Director, VCO

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs.  With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Director, VCO

Location(s)

US Remote - NY

The Company 

PerkinElmer is a global analytical services and solutions provider with offerings including the leading OneSource Field and Laboratory services business that serve the biopharma, food, environmental, safety and applied end markets to accelerate scientific outcomes. Since 1937, PerkinElmer has served as a trusted partner in laboratory analysis and management and today complements its service offerings with a broad portfolio of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy, and chromatography instruments, consumables, and reagents. With a dedicated team of more than 5,000 team members, the Company serves customers in more than 35 countries. Additional information is available at www.perkinelmer.com 

 

Purpose 

PerkinElmer is seeking a Director, VCO for the newly established Value Creation Office (VCO) directly underneath the Chief Executive Officer. This role will report to the Chief of Staff to CEO / Head of Value Creation Office and be responsible for driving major operational improvement and growth initiatives in close partnership with the members of the C-suite and other business leaders. 

Director, VCO (AES Division) will lead one or several workstreams in the VCO that encompass major operational improvement and growth initiatives in a specific business or functional area that improve efficiency, increase revenue, and reduce costs. It is expected that this person will have a “T-shaped” expertise profile, with both a deep level of knowledge and experience in one or multiple functional areas, and an ability to act as a versatile athlete to support value creation activities across the full spectrum of business priorities. The role will require a self-propelled entrepreneur with a laser-like execution focus who can drive the planning and implementation of improvements from start to finish and support the organization with bringing them over the finish line with minimal supervision.  

Responsibilities 

• Develop workplans that represent shortest path to successful outcomes while accounting for and mitigating constraints 

• Collaborate effectively with the rest of the organization to identify and involve necessary resources in driving the improvements 

• Collect and analyze data to understand root causes of performance below full potential, benchmark eff