Operations Strategy Manager
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Job Location:
Cincinnati, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Position Overview: The Operations Strategy Manager will play a central role in driving operational excellence and critical initiatives across our site operations. This role involves developing and maintaining key performance indicators identifying improvement opportunities and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize production processes and capacity planning. The ideal candidate will embody ThermoFisher Scientifics 4i Values of Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement and will champion a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Performance and Process Improvement:
- Develop maintain and track site-level Operational Key Performance Indicators (important metrics).
- Identify improvement opportunities and production bottlenecks; build and implement targeted improvement plans and risk mitigations.
- Facilitate monthly Operations Leadership Team (OLT) reviews communicating important metric insights to support decision-making and guide departmental strategy.
- Serve as a key member of the daily value stream management process reporting important metrics to cross-functional collaborators and intensifying issues as needed.
- Conduct operator engagement sessions to increase awareness of performance results and business impact.
Short to Mid Term Production & Capacity Planning:
- Review and lead equipment and labor capacity with the OLT.
- Conduct routing due diligence to ensure ERP routings are accurate; support routing and timing improvement initiatives.
- Participate in weekly cross-functional forums to provide updates on operational capabilities performance and risks; identify and act on production opportunities.
Long-term Production/Site Strategy:
- Partner with the OLT to assess develop and implement production strategies that enable long-term growth.
- Collaborate with Business Management and Supply Chain to build effective Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) forecasts with emphasis on labor utilization routing accuracy and demand alignment.
- Work with Engineering Practical Process Improvement (PPI) and Corporate teams to design new production processes and optimize existing ones through lean practices.
Leadership:
- Embody ThermoFisher Scientifics 4i Values of Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement.
- Build strong relationships with site leaders managers and staff to understand objectives priorities and needs and translate them into improvement initiatives.
- Champion a culture of operational excellence by applying lean Six Sigma TPM waste reduction and other continuous improvement tools.
- Inspire change and act as a motivator for transformation across production and site operations.
- Promote a safe working environment ensure compliance with Environmental Health & Safety standards and proactively address hazards.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of operations experience with the capacity to engage directly on the floor and learn processes firsthand.
- Bachelors degree in engineering sciences or related field required.
Strong planning and scheduling skills.
- Broad understanding of end-to-end site operations and interdependencies.
- Continuous improvement mentality focused on eliminating waste and driving efficiency.
- Proficiency in data analysis and translating insights into action.
- Project management skills; capable of coordinating initiatives and delivering results.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the competence to connect day-to-day issues to long-term strategy.
- Relationship-building strengths that foster accountability and collaboration.
- Objective and unbiased approach prepared to challenge Operations as well as other functions to improve site performance.
- People management experience preferred.
Excellent Benefits
- Benefits & Total Rewards Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Medical Dental & Vision benefits-effective Day 1
- Paid Time Off & Designated Paid Holidays
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
OTHER
- Relocation assistance is NOT provided
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check which includes a drug screening
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Customer Segmentation
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Investment Banking
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Customer relationship management
- Management Consulting
- Google Suite
- Analytics
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