01Overview
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
DESCRIPTION:
As Director of PPI Business System, you will implement Thermo Fisher Scientific's Continuous Improvement Business System across the Drug Substance Division. This leadership role guides strategic change, cultivates operational excellence, and develops a culture of continuous improvement to achieve business goals. Working closely with executive leadership, you will establish multi-year strategic roadmaps, guide process improvement initiatives, and support teams in lean methodologies. Your efforts will directly impact customer satisfaction, quality, productivity and growth while enhancing how we serve science globally.
This position collaborates with business leaders to identify transformational opportunities, develop and execute improvement strategies, and build sustainable processes that enhance operational efficiency. You'll guide the PPI Steering Committee, manage an active pipeline of improvement projects, and facilitate adoption of lean management systems including tiered daily management, Gemba walks, and leader standard work. Through coaching and capability building at all levels, you'll help teams increase autonomy and facilitate positive change.
Responsibilities
In collaboration with executive leadership, develop an operational excellence vision and strategy supporting the Divisions long-term goals.
Coach leaders in communicating and deploying this operational excellence strategy, expectations of others, and associated improvement goals within their organizations.
Prioritize opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction, and operational efficiency gains through data analysis, process mapping, and benchmarking.
Implement operational excellence methodologies and techniques, such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Management (TQM) to enhance overall performance.
Develop the operational excellence capabilities of colleagues within the Division enabling them to proactively identify and implement improvements, coach them in implementing the associated principles, practices, and techniques.
Develop and mature the business system leadership culture using various mentor tools and methodologies KPI Leadership, tiered daily management systems, Gemba walks, leader standard work, etc.
Own the Divisional PPI Steering Committee to ensure there is an active pipeline of continuous improvement projects aligned to business priorities, metrics, and results.
Partner with leaders to identify, monitor, and measure the appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to track progress of improvement activities and proactively identify and drive corrective actions.
Partner with business stakeholders and support functions (e.g. IT, Quality, etc.) to identify, evaluate, and deploy technology solutions that support operational excellence initiatives.
Matrix leadership responsibilities for DSD site PPI leaders, direct managerial responsibility for divisional PPI leaders.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and quality by engaging employees, promoting open communication, and recognizing achievements.
Keep abreast of emerging trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements related to operational excellence, and ensure the organization remains compliant and competitive.
Regularly report to the executive team on the progress of operational excellence initiatives and their impact on the organization's performance.
Education
Bachelors degree in engineering, science, operations or business. Masters degree preferred, but not required.
Experience
10+ years of related experience leading operational excellence, process improvement, or quality management in a large, complex organization.
Black-belt Certification in Lean, Six Sigma, or other recognized operational excellence methodologies.
Practical experience as a Six Sigma Black Belt with the use of statistical software, such as Minitab and/or R, as well as emerging technologies like AI models, to create and analyze technical data to drive improvements.
Experience leading kaizen events including elements such as standard work, process design, SIPOC, strategy deployment, A3 Thinking, value-analysis/value engineering, error-proofing, material flow, Heijunka, and kanban.
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