VESO, VP Operational Excellence
About The Position
About Veralto Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions dedicated to Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—clean water, safe food, medicine, and trusted everyday essentials. With ~17,000 associates worldwide and more than $5B in annual revenue, Veralto operates through two segments: Water Quality – technologies that help measure, treat, and protect the world’s water across municipal, industrial, commercial, and natural environments. Product Quality & Innovation – solutions that safeguard food, medicine, and essential goods through advanced marking, coding, traceability, authentication, and packaging design technologies. Across its portfolio, Veralto helps customers ensure safer, cleaner, higher-quality products and environments, driven by a deep commitment to sustainability. About the Veralto Enterprise System (VES) Our culture of continuous improvement is codified in the Veralto Enterprise System (VES). VES drives every aspect of our culture and performance, giving our companies a sustainable competitive advantage. VES powers a continuous cycle of improvement and excellence: adhering to the FUNDAMENTALS drives OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, which accelerates GROWTH and inspires world-class LEADERSHIP. Our Veralto Values guide our efforts and expand the positive impact we have on the world as we pursue our powerful purpose. The Veralto Enterprise System Office (VESO) leads the enterprise-wide deployment, evolution, and stewardship of VES. This role is the VP for Operational Excellence within VESO and a key member of the VESO L1 Team.
Requirements
- 10+ years Operations or Engineering leadership
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business
- Experience as Plant Manager / Director of Operations or higher
- Demonstrated ability to build a VES sustainability roadmap
- Mastery of VES Fundamentals and strong practitioner-level Operational Excellence experience
- Capability and desire to move into a senior Operations or General Management leadership role in the future
Nice To Haves
- Ability to assess business performance through a General Manager’s lens
- Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, or Technical discipline
Responsibilities
- Serve as an active member of the VESO L1 Leadership Team, partnering with the SVP VES, VP’s for Innovation and Commercial, and the VESO/VESOU Manager to drive enterprise-wide VES maturity.
- Operational Excellence leader deeply grounded in lean business systems—who brings the technical mastery, operations leadership experience, perspectives and credibility to steward, evolve, and scale the Veralto Enterprise System across a global, multi‑OpCo organization.
- Lead and develop the VESO Operational Excellence Director.
- Accelerate business results across OpCos by applying the VES Fundamentals & Operational Excellence tools including lean manufacturing, supply chain, and environmental & human safety (EHS) best practices.
- Partner with OpCo and site leaders to build and execute VES roadmaps aligned with PD/CVD/KPI expectations and long-term sustainability.
- Drive adoption of the VES Fundamentals & Operational Excellence across all OpCo’s, regions and functions.
- Deliver VES training and coaching at the Gemba—role modeling VES culture, standards, and leader behaviors.
- Act as a “bench strength” resource and sounding board for OpCo priorities
- Evolve priority VES tools through the annual VESO strategy process.
- Administer, develop and improve the Certified Practitioner process for all Fundamental and Operational Excellence tools.
- Coach Leaders on application of VES tools.
- Lead/enable annual VES Assessments and the resulting action plans, helping OpCos calibrate scope, complete assessments, and translate heatmap gaps into focused, executable improvement roadmaps.
- Develop, package, and deploy VES training content (and improve it through feedback loops)
- Prepare quarterly reports for VES office.
- Facilitate identification of workflow barriers and waste, advising leaders on the right VES tools and approaches to eliminate them.
- Serve as Process Tool Owner for designated VES tools—driving adoption, improvement, and capability building across a global network of VES Certified Practitioners
- Lead the annual Operations, Supply Chain & EHS Conference, including content design and facilitation.
- Protect VES intellectual property by reinforcing adherence to the IP Standard Work.
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
