GRAND FORKS – Prairie Business magazine announced its annual 40 Under 40 list last month, featuring 40 of the top business professionals under the age of 40 in the Northern Plains.
Included on the list is Josh Borns, supplier quality and business transformation manager at 3M in Brookings.
In his 11 years with 3M, Borns has held a variety of technical and managerial roles. Today, he’s part of the management team of 3M Brookings, the company’s largest health care manufacturing facility.
Borns and his teammates embrace 3M’s vision of improving every life through the daily manufacturing of hundreds of products that help keep food safe, ensure sterility of surgical instruments and help patient recovery.
As manager of supplier quality and business transformation, Borns oversees relations with suppliers and is responsible for deploying new technology to help standardize internal business processes.
A Six Sigma black belt, Borns also was part of 3M’s globally recognized leadership development program, in which 3M’s best and brightest get specialized training.
Borns earned a mechanical engineering degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He and his wife, Jessica, live near their hometown of Dell Rapids with their two children.
“Josh has a real ability to take on complex projects, break them into logical pieces, rally the teams and deliver results,” according to the Prairie Business Magazine report. “His steady hand, diligence and collaboration are evident as he completes projects that are truly mission-critical for the business.”
