Senior Manager, PPI

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Senior Manager PPI

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Sunnyvale CA

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll 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 worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Join our collaborative team as a Senior Staff PPI Business System Specialist and contribute to positive change across Thermo Fisher Scientific. Youll support our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System cultivating a culture of continuous improvement that directly impacts our mission of making the world healthier cleaner and this key role youll guide implementation of lean methodologies develop and execute improvement initiatives and partner with cross-functional teams to achieve measurable business results.

Working with leadership teams across divisions youll support productivity initiatives conduct PPI/LEAN training and implement sustainable improvements that enhance customer service financial performance and quality standards. Youll utilize data-driven approaches to track KPIs develop corrective action plans and facilitate organizational development through lean management systems including daily management routines Gemba walks and various PPI/LEAN tools.

Education/Experience:
Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience or Bachelors Degree plus 8 years of experience managing continuous improvement programs across multi-site operations
Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering Business Operations Computer Science or related field
Six Sigma Black Belt certification required
Project Management certification preferred
Demonstrated expertise in lean methodologies including Kaizen events value stream mapping and process optimization

Knowledge Skills Abilities:
Strong proficiency in developing and implementing tiered daily management systems and lean tools
Advanced knowledge of KPI development tracking and performance management
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment
Experience with data analytics and business intelligence tools (e.g. PowerBI Excel)
Strong financial acumen and understanding of P&L impact
Excellent presentation facilitation and communication skills
Demonstrated organizational development and leadership capabilities
Ability to develop and deliver effective training programs
Experience with Learning Management Systems and digital learning solutions
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and Power Platform tools
Travel may be required up to 25%
Experience in non-manufacturing environment preferred

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Senior Manager