Director, Danaher Business System (Lean) Operations and Supply Chain Management

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 Danaher Business System Leader (Lean) Director, Operations and Supply Chain Management is responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvement through the implementation of Danaher Business System, Lean, and Fundamentals tools focused on delivery of our Core Value Drivers.  Applying a hands-on approach of supporting and coaching teams and leaders, the Director DBSL will develop strong DBS skills and culture across all manufacturing sites and global supply chain functions.    

This role reports to the VP DBSL and serves as the strategic partner to the VP Global Ops/SCM.  The role is on-site based in Indianapolis, IN. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Partner with Senior Leadership to develop and deploy the Global Ops/SCM strategy by leveraging Danaher Business System tools, strong facilitation skills and change management processes to maximize the impact of teams globally. 
• Drive targeted, sustainable improvements in Quality, Delivery, Cost and Inventory that is tied to Policy Deployment (PD) and Daily Management (DM) through thoughtful and rigorous application of Danaher Material Systems (DMS) and Danaher Business System Fundamental tools.  This includes the installation and sustainment of high-quality daily management (DM) and problem-solving process (PSP).
• Partner with Ops/SCM leaders on the kaizen process including kaizen funnel development, prioritization, resourcing, activation, and execution. Ensure effective sustainment of results and support problem solving as needed to close gaps to targets.
• Ensure that Danaher Business System Fundamentals are being used intentionally and with the right mindset across the Organization.  Lead DBS-related events across sites, functions and business units.  Directly provide formal and informal Danaher Business System training and coaching at all levels including coaching leaders to address change management barriers.
• Strengthen Danaher Business System maturity by ensuring annual Danaher Business System plan deployment, training, and mentoring certified practitioners.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years’ or Master’s degree with 18+ years’ in Science, Engineering or Project Management or similar experience in continuous improvement systems (Danaher Business System, Lean Six Sigma, TPS, etc.).
• Hands-on experience leading deployment of Lean and Fundamentals Danaher Business System tools: Lean Conversion, Dynamic Kanban, IMAG, Heijunka, OEE, VM/DM, PSP, VSM, TPI, 5S, SWK
• Proven ability to build strategy and translate it into action.  Requires advanced strategic mindset along with strong operational capability to break down the strategy into discrete actionable plans and drive execution across the global organization. 
• Demonstrated outstanding communication skills across a wide range of levels in the organization.  Able to break down complex topics into digestible pieces, communicate crisply and clearly what is needed and the actions required, in a constructive manner that engages others.
• Highly effective influencing and partnering skills, leveraging Change Management principles, to bring others along to drive p