Danaher Business System Leader (Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Leader)

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics; Hialeah (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics seeks a Danaher Business System Leader to enhance operational excellence at their Hialeah location. This role focuses on continuous improvement, coaching, and developing lean capabilities to drive sustainable results. Candidates should have a strong educational background and hands-on experience with lean tools and project management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Manufacturing/Production or Engineering experience OR 3+ years with Master’s degree.
• Hands-on experience implementing/leading Danaher Business System, TPS, Kaizen, and/or Lean tools.
• Proven experience coaching/influencing others.

Responsibilities

• Assist site leadership in developing a strategic Lean roadmap.
• Provide training and facilitate kaizen events.
• Manage and improve site Danaher Business System process.

Skills

Project management

Coaching

Lean tools

Process improvement

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree (if 3+ years experience)

Job description

At first glance, you’ll see that for more than 80 years we’ve been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the ability to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.

The Danaher Business System Leader (Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Leader) of our manufacturing reagents site is responsible for driving the organization to targeted, measurable, and sustainable improvements in SQDIP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity) across all operations and support functions. They will support or own the strategy development and execution for site initiatives identified through Danaher’s Policy Deployment (PD) process. They will be responsible for coaching and developing lean capabilities in the organization

At Beckman Coulter and Danaher, the Danaher Business System (DBS) is the culture and toolset that we use to continually drive value and improvements for our internal and external partners.

This position is an integral part of the Miami Reagents Manufacturing site located in Hialeah, FL, and will be onsite. It will require occasional travel to the Kendall, FL facility. It may also require travel to other Beckman/Danaher sites for meetings, training, etc. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

This role will report directly to the Site Director and will be required to work in an indirect leadership capacity across the entire organization. The role at Danaher is highly visible and is essential to the successful development of the Danaher Business System culture at the site.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Assist site/company leadership in the development of a strategic Lean roadmap (i.e., how to use the Danaher Business System tools to drive sustainable improvement in results).
• Directly provide formal and informal Danaher Business System training, coach site leads, and facilitate kaizen events.
• Manage and continuously improve site Danaher Business System process (Kaizen Event Process/Funnel, Certified Practitioner Funnel)
• Support the creation or improvement of processes to ensure proper utilization Danaher Business System principles across the site
• Lead site key performance indicator bowler reviews
  
  

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field with 5+ years of Manufacturing/Production or Engineering experience OR 3+ years experience with Master’s degree
• Hands-on experience implementing/leading Danaher Business System, TPS, Kaizen, and/or Lean tools
• Proven experience coaching/influencing others
• Project management skills, with experience driving and delivering results
• Strong computer / MS Office skills
  
  

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Familiarity with various manufacturing process technologies and types (batch, high volume/low mix, low volume/high mix…)
• Experience working in regulated (FDA preferred) manufacturing environments
• Mastery of a variety of Lean tools
  
  

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s 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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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