Director, Operations & Eugene Site Leader

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

GROUP/DIVISION SUMMARY:

The Director of Operations-Site Leader is part of the Biosciences Division (BID), 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.

POSITION SUMMARY:

In this position you will lead the successful manufacturing and delivery of PCA products. You will have overall operations responsibility for the BID PCA site located in Eugene, OR. This includes direct responsibility for the Operations function with shared (indirect) responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering, Health Safety & Environment, PPI (Practical Process Improvement), Supply Chain and Distribution. You will work very closely with the commercial operations team and their respective reporting functions. The span of control is from direct reporting staff as well as broad control over entire site of ~300 employees.
Your main goal will be to ensure that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers receive the highest quality products, on time, and in a responsive, efficient manner. This 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. You will build and maintain a culture proven by every employee, every day which shows a stringent dedication to quality, assurance of supply to customers, service, safety, self-motivation, and a dedication to continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM or related area of study
• 7-10 years of career progression in a high-velocity manufacturing business
• Previous experience as Site Leader
• Experience in running Project based Operations
• Outstanding people leadership skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Absolute integrity and transparency
• Ability to instill confidence within staff, Thermo Fisher Scientific and customers

As Operations Leader:

• Lead team to deliver all costs of production, 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.
• Build 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

As Site Leader:

• Site-wide employee engagement
• Sponsorship and implementation of global programs
• Effective all employee, site wide communications
• Change leadership and management at site level
• Aligned decision making across the site
• People leader alignment
• Champion people leader development
• Cross-functional approach to identify and develop local leaders; provide input to site leadership succession plan
• Active presence in community and industry groups
• Maintain safe and secure workplace
• Champion health, safety, security and quality programs