Senior Plant Manager

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences; Loveland (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in Loveland, CO, seeks a Senior Plant Manager to lead manufacturing operations for instruments, accessories, service parts, and consumables. This on-site role reports to the Director - North American Manufacturing and sits within Global Operations and Supply Chain in Loveland.

You will drive a high-performing operations team, deploy DBS, and build multi-year site strategies while ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery to meet customer demand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with extensive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading value streams in high-mix, low-volume environments and matrixed organizations.
• Proven track record using continuous improvement to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement.
• Strong project management and prioritization with data-driven problem solving.
• Excellent shop-floor presence, and ability to influence across levels.
• Ability to identify problems, apply root cause analysis, and implement effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Loveland operations team with DBS deployment and daily management.
• Develop multi-year site strategy and budgets to meet business needs.
• Align production plans with demand and sales, optimize inventory and reliability.
• Build a high-performing, accountable operations organization.
• Drive safety and successful new product launches with proper resource allocation.
• Achieve On Time Delivery >95% through value stream management across functions.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Engineering.

Skills

People leadership

Manufacturing leadership

Continuous improvement

Project management

Communication

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen

Heijunka scheduling

Job description

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives - and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It's all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we're just beginning. Working together, let's put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Senior Plant Manager is responsible for leading and controlling manufacturing operations for significant product lines within Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. This role oversees the Loveland, Colorado facility, including operations for instruments, accessories, service parts, and consumables.

This position reports to the Director - North American Manufacturing and is part of the Global Operations and Supply Chain organization in Loveland, Colorado and will be an on-site role.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Lead the Loveland operations team in driving policy deployment, key performance indicators, and performance across Environmental Health and Safety, Quality, Scheduling, Buying, Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Shipping, and Danaher Business System including deployment and sustaining daily management, visual management, standard work, dynamic Kanban, IMAG, Heijunka scheduling, root cause problem solving, and other DBS tools to deliver sustainable results.
• Establish and refresh a multi-year strategic vision for the site that drives action plans, accelerates continuous improvement, and supports near- and long-term business needs. Develop business plans, allocate budgets and resources, and ensure the staffing, tools, and specialized support required for cost-effective operations.
• Ensure customer requirements, shipment goals, business objectives, production plans, and manufacturing capacity requirements are achieved in alignment with demand and sales plans. Drive supply chain practices improve inventory accuracy, inventory turns, and overall operational reliability.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing operations organization that is aligned, trained, empowered, accountable, and capable of supporting operational needs. Reduce standard costs through improvements in labor productivity, cycle time, expenses, overhead, scrap, and material costs.
• Ensure associate and environmental safety through strong leadership engagement and adherence to all Environmental, Health, and Safety policies and procedures. Ensure successful new product launches by allocating resources and ensuring standard work, standard training, and safe launch practices are in place.
• Drive On Time Delivery greater than 95% to customer request date through strong value stream management across scheduling, buying, production, warehousing, and shipping.
• Partner cross-functionally with Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Product Management, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Engineering teams to ensure operational execution, compliance, launch readiness, and customer satisfaction

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 12+ years of experience, in manufacturing environments such as assembly, automotive, aerospace, medical devices, equipment manufacturing, or process manufacturing, with 8+ years in leadership roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in people leadership, including leading, motivating, challenging, influencing, and driving change in a fast-moving business.
• Experience leading manufacturing value streams in a high-mix, low-volume environment. High tolerance for ambiguity and demonstrated success operating within a highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated success using continuous improvement tools and methodologies to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and associate engagement.
• Strong leadership presence on the shop floor, with the ability to lead by example, influence with or without authority, facilitate groups with varied perspectives, and bring teams to alignment.
• Communication skills that build productive relationships and influence others within the business and across organizations, with the ability to interact effectively with associates at all levels.
• Excellent project management and prioritization skills, solid business acumen, and the ability to deliver results in a shifting environment. Ability to identify problems, apply structured and disciplined root cause methodology using data, develop effective solutions, mitigate risk, and execute with urgency

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel 10%, minimum overnight for training
• Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record
• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 50lb

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

• Medical device, life sciences, diagnostics, biotechnology, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• FDA, ISO 13485, customer audit, or regulated quality system environments.
• DBS, lean manufacturing, Kaizen facilitation, daily management, standard work, visual management, Kanban, or Heijunka scheduling.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that