Vice President of Operations, North America and Energy+

Danaher Corporation • Timonium, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Pall Corporation, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Vice President of Operations, North America and Energy+ is responsible for manufacturing operations in North America for all Pall business units (excluding Aerospace) and global manufacturing operations for Pall’s Energy+ business unit. The Vice President of Operations defines the overall operations strategy, structure, and processes to ensure customer requirements are met for assigned business units. The successful incumbent will work with the sites to drive effective and sustainable processes around Safety, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, DBS, Supply Chain, Design Transfer, Manufacturing Engineering, and Associate Engagement. This position reports to the Vice President, Global Operations and is part of the Global Operations Leadership Team whose members span all operations functions globally. This role has an onsite work arrangement.

Requirements

• 15+ years leading multi-site, regional/global operations in a Lean environment for a world class manufacturing organization with measurable outcomes in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory turns.
• Demonstrated success in operational transformations, footprint optimization, and scaling new products/technologies.
• Proven hands-on Lean /DBS conversion experience.
• Prior experience transforming cultures and developing leadership teams with a focus on knowledge management and succession planning readiness.
• Strong grasp of digital manufacturing/automation, advanced analytics, operational performance management, and automated demand planning systems.
• Experience leading manufacturing and supporting new product development of integrated technology products (e.g., mechanical, electrical, software-driven devices with imbedded fluidics).
• Bachelor’s in engineering, Operations, or Business required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• The ability to travel for 50%+ is required to both domestic and international locations.

Nice To Haves

• Communicating complex topics with clarity and brevity; adapting messaging for technical and non-technical audiences; and influencing decisions at more senior levels.
• Adapting leadership and communication styles across regions and cultures to build alignment and momentum globally.
• Leading through change with empathy celebrating progress; addressing tension early; and using data and listening to reach drive actions that achieve sustainable solutions.
• M&A integration experience will be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive Global Operations Strategy and Transformation by setting and executing the Energy+ manufacturing strategy aligning site networks, capacity and footprint for growth, resilience and cost competitiveness.
• Collaborate with other VP’s of Operations globally, harmonizing processes and governance across sites to ensure consistent performance and scalability, while optimizing working capital and improving delivery reliability via constraint management, SIOP, and network synchronization.
• Support Global Operations Engineering in advancing digital manufacturing / Industry 4.0 initiatives (automation, advanced analytics, connected equipment, traceability) to improve productivity, quality, and decision speed.
• Foster a psychologically safe environment with high trust, transparency and accountability and build a strong leadership bench: hiring, coaching, and developing site and functional leaders to ensure succession for critical roles.
• Drive cost productivity through Lean conversion, value stream optimization, and cost optimization initiatives and optimize working capital while protecting service and risk posture.
• Further champion and model EHS&S behaviors, promoting system maturity and employing leading indicators to continuously improve safety performance.
• Deploy and promote full adoption and use of Danaher Business Systems (DBS) to achieve break-through performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Cost. Actively manage the kaizen funnel to provide visibility of events, focus on gap closure, and sustainment.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations Engineering and QARA to build a resilient supplier ecosystem, improve OTD/quality, and mitigate geopolitical, logistics, and single-source risk.

Benefits

• Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.
• Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
• We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees