in creating and maintaining an inclusive work environment with clear understanding of equitable practices

Demonstrated depth of knowledge of medical product supply chains

Demonstrated knowledge of design for manufacturability, lean manufacturing and problem-solving approaches, and the ability to apply this knowledge to supplier base, manufacturing, product & process design

Demonstrated track record of clear decision making and organizational alignment

Strong written/oral, organizational, data analytical skills, and attention to detail

Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%, considering project locations