Senior Director, Operational Excellence (Global Product Development & Supply)

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Position Summary

The Senior Director, Operational Excellence will lead and collaborates with sites, functions and the greater OpEx network on developing and implementing strategies across GPS (Global Product Development & Supply) that drive a continuous Improvement culture. This position will lead the identification and execution of strategic and operational priorities in support of exceeding Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost performance. To achieve this, it will be critical that this position work with leaders across GPS to meet business objectives and build the foundations to drive continuous, sustainable, flawless execution and performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Operational Excellence to improve safety, compliance, & drive continuous improvement
• Leverage prioritized projects to deliver improved business performance & increase skills
• Apply lean skills to improve line designs to improve safety, quality, and efficiency
• Enhance the management system of site and above-site processes (Tier 1-Tier 6)
• Partner with OpEx team on specific projects and coach on OpEx as needed
• Apply change management methods to ensure effective execution of OpEx
• Promote a culture and mindset of operational excellence and continuous improvement, and support the implementation of behavior model across functions
• Anticipated Travel: ~50%

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific, engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in Operations/Operational Excellence in Chemical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, or related industry utilizing Lean principles
• Demonstrated success in developing & deploying Toyota Production System (TPS) strategy to optimize manufacturing operations
• Demonstrated success developing lean practitioners
• Deep understanding and demonstrated experience reducing end-to-end lead time & inventory optimization
• Demonstrated success building quality into processes (manufacturing and business processes)
• Demonstrated success applying lean and improving capacity utilization of various processes in high volume, high mix, high speed, short and long cycle time processes as well as quality operations
• Demonstrated success in line design (ideally in pharma industry applying lean design)
• Expert problem solver with demonstrated success solving complex process-level problems
• Ability to connect lean to improving compliance, safety, quality, delivery and efficiency
• Demonstrated success in improving management systems
• Demonstrated success leading change (both cultural and technical) to achieve continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships, negotiate, and influence leaders and team members across all levels of the organization
• Superior written and verbal communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

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