Operational Excellence Analyst

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Allentown, PA

9d•Onsite

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. As an Operational Excellence Analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be a key partner to help advance our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. In this role, you'll provide comprehensive support across operations and PPI, assisting with organizational development and data-driven decision making. You'll collaborate with managers and leaders to implement initiatives that enhance performance, engagement and retention while ensuring compliance with policies and regulations. This position offers the opportunity to make meaningful contributions through coaching, problem-solving, and implementing positive changes in support of business objectives.

Requirements

Advanced degree plus 3 years of experience, or bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of human resources or leadership experience in a matrix organization. A combination of experience and education may be considered.
Strong knowledge of employment regulations and leadership best practices
Demonstrated experience in performance management
Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships at all levels
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with data-driven decision making
Experience with organizational change management and process improvement
Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Project management experience and ability to manage multiple priorities
Business acumen with strategic mindset and consultative approach

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing, healthcare or life sciences industry preferred

Responsibilities

Communicates effectively at all levels of the organization
Partners with operations team leads, managers, and director to identify data needs and trending
Consistently applies attendance policy, tracking occurrences in Workday, and issuing corrective action documentation to be presented by team leads.
Provides sound counsel and mentorship in leadership basics, having difficult conversations, performance management, and corrective actions
Effectively manages and tracks headcount to mitigate capacity leakage. Aligns headcount tracking with Workday records
Facilitates data collection and assists leaders in making data driven decisions
Updates capacity model
Tracks applicable recognition and rewards
Records operations staff meeting minutes and tracks actions
Partners with site administrative assistant on engagement activities (i.e. Belonging Week)
Documents periodic colleague performance calibrations
Supports effective onboarding of new FTE and CW colleagues
Partners with HR team on major initiatives (e.g. EIS, Open Enrollment, BRG’s)
Performs other duties as assigned