Your role at Baxter
Your expertise helps people. You are a problem solver, working independently or with a trusted team to tackle projects and find solutions. Your talent is needed across a variety of industries. As a Technical Cost Out (TCO) Lead, you will help deliver material and component cost reduction, supply resilience, and margin improvement through technical analysis, specification optimization, alternate sourcing, and cross‑functional execution.
What you'll be doing
TCO Opportunity Identification & Analysis
- Identify and evaluate total cost optimization opportunities across materials, components, and processes across ITP sites with a focus on insourcing, alternate sourcing and process & product value engineering.
- Perform structured should‑cost, clean‑sheet, and teardown analyses.
- Support category strategies with fact‑based cost drivers and benchmarks.
- Facilitate cross‑functional Continuous Improvement, Kaizen and Cost Optimization events to generate and prioritize ideas.
Technical Execution & Validation
- Lead a cross‑functional technical team through planning and execution of projects using engineering and scientific techniques, procedures and criteria.
- Lead or support technical change execution including specification and material substitution.
- Coordinate sample builds, trials, and testing.
- Support change control processes, validation, and implementation.
Cross‑Functional & Supplier Collaboration
- Partner with Procurement, Quality, R&D, Operations, Strategy, and Finance.
- Engage suppliers on process capability, readiness, and cost transparency.
- Support dual qualification, risk mitigation, and capacity assessments.
Performance Tracking & Governance
- Lead and track initiatives end‑to‑end from opportunity assessment to business case development, full execution and hand‑over of project and savings.
- Maintain documentation of assumptions, risks, and approvals.
- Escalate quality, service, regulatory, cost or timeline risks.
- Document and leverage best practices as part of the internal TCO center continuous improvement methodology.
What you'll bring
- 5‑8+ years experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, Plastics, Chemicals, Packaging, or Manufacturing engineering or related field.
- Proven experience delivering multi‑million dollar value engineering savings.
- Proven experience leading cross‑functional projects end‑to‑end using structured project management methods.
- Working knowledge of GMP, change control, deviation/CAPA concepts, and validation/qualification principles.
- Strong analytical capability.
- Strong communication skills and cross‑functional influence skills.
- Travel required, 10‑20%.
Preferred
- Experience in alternate sourcing and supplier qualification (APQP/PPAP) in regulated manufacturing, with end‑to‑end technical and procurement leadership delivering cost savings.
- Experience translating technical changes into measurable business value, insourcing transitions and tech transfer activities.
- Experience in value engineering and design for manufacturability.
- Experience with cost modelling, should‑costing or clean‑sheet methodologies.
- Lean / Six Sigma certification.
Applicants must be authorized to work for an employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated base salary for this position is $80,000 - $100,000 annually.
Other Duties as Assigned
Other duties may change at any time. Overtime is worked as required.
US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)
Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles, including medical and dental coverage starting day one, basic life, accident, short‑term and long‑term disability, business travel accident insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days, family and medical leaves of absence, paid parental leave, commuting benefits, Employee Discount Program, Employee Assistance Program, and childcare benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please provide the details with your contact information.
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