Director, Operations Strategy
About The Position
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. What will you do: Drive strategy and operational transformation as Director, GSD Operations Strategy & Transformation at Thermo Fisher Scientific. This leadership position partners closely with the VP of Operations and Operations Leadership Team to define and deploy global operations strategy, lead strategic initiatives, and accelerate execution across the organization. Lead key priorities spanning productivity, global network optimization, operational excellence and change management while driving continuous improvement across people, processes and tools. Partner across functions and regions to strengthen alignment, accountability and execution while delivering sustainable productivity and business performance.
Requirements
- Advanced Degree plus 8 years of progressive experience in operations, strategy, operational excellence, transformation or program management, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of progressive experience
- Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional strategic initiatives in a complex global organization
- Demonstrated success delivering productivity, cost savings and operational performance improvements
- Experience developing and executing global network, footprint, capacity or operating model strategies
- Strong strategic planning, financial and business acumen
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across a matrix organization
- Experience leading organizational transformation and change management initiatives
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
- Experience with PPI, Lean, Six Sigma or comparable continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong project management and execution capabilities
- Excellent executive communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action and deliver measurable business results
Nice To Haves
- Preferred Fields of Study: Business, Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Science or related field
Responsibilities
- Define and deploy global operations strategy
- Lead strategic initiatives
- Accelerate execution across the organization
- Lead key priorities spanning productivity, global network optimization, operational excellence and change management
- Drive continuous improvement across people, processes and tools
- Partner across functions and regions to strengthen alignment, accountability and execution
- Deliver sustainable productivity and business performance
Benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
- Variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
