Continuous Improvement Specialist (Blackbelt) - Remote
Description • Own and drive 3–5 high-impact, cross-functional continuous-improvement initiatives at any given time, ensuring each delivers measurable operational and financial gains while elevating patient and provider experience. • Partner directly with VP- and Director-level stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into clearly scoped DMAIC or value-stream–mapping projects; set aggressive but achievable milestones, secure resources, and negotiate trade-offs when priorities shift. • Serve as the enterprise “go-to” Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, applying advanced statistical analysis, root-cause investigation, and rapid-cycle experimentation to eliminate waste, reduce variation, and accelerate throughput across manufacturing, supply-chain, and customer-support workflows. • Quantify and communicate ROI: build business cases that forecast ≥ $1 M in annualized benefits, track leading indicators during execution, and publish executive-level dashboards that keep sponsors informed and engaged. • Champion a culture of everyday problem solving by coaching frontline teams through formal White- and Yellow-Belt certification paths; facilitate kaizen events, A3 problem-solving sessions, and gemba walks that transfer capability rather than create dependency. • Act as change-management lead for every initiative you touch—craft communication plans, sponsor roadshows, and training curricula that ensure new standards stick long after the project team disbands. • Leverage transactional-lean techniques to redesign high-volume, high-complexity processes such as order-to-cash, complaint handling, and provider onboarding; map current and future states, identify non-value-added steps, and pilot digital enablers (RPA, e-forms, predictive analytics) where appropriate. • Translate customer voice-of-business insights into project charters; align improvement targets with Net Promoter Score, First-Pass Yield, and On-Time-In-Full metrics that matter most to patients and clinicians. • Maintain a living pipeline of improvement opportunities by networking across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial functions; use Pareto and FMEA to prioritize the next wave of projects that will keep Solventum at the forefront of healthcare innovation. • Travel up to 30 % domestically and occasionally internationally to manufacturing sites, distribution centers, and customer locations, ensuring solutions are grounded in real-world constraints and user needs. • Uphold Solventum’s uncompromising standards for safety, compliance, and data integrity; ensure every process change is documented, validated, and risk-assessed according to FDA QSR and ISO 13485 requirements. Apply tot his job