Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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.

DESCRIPTION:
As a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence 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:
• Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in lean leadership implementing continuous improvement initiatives

• Digitalization and automation experience
• Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Science, Business, Operations or related field
• Six Sigma Black Belt and/or Lean certification preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying PPI/lean tools including:
• Strategy deployment and value stream mapping
• Tiered daily management systems and leader standard work
• Kaizen facilitation and problem-solving methodologies
• Standard work, error-proofing, and visual management
• 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
• Experience leading change initiatives in a matrix organization
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to travel up to 30%
• Manufacturing/operations experience preferred
• Expertise in data analytics and performance metrics
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite required
• Commitment to driving improvement and leading transformational change
• Ability to work effectively across functions without direct authority
• Experience in regulated industry (e.g., life sciences, medical devices) preferred