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Operation Excellence Lead
Zimmer Biomet —Galway, County Galway
- Full-time
- Management
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Wellness program
IT Business Relationship Manager
Information Technology Senior Management Forum —Finisklin, County Galway
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
Finance Manager - PACS Mature Markets
ASSA ABLOY —Galway, County Galway
- Oracle
- English
- Finance
- Annual leave
Head of HSSQ - Maternity Cover
Sisk —Galway, County Galway
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- No degree
- SharePoint
- Annual leave
Assistant Financial Controller, Group Accounting & Projects
FP&A —Galway, County Galway
- €70,000–€80,000 a year
- Call to connect
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Accounting
- Annual leave
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
G-P —Galway, County Galway
- €160,800–€201,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Computer Science
- Master's degree
- AWS
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Associate Director - Mechanical
EDC Engineering Design Consultants LTD. —Galway, County Galway
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Team management
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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Fire Surveyor
Jensen Hughes —Galway, County Galway
- Microsoft Word
- Research
- Bachelor's degree
Associate Director - Electrical
EDC Engineering Design Consultants LTD. —Galway, County Galway
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Team management
- Electrical Engineering
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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Associate Director Development Engineering (Civil)
AECOM —Galway, County Galway
- Full-time
- Remote
- Leadership
Senior Engineer
Local Government Jobs Ireland —Galway, County Galway
- €93,698–€112,107 a year
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Associate Mechanical Engineer
EDC Engineering Design Consultants LTD. —Galway, County Galway
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Microsoft Office
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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Principal Fire Engineer
Jensen Hughes —Galway, County Galway
- Part-time
- Engineering
- Research
- Bachelor's degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance program
Senior Executive Planner
Local Government Jobs Ireland —Galway, County Galway
- €80,680–€100,692 a year
12d
Senior Ecologist
MKO —NUIG, County Galway
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Associate Electrical Engineer
EDC Engineering Design Consultants LTD. —Galway, County Galway
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Microsoft Office
- Master's degree
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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Operation Excellence Lead

Zimmer Biomet -
Galway, County Galway

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Job details

Full-time

Benefits

Wellness program

Qualifications

Management
Engineering
Bachelor's degree
Manufacturing
Business
Leadership
Communication skills

Full job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

The Operations Excellence Lead is a pivotal leadership role responsible for delivering strategic business imrpovements that reduce operating costs, drive organizational efficiency, and eliminate waste. Partnering closely with senior leadership, this role will lead Lean transformation efforts, capital optimization initiatives, and cost savings initiatives across the Irish manufacturing sites.

This position will champion a culture of continuous improvement, lead key Rapid CI activities across all shifts, and progress the sites toward World-Class & Shingo certification standards. The role requires a proven track record of leading through influence, delivering measurable results via Lean/ Six Sigma methodologies, and managing complex projects in a fast-paced multinational environment.

Reporting to the Manufacturing Director and collaborating closely with the Irish Senior Leadership Team, the Operations Excellence Lead will drive change, inspire accountability, and enable high-performance manufacturing operations.

How You'll Create Impact

Lead the Operational Excellence strategic pillar in alignment with Zimmer Biomet's Ireland and global strategy. Embed a strong continuous improvement culture across all levels and shifts, empowering employees to drive change.
Build & develop high-performing, outcome-driven teams through integrity, accountability, and collaboration.
Design & execute strategies that strengthen performance across Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People.
Identify & evaluate new methodologies enhancing operational capability.
Manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships across all Zimmer Biomet sites/ shifts to ensure alignment and successful program execution.
Advance site efficiency and performance improvement initiatives through Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen practices.
Anticipate, redesign, and evolve manufacturing systems while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Own and continuously improve operational budgets to deliver targeted cost reductions.
Collaborate with PMO (project portfolio management office) and ensure full organizational alignment to annual goals.
Develop future leaders by attracting, retaining, and mentoring top talent.
Support and execute new product introductions, technology transfers, and line extensions aligned with business growth.
Lead industry 4.0 adoption in partnership with the MES team.

What Makes You Stand Out

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly, succinctly and effectively.
Proven problem-solving capabilities, essential for navigating operational, engineering and strategic challenges.
Demonstrated success in leading teams to achieve business objectives, with a particular emphasis on developing and managing People Leaders.
Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate future needs & plan accordingly to ensure sustained success.
In-depth understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements within the medical device industry.
Creative and analytical thinker with a track record of applying innovative solutions to enhance manufacturing processes.
Expertise in operational leadership, including successful implementation of Lean methodologies resulting in measurable productivity improvements.
High level of resilience, flexibility & adaptability in fast-paced, evolving environments; able to maintain focus and lead teams through periods of change and challenge.
Bold: With a compelling and inspiring vision, a BOLD leader courageously challenges the status quo, takes calculated risks, and cultivates new ideas that inspire and motivate others to action.
Insightful: With a global perspective and focus on the future, and INSIGHTFUL leader anticipates obstacles, simplifies the complex, and leverages data, insights and experience to bring their strategy to life.
Collaborative: A COLLABORATIVE leader seeks to achieve organizational priorities by intentionally creating a sense of shared purpose and connections that harness and enable the power of diverse teams.
Proactive: A PROACTIVE leader is unwavering in their commitment to achieve results with a sense of urgency, even in the face of challenges, inspiring the same mindset within their team.
Agile: An AGILE leader looks both outward and inward to identify and embrace opportunities to learn and grow, evolving and adapting their approach to ensure uncompromising results.

Your Background

Bachelor's Degree in an applicable engineering, technical or business discipline (or equivalent experience) with 7-10 years of progressive and extensive applicable work experience in manufacturing, quality, or development engineering of which 3 to 5 years were in supervisory/ management or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience with manufacturing technologies used in a highly regulated environment.
Experience guiding and implementing high velocity large scale change intiatives that produce greater level of innovation, quality, service, efficiency, and learning.
Must be proficient and have experience with the following areas: building a high performing team, capacity planning and development; budgeting, development of quality/ productivity plans; new product introductions, process development; manufacturing flow analysis and implementation.
Proven record of lean implementation to improve performance.

Travel Expectations

Up to 20%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

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