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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Managing a team of 11 Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians responsible for FARAPULSE Capital Equipment process improvement and line support.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Managing a team of 10 Supplier Engineering contractors to support resourcing needs across the Supplier Engineering department. Performing all aspects of headcount management, interviewing, hiring, on-boarding, performance management, and career development coaching.Serving as Supplier Engineering Lead for the Baylis Medical ($1.75B) Acquisition Integration program, owning early integration strategy development through project execution for the Sourcing workstream. Built project team from 2 to 17 members across 12 months to drive qualification of 500+ components from 50+ vendors, Quality System integration, and support for ERP transition on committed timelines.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Developed deep partnership with a key Single-Use Device contract manufacturer as a Supplier Engineering Lead on the FARAPULSE ($300M) acquisition integration program. Stabilized and ramped their supply chain to meet commercial growth targets ($2M -> $7M/mo. in sales in 12 mo.) through collaboration on sub-tier supplier changes and process improvements.Performed site visits, line walks, and root cause analysis investigations on-site at suppliers in the Capital Equipment category to meet year-over-year cost improvement targets ($50K savings) and mitigate high fallout failure modes by leveraging problem-solving methodologies: 5-WHY, Ishikawa diagram, etc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Lead a team of 30 as Materials Project Manager for a Capital Equipment NPD project in UroPH to support material availability (POs, demand planning) and material qualification (supplier onboarding, component qualification, production readiness), achieving successful Pre-Clinical and Design Verification builds.Lead a small team as Supplier Engineering Lead for the Capital Equipment portion of the Cryterion ($200M) Acquisition Integration project, owning material qualification strategy and onboarding of 350 components on integration timelines.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Drove cost improvement initiatives within the Sourced Finished Medical Device (SFMD) category team, including coordination and execution of raw material changes, supplier manufacturing site moves, and supplier equipment/process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) while avoiding impacts to device performance, patient safety, and compliance.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States