Senior Manager, Business Excellence

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Florence, SC

1d • 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. You'll be based in our Florence, South Carolina location, where you'll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. You will support our Drug Substance Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific and play an important role in our company's success. As a Senior Manager of PPI Business System at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will facilitate transformational change and continuous improvement across the organization. Leading the implementation of our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System, you will partner with business leaders to establish and mature lean management practices that enable profitable growth, enhance customer experience, and increase employee engagement. Through strategic deployment, coaching, and hands-on facilitation of improvement initiatives, you will help develop a problem-solving culture focused on operational excellence. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and deliver measurable results in quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• BS Degree required.
• Advanced Degree plus 4 years of experience, or bachelor's degree plus 6-8 years of experience in lean leadership implementing continuous improvement initiatives required.
• Experience leading change initiatives in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying PPI/lean tools including Strategy deployment and value stream mapping.
• Strong financial and business acumen with ability to identify, quantify and track improvement opportunities.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influence skills to engage all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated success coaching and developing continuous improvement capabilities in others.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite required.
• Commitment to driving improvement and leading transformational change.
• Ability to work effectively across functions without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Science, Business, Operations or related field.
• Advanced Degree highly preferred.
• Six Sigma Black Belt and/or Lean certification preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus.
• Experience in regulated industry (e.g., life sciences, medical devices) preferred.
• Manufacturing/operations experience preferred.
• Expertise in data analytics and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate transformational change and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Lead the implementation of our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System.
• Partner with business leaders to establish and mature lean management practices.
• Develop a problem-solving culture focused on operational excellence through strategic deployment, coaching, and hands-on facilitation of improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and deliver measurable results in quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Implement tiered daily management systems and leader standard work.
• Facilitate Kaizen events and utilize problem-solving methodologies.
• Implement standard work, error-proofing, and visual management.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Annual incentive plan bonus scheme
• Healthcare
• A range of employee benefits
• Innovative, forward-thinking organization
• Outstanding career and development prospects
• Exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior