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Job Description
About Us
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $40 billion. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, tackle sophisticated analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. Through our best-in-class brands - Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services - we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive support.
All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by attract, develop and retain people who will thrive in our environment and sharing our desire to improve humanity by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and exciting achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Reports To: Director Operations, Site Leader
Group/Division: SUD
Position Summary:
PPI Business System Manager is responsible for the implementation of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Continuous Improvement Business System (PPI). In this role you will work closely with business leadership and steering committees to establish and mature the Lean Manufacturing System and other coaching tools to facilitate cultural transformation. This position will be based in Joo Koon Circle Singapore
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive continuous improvement strategy that aligns with organizational goals and objectives.
- Lead and coach functional and operational teams at every level to streamline processes to improve the customer experience, enable profitable growth and become more efficient.
- Champion an action-biased culture of continuous improvement to improve critical metrics, in the areas of customer, finance, people and quality.
- Provide support to develop lean expertise and capability within the organization at all levels.
- Improve the decision-making model and problem-solving capabilities within dedication teams to increase autonomy and the pace of change.
- Train, coach and follow-up with teams to ensure system improvements are sustained and the partners are running the processes independently.
- Establish a PPI Steering Committee to ensure there is an active pipeline of initiatives aligned to business priorities, metrics and results. Ensure that there is a solid sustainability mechanism/review for past projects.
- Proactively find and initiate improvements needed without needing to be directed.
- Help teams identify new projects through value stream mapping, data analysis and daily management systems.
- Partner with Finance to evaluate project savings estimates, validate reported PPI benefits, and ensure accurate accounting of PPI Productivity.
- Work with the corporate PPI team to promote/standardize and share standard methodologies.
- Handle high-level cross-functional improvement projects as a project manager
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, operations or business, with evidence of operational, leadership, or professional experience.
Experiences:
- Minimum 7 years in Lean leadership expertise with experience implementing end-to-end Business-level change initiatives (in subject areas such as operations, finance, commercial, R&D/ Engineering, Quality, or Product Management).
- A Lean Guide with extensive experience and a ‘hands-on’ track record of implementing successful TPS-based business systems including elements such as:
- Lean Leadership (Daily Management Leader Standard Work, and Gemba Walks).
- Strategy Deployment and Value-stream mapping.
- Kaizen events on standard work, cell design, process, and product 3P, Value- Analysis Value Engineering, error-proofing, material
- Expertise in problem solving applying a formal program/process.
- Identifying and delivering year-over-year results using metric-driven problem solving.
- Proven track record for developing, training, and coaching teams.
- Self-directed leader with ability to lead/influence across and up to the organization without direct reporting responsibility.
- Plant Management experience is a plus.
Competencies Preferred:
- Passion for driving improvement and leading change in a complex. global environment.
- Broad knowledge of multi-functional, multi-site, global organizational processes, and financial business methods.
- Strong ability to connect with and positively influence leadership and all levels of the organization.
- Able to drive critical thinking and continuous improvement in both non-operational and operational areas, including connecting the cross-functional resources to remove waste along the extended value streams.
- A well-rounded problem solver who can look enterprise-wide to integrate and streamline systems for optimal benefit.
- Great communicator, including solid written, oral and presentation-giving skills.
- High ethical standards to support a professional business code of conduct.
- Six Sigma certification or black belt highly preferred.
