Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll 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 world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Summary:

You will support development and implementation of the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) program globally across CSD. You will build on the strengths of prior transformation efforts, while leading new initiatives to discover opportunities for improvement.

• Leads large complex projects with global impact across CSD
• Trains and Mentors employees on Lean-Six Sigma tools and current onsite programs
• Coaches and develops leaders to adopt PPI concepts and techniques across the organization
• Facilitates cross-functional teams through identification of improve opportunities, roadmap development, and supports project execution and benefits tracking.
• Monitors and reports key performance indicators, performs root cause analysis, implements action plans, and strives for continuous improvement
• Works closely with finance to build operational budgets and calculate the financial impacts of improvements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science or Business, advanced degree required.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years experience leading Lean-Six Sigma projects and mentoring others, ideally in a regulated industry such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices or health care is preferred.
• Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt certification required
• Hands on experience facilitating Work-Outs, Kaizen workshops or other problem solving events.
• A solid understanding of SPC, Guage R&R and Design of Experiments is helpful
• Experience driving performance and results at the shop floor level.
• Leadership of multiple cross-functional team projects at once with responsibility for results.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of Operational Excellence concepts and tools, such as VSM, tiered daily management, gemba, standard work, cell design, kanban, waste prevention and cycle time reduction
• Proficient skills with Minitab and Microsoft Office suite
• Excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Ability to multitask priorities and projects
• Ability to encourage and cultivate innovation, collaboration, and team efficiency
• Ability to create and deliver training material for employees on PPI topics and site initiatives
• Ability to drive functional, technical, and operational excellence at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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