Job Description
This role is focused on leading cross-functional initiatives that improve profitability by reducing product, manufacturing, and supply chain costs within a highly regulated medical device environment. The Project Manager will partner with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and Procurement to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities while ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and supply continuity are maintained.
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Hybrid role, 2 days in office per week, located in Gainesville, FL.
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Key priorities include:
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- Leading cost reduction, value engineering, and margin improvement projects.
- Analyzing product costs, including bills of materials (BOM), labor, overhead, and supplier expenses.
- Managing project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and execution.
- Evaluating manufacturing and engineering changes for their impact on quality, validation, and regulatory requirements.
- Developing financial models, ROI analyses, and business cases to support cost-saving initiatives.
- Driving supplier-related initiatives, including sourcing changes, negotiations, supplier transitions, and make-versus-buy decisions.
- Establishing standardized processes and metrics for cost-out programs across the organization.
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The ideal candidate will bring:
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- 6+ years of experience in medical device manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated success leading cost reduction and value engineering initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality systems.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
- A collaborative leadership style with the ability to build relationships across multiple departments.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage everyone from executive leadership to engineers, operations teams, and production personnel.
- A sense of urgency and the ability to drive change without creating conflict or resistance.
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