Head of Operations, ACT

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Job Purpose

Support ACT’s aspiration to double the number of lives we save by driving continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence across ACT and all supporting functions. This role plays a crucial part in realizing this ambition and aligns with the overarching goal of the ACT Business Excellence function to optimize processes, ensure quality, and foster a culture of excellence and collaboration within our decentralized matrix organization.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Operations Leadership: Lead the development and execution of operations strategies across ACT, ensuring alignment with ACT’s strategic goals. Foster a culture that encourages creative thinking and the exploration of new ideas.
• Functional Leadership: Provide functional leadership to all PA Operations and Purchasing Directors across ACT, with a dotted line reporting structure. Establish clear governance, continuously develop the team, and implement necessary initiatives to strengthen operations and mitigate supplier, material, and factory risk across the organization.
• Process Improvement and Implementation: Take responsibility for ensuring that ACT adopts best practices in operations, with a focus on continuous process improvements, standardization, and harmonization. Build strong relationships with key functions across ACT and Getinge to support the successful implementation of operations initiatives. Enhance collaboration and ensure that processes are aligned and efficient.
• ACT governance of operational activity and operations initiatives: Oversee and participate in the ACT governance of combined operational activity (standard reviews, purchasing specific forums & responsible sourcing, S&OP, IT operations activity, Manufacturing Excellence (Lean), digital application implementation) and operations initiatives and programs. Engage the ACT MT as needed through the VP of Business Excellence.
• Collaboration: Work closely with ACT PA Heads of Operations and Purchasing to challenge and refine ways of working. Focus on both incremental and major initiatives to drive continuous, ensuring that customer needs remain at the core of all activities. Establish effective interfaces with other key functions within and external to ACT to enhance collaboration and streamline efforts. Collaborate with Operations leads from other Business Areas within Getinge to drive synergies.
• Objectives and KPIs: Set and monitor joint objectives and KPIs to drive alignment and continuous improvement in ACT’s operations processes. Ensure operations efforts are effectively contributing to the overall business success.
• Leadership in Steering Committees and established Councils as well as M&A activity: Serve as ACT Operations expert to appropriate corporate level forums including Supply Chain Service activity (e.g. Logistics, Purchasing, Manufacturing Excellence), IT initiatives and projects, Sustainability/ESG forums (including escalation forums), and cross-Business Area initiatives. Represent and makes decisions in ACT’s best interests and use acquired insights to strengthen the ACT’s value proposition and drive strategic growth through operations activity. Support M&A activity as required.
• Reporting: Actively participate in the Business Excellence Team, contributing to and supporting key strategic initiatives within the broader business context.
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Strategic Vision: Proven ability to develop and execute a forward-thinking operations strategy that aligns with both the Getinge and ACT strategic goals.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated leadership skills in guiding and influencing cross-functional teams. Experience in managing teams within a decentralized and matrixed organization.
• Change Management: Strong track record in creating tangible results and driving change in a complex, dynamic environment. Ability to navigate and lead through ambiguity, fostering adaptability and resilience within the team.
• Business Acumen: Expertise in formulating and executing strategic plans that drive business results. A strong understanding of financial principles and their application in managing operational requirements and operations initiatives.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Skilled in fostering collaboration across various functions to achieve goals.
• Risk Management: Proficiency in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with operations activities. Experience in making informed decisions that balance operations with regulatory and commercial considerations.
• Resource Allocation: Ability to work closely with Product Area VPs and Product Area Operations and Purchasing leaders to manage the operations initiatives portfolio effectively. Skilled in prioritizing projects and making appropriate resource allocation requests to maximize impact and efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement Culture: Strong capability in cultivating a work environment that encourages creativity, risk-taking, and continuous improvement. Ability to inspire and lead teams toward a shared vision of operations excellence.
• Educational Background: University degree in engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: A minimum of 10-15 years of progressive leadership experience within the technology or med-tech industries.
• Language and Technical Proficiency: Fluency in English, with excellent communication skills. Proficiency in MS Office tools, particularly in Project, PowerPoint, and Excel, to effectively manage and present innovation projects.
  
  

Salary range: $230,000 - 313,000 35% bonus (depending on experience and location)

About Us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.  

Benefits At Getinge

At Getinge, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness initiative & Health Assistance Resources
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Benefits
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.