Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Position Summary

The Program Lead drives the plant’s margin improvement, operational excellence, and strategic initiatives agenda. This role translates opportunities into measurable business results by leading cross-functional execution, ensuring financial discipline, and sustaining improvements across cost, productivity, service, quality, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Leadership

• Own and govern the annual and multi-year margin improvement portfolio.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of margin improvement and productivity opportunities.
• Drive initiatives from concept to execution, benefit realization, and sustainment.

Governance and Execution

• Set clear governance, cadence, ownership, milestones, risks, and escalation paths.
• Provide concise leadership updates on progress, savings, risks, and decisions required.

Financial Impact

• Develop business cases and investment proposals for strategic initiatives and margin improvement projects
• Partner with Finance to validate savings, ROI, payback, and benefit realization.
• Ensure benefits are measurable, auditable, and sustained.

Cross-Functional Leadership and Change Enablement

• Align stakeholders, remove barriers, and accelerate decisions across functions.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or related field; advanced degree or Lean Six Sigma certification  and/or PMP certification preferred.

• 8+ years of manufacturing, operations, or supply chain experience.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional programs
• Proven track record delivering material productivity, cost, and operational performance improvements.

Core Competencies

Critical Capabilities

• Margin improvement and productivity program leadership
• Operational excellence, Lean, structured problem solving, and change execution
• Business case development, ROI analysis, and savings validation

Ideal Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking, financial discipline, operational excellence expertise, and strong cross-functional leadership to deliver measurable business impact.

Executive Summary

This role provides single-point leadership for the plant’s margin improvement, operational excellence, and strategic initiative portfolio. Success is measured by delivered savings, strong pipeline coverage, disciplined execution, and sustained operational performance improvement.

Reasonable Accommodation

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