Danaher Business System Leader (DBSL)

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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together were working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the worlds biggest health challenges.

The DBSL (Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Leader) of our manufacturing reagents site is responsible for driving the organization to targeted measurable and sustainable improvements in SQDIP (Safety Quality Delivery Inventory and Productivity) across all operations and support functions. They will support or own the strategy development and execution for site initiatives identified through Danahers Policy Deployment (PD) process. They will be responsible for coaching and developing lean capabilities in the organization

At Beckman Coulter and Danaher the Danaher Business System (DBS) is the culture and toolset that we use to continually drive value and improvements for our internal and external partners.

This position is an integral part of the Miami Reagents Manufacturing site located in Hialeah FL and will be onsite. It will require occasional travel to the Kendall FL facility. It may also require travel to other Beckman/Danaher sites for meetings training etc. At Beckman Coulter our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare one diagnosis at a time.

This role will report directly to the Site Director and will be required to work in an indirect leadership capacity across the entire organization. The role at Danaher is highly visible and is essential to the successful development of the Danaher Business System culture at the site.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Assist site/company leadership in the development of a strategic Lean roadmap (i.e. how to use the Danaher Business System tools to drive sustainable improvement in results).
• Directly provide formal and informal Danaher Business System training coach site leads and facilitate kaizen events.
• Manage and continuously improve site Danaher Business System process (Kaizen Event Process/Funnel Certified Practitioner Funnel)
• Support the creation or improvement of processes to ensure proper utilization Danaher Business System principles across the site
• Lead site key performance indicator bowler reviews

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors degree in Business Engineering or related field with 5 years of Manufacturing/Production or Engineering experience OR 3 years experience with Masters degree
• Hands-on experience implementing/leading Danaher Business System TPS Kaizen and/or Lean tools
• Proven experience coaching/influencing others
• Project management skills with experience driving and delivering results
• Strong computer / MS Office skills

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Familiarity with various manufacturing process technologies and types (batch high volume/low mix low volume/high mix)
• Experience working in regulated (FDA preferred) manufacturing environments
• Mastery of a variety of Lean tools

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