Senior Technical Lead - Value Engineering

About the role

This is where your expertise helps people. You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team, you are always ready to tackle a project and work hard to find solutions.

Success Profile

• Problem Solver
• Analytical Thinker
• Data Driven
• Solution Focused & Results Oriented
• Collaborative
• Innovative

Responsibilities

Your role at Baxter

• You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team, you are always ready to tackle a project and work hard to find solutions.
• Your talent is needed across a wide variety of industries. As a Technical Cost Out (TCO) Lead, you have a wide array of career choices, but are motivated by the opportunity to work in a company that supports innovation, professional development, and a purposeful mission.
• You are part of a team of inquisitive individuals who embrace a collaborative environment to take on sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change directions and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together, we build and maintain a positive work environment.
• Your team is dedicated to quality. Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and our technical expertise and experience working in a manufacturing environment empower us to meet that challenge.
• When you join us, you will work with a team of committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams. Our leadership understands the need for continuous education and provides opportunities for further development.
• The Senior Technical Lead – TCO Engineering is a core leader within the TCO (Technical Cost Out) organization and is accountable for delivering sustainable material and component cost reduction, supply resilience, and margin improvement through advanced technical analysis, specification optimization, alternate sourcing, and disciplined cross-functional execution.
• The role serves as a technical authority and execution leader, partnering closely with Procurement, R&D, Quality, Operations, Strategy, and Suppliers to identify, validate, and implement complex cost optimization initiatives while safeguarding product performance, regulatory compliance, and continuity of supply.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years experience with Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Plastics, Chemicals, Packaging, or Manufacturing engineering, science, or related field.
• Proven experience delivering multi-million dollar value engineering savings.
• Strong track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end using structured project and change management methodologies.
• Deep working knowledge of GMP, change control, deviation/CAPA processes, and validation/qualification principles in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to translate technical detail into business impact.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influence at multiple organizational levels.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in alternate sourcing, supplier qualification, and supplier transitions within regulated manufacturing environments, delivering measurable cost savings.
• Experience translating technical changes into enterprise-level business value, including insourcing transitions, technology transfers, and footprint changes.
• Demonstrated expertise in value engineering, design for manufacturability, and process optimization.
• Strong experience with cost modeling, should-costing, and clean-sheet methodologies.
• Leverage of Lean / Six Sigma certification and applied use in cost and productivity programs.

Skills

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Leadership experience in alternate sourcing and supplier qualification
• Expertise in value engineering, design for manufacturability, and process optimization
• Strong experience with cost modeling, should-costing, and clean-sheet methodologies
• Lean / Six Sigma certification and applied use in cost and productivity programs

Benefits

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

• Medical and dental coverage that starts on day one
• Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with options for employee contributions and company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education assistance programs
• Time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave
• Additional benefits including commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits

Pay

The estimated base salary for this position is $128,000 - $176,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors.

Schedule

Overtime is worked as required.