**Job Description Summary** Drive the Value Chain Excellence process for the IPD platform; including but not limited to maintaining visibility to GP goal costs targets, providing leadership and support to drive ideation, appraisal & execution to deliver platform savings. Facilitate business and plant teams to maintain progress on successfully achieving 3-year (ASR) Cost Excellence plans and ensuring site budgets align. **Job Description** We are **the makers of possible** BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a **maker of possible** with us. The Associate Director, ISC Value Chain Excellence Leader IPD is a critical member of the IPD Platform team. Reporting to the Sr Director, ISC Value Chain Excellence, they will work closely with the platform Integrator and peers in Procurement, BD Excellence, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Finance, HR, Med Affairs, Marketing, and Commercial organizations to support the lowest cost to serve. This role is a member of the platform team and responsible for driving Cost Excellence conceptualization strategies in support of the platform’s product cost and GP goals in parallel with the productivity goals of the ISC and manufacturing sites. They will partner with the ISC IPD Integrator to ensure clarity to product cost goals and methods to achieve the goals focused on the cost to manufacture, the cost of materials, manufacturing infrastructure and the cost of customer delivery. They will partner and be responsible for the development and successful execution of plans in support of the overall ISC & platform cost out strategies including but not limited to network optimization, productivity improvement, material & design cost-out initiatives and capital investments within the IPD Platform team. Additionally, the ISC Value Chain Excellence Leader IPD will support the VP ISC IPD Leader as the Cost Excellence point of contact in support of both the MDS European sites and sites under the “Swiss Co” modal. **Main Responsibilities** + Drive the Value Chain Excellence process for the IPD platform; including but not limited to maintaining awareness of GP goal costs targets, providing leadership and support to drive conceptualization, appraisal & execution to deliver platform savings. Facilitate business and plant teams to maintain progress on successfully achieving 3-year (ASR) Cost Excellence plans and ensuring site budgets align. + They will represent and lead Cost Excellence activities on the IPD Platform team; connected to the respective sites, sustaining & supply chain teams. + Represent the European & Swiss Co sites as the one point of contact for cost Excellence; driving continuous multiyear strategies to achieve annual goals. + They will design and develop plans to meet and exceed the platform product cost targets to achieve GP objectives. Drive ideation and feasibility activities with supporting cases to show return on investment (ROI) for cost improvement initiatives including but not limited to alternative materials, changes in vendors, changes in design, changes in network architecture, alternate technology investments, etc. to achieve cost reduction objectives. + Supports the Director, ISC Integrator in strategy development on Architectural/network programs execution. Proactively communicate across these organizations while taking a leadership role in implementing the strategy. + Align ISC strategies with the worldwide platform team, supply chain organization, and regional management in assessing regional and global cost improvement opportunities. Provide linkage to leverage opportunities across sites. + Provide leadership and coordination to get plant priorities approved, resourced, and implemented. Meet with marketing, R&D, Regulatory, QA and others to ensure plant programs are aligned with market needs and get required support to complete implementation. + Ensures all IPD ISC related decisions are made by the ISC VP WW IPD & Europe MDS. **Minimum Requirement:** + Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain or other discipline; MBA preferred + Minimum 10 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience, Continuous Improvement and / or Program Manager for large projects minimum 3-5 years. + Operational excellence, quality, regulatory, discernment, and finance sophisticated knowledge in cost accounting + Strong technical expertise in project management and operations management with strong knowledge in Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma (GB/BB certification preferred). + Communication skills with all levels of the organization + Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 40% + Language: Fluent English mandatory + Strong teammate. + Ability to influence without authority. + Leadership and Critical thinking + Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy/dealing with ambiguity + Building effective transversal team and network + Managing complexity and diversity + Results oriented & focused For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law. **Why Join Us?** A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s also a place where we help each other be great, we do what’s right, we hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day. To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place. To learn more about BD visit  https://bd.com/careers Becton, Dickinson and Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status. Required Skills Optional Skills . **Primary Work Location** USA CA - San Diego Bldg A&B **Additional Locations** **Work Shift** At BD, we are strongly committed to investing in our associates—their well-being and development, and in providing rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture. We demonstrate this commitment by offering a valuable, competitive package of compensation and benefits programs which you can learn more about on our Careers Site under Our Commitment to You (https://jobs.bd.com/benefits) . 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