Vice President, Global Operations & Supply Chain

Job Description

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (BECLS) mission is to empower those seeking answers to lifes most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80 years we have long been a trusted partner to our customers who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 3500 associates across 130 countries youll help drive our vision of accelerating answersand our commitment to excellence.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together were pioneering the future of science and medicine developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

Position Summary

The Vice President Global Operations & Supply Chain leads end-to-end manufacturing supply chain and materials management across BECLS global networkcurrently San Jose CA; Loveland CO; Indianapolis IN; Marseilles France; Aachen Germany; Bangalore India; Suzhou Chinaand oversees key contract manufacturing partnerships

The role sets global operations strategy drives world-class performance in Safety Quality Delivery Cost and Working Capital (SQDCW) and ensures scalable commercial and NPI/NPD execution. Success requires deep Lean/DBS leadership cross-functional orchestration and an inclusive people-first culture that accelerates innovation and growth.

This is a highly visible role in a market-leading core growth business of Danaher. It represents an opportunity to gain exposure to the world-class Danaher Business System.

The Vice President Global Operations and Supply Chain is a key operating member of BECLS global Senior Leadership Team (SLT). As such he or she will participate in all the SLTs management meetings including monthly staff meetings policy deployment meetings and new product development meetings. This position will play a central role in contributing to the business strategy.

Responsibilities

The Vice President Global Operations and Supply Chain will manage a team of 700 people. The role reports to the President of the business and will require 30-50% travel (global facilities & partners) with significant time in our manufacturing facilities. This leader will cultivate and sustain a culture of outstanding operational performance across all operations functions and support the President and the SLT in this endeavor across the enterprise.

Responsibilities of the role include:

Global Operations Strategy & Transformation:

• Set and execute the global manufacturing and supply chain strategy aligning site networks capacity and footprint for growth resilience and cost competitiveness.
• Harmonize processes and governance across sites to ensure consistent performance and scalability.
• Lead digital manufacturing / Industry 4.0 initiatives (automation advanced analytics connected equipment traceability) to improve productivity quality and decision speed.

Operational Excellence:

• Drive Cost productivity through Lean conversion value stream optimization and cost optimization initiatives.
• Optimize Working Capital while protecting service and risk posture.
• Improve Delivery reliability via constraint management SIOP and network synchronization.
• Own global EH&S system maturity and leading indicators to continuously reduce injuries and risks.

NPI Technology Transfer & Scale Up:

• Ensure manufacturing readiness for new products and seamless global transfers across sites / contract manufacturers.
• Integrate operations early in product lifecycle to hit launch SQDC targets and accelerate time-to-value.

Supply Chain & External Manufacturing:

• Partner with Supply Chain & QRA to build a resilient supplier ecosystem improve OTD/quality and mitigate geopolitical logistics and single-source risk.
• Govern contract manufacturers (SLAs quality systems cost capacity) and ensure IP compliance and responsiveness.

Enterprise Integration & Program Leadership:

• Act as an enterprise integrator across Operations & Supply Chain R&D Quality/Regulatory Product Management Commercial Marketing Service Strategy DBS HR Finance and Legalaligning priorities resources and roadmaps.
• Run cross-functional operating cadences (strategy deployment/hoshin tiered daily management program reviews) with clear metrics risk registers and countermeasures.

Talent Culture & Leadership:

• Build a strong global leadership bench: hire coach and develop site and functional leaders; establish succession for critical roles.
• Foster an inclusive psychologically safe environment with high trust transparency and accountability; recognize and scale winning behaviors.
• Model DBS/Lean leadership: teach problem solving (PDCA) Gemba coaching visual management and kaizen to embed continuous improvement as a daily habit.

Key Relationships

• Reports to: President Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
• The role sits on the L1 Executive team and hence strong working relationships with VP DBS VP HR VP Service VP R&D VP Product Management VP Quality & Regulatory SVP Commercial VP Marketing VP Strategy CFO and Chief Counsel are also critical to the success of the role.
• Current direct reports are:
  • Director NA Manufacturing
  • Director EU/APAC Manufacturing
  • Director Global Procurement
  • Director Global Materials & Planning
  • Director Global Manufacturing/NPI Engineering
  • Sr. Manager Global EHS

Ideal Experience & Qualifications:

• 15 years leading multi-site global operations in a Lean environment of a top industrial company with measurable outcomes in quality delivery cost and inventory turns.
• Demonstrated success in operational transformations footprint optimization and scaling new products/technologies.
• Proven hands-on Lean /DBS conversion experience. M&A integration experience will be a plus.
• Strong grasp of digital manufacturing/automation advanced analytics and performance management systems.
• Experience leading manufacturing and supporting new product development of integrated technology products (e.g. mechanical electrical software-driven devices with imbedded fluidics).
• Bachelors in Engineering Operations or Business required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Interpersonal & Cross-Cultural Leadership Expectations:

• Executive Communication & Presence: Communicates complex topics with clarity and brevity; adapts message for technical and non-technical audiences; influences decisions at Operating Company & Platform levels.
• Cross-Cultural Agility: Demonstrated ability to adapt leadership and communication styles across regions and cultures to build alignment and momentum globally.
• Relationship Building & Collaboration: Proactively builds trust with plant leadership functional peers and frontline teams; navigates ambiguity and interdependencies constructively.
• Change Leadership & Conflict Resolution: Leads through change with empathy; addresses tension early; uses data and listening to reach durable solutions; celebrates progress.
• Coaching & Talent Magnet: Develops leaders who develop others; provides candid actionable feedback; creates growth and mobility opportunities across the global network.

Join our winning team today. Together well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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