As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll 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 world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/ Division:

Rockford is part of the Biosciences Division, which is one of the fastest growing businesses in the company, supporting developers and manufacturers of biological-based therapeutics and vaccines. With our portfolio of best-in-class products that span the protein and cell analysis workflow from discovery through large-scale commercial production, our business is driving performance through collaboration with our customers

How will you make an impact?

The main goal of this position is to ensure that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers receive the highest quality products, on time, and in a responsive, efficient manner. To achieve this, it requires a highly motivated workforce which pays strict attention to detail, can identify, develop and implement robust harmonized processes and procedures along with methods to ensure procedural compliance. This includes direct responsibility for the functions of Manufacturing, Quality Control, Facilities and Ops project management with shared (indirect) responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Assurance, Health Safety & Environment, and PPI (Practical Process Improvement), Supply Chain, Procurement and Distribution.

What will you do?

• Lead all costs of production to meet and exceed targeted goals for labor, material and overhead costs. Make decisions around site discretionary spending which will meet or exceed AOP and business needs.
• Develop and lead an operational strategy which is aligned with, and achieves, overall long term Thermo Fisher Scientific BPD business goals.
• Plan and direct operational activities of the site to achieve shorter term business targets as well as benchmark performance in the areas of quality, delivery and cost.
• Create a long term vision and plan to achieve that vision, communicate the vision and ensure staff alignment to work towards that vision
• Act as a champion for the implementation of PPI (Practical Process Improvement) and PPI Lean Enterprise.
• Develop and maintain a positive reputation in the market with customers, commercial team, suppliers, partners, local community, and regulatory/official bodies.
• Actively handle both internal and external communications with employees, other levels of management within the company, customers and the community
• Report Site performance, including scorecard metrics, to all company partners
• Manage and streamline demo process for the business.
• Ultimate responsibility for Site Health, Safety, Regulatory & Environmental Compliance

How will you get here?

Education:

• Minimum required education: HS Diploma/ GED
• Bachelor's Degree in Sciences, Engineering or Operations Management preferred

Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience in a high-velocity manufacturing business
• Experience leading operations teams
• Prior experience working in a matrix environment

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Exceptional people leadership skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrable leadership skills and qualities
• Absolute integrity and transparency
• Ability to instill confidence within staff, Thermo Fisher Scientific and customers
• Ability to influence without authority
• Capability to stay organized, on task and focused on company and team goals

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one global team of 100,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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