Digital PPI Specialist II

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Collaborate with our team members to embody our Mission daily, empowering our clients to contribute to a healthier, cleaner, and safer world! 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.

Purpose of the position/responsibility

We are looking for a highly motivated PPI Specialist II to join our PPI team at our Swindon site. 

Main responsibilities are to support implementation of PPI (Practical Process Improvement) Business System to drive Continuous Improvement through Lean and Digital transformation.

The Operational Excellence Specialist will play an important role ensuring the Productivity targets are reached and the PPI activities for the Site are successfully driven through a collaborative challenge and a support to the SLT and others site departments.

Assignments, specific/primary activities:

• Deliver results by leading change in people's and factory approach.

• Promote Lean culture and Operational Excellence standard methodologies across functions, allowing business growth through the implementation of Continuous Improvement initiatives, facilitating PPI events (Kaizen, Process Mapping, RCCM) and dispense trainings to site workforce.

• Actively work on stimulating projects to reach savings and productivity targets both at the site and Company level, collaborating with other site functions.

• Analyze existing production processes, looking at timing, risks, costs, and wastes to increase yield and efficiency.

• Monitor sterile lines’ performance and participate to performance reviews.

• Deploy the Digital Strategy of the Company by promoting and supporting the digitalization of business processes, data integration and optimization of line end batch activities (automatic visual inspection and packaging).

Relations:

• Internal: All departments, from shop floor operators to the Site Leadership Team.

• External: Corporate functions, employees from other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites, customers, consulting firms, suppliers.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Sciences, Economics or Business.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in manufacturing environment, with proven track record in improving efficiency.

• Good knowledge of statistical tools.

• Experience in Digital Transformation and Digital Solutions.

• Proficient in English, both written and oral.

Desirable:

• Proven expertise in project management (2 years), encompassing successful project delivered on time, within budget and meeting specified quality standards.

• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.

• Green/Black Belt certification is a plus.

Personality traits:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills/thinking out of the box.

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, good communication.

• Proficiency in partnering with and persuading a diverse range of organizational levels.

• Ability to establish positive working relationships in a global organization.