Director, Operations/Site Leader

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director, Operations, Bioprocess Equipment and Automation is part of the BioProduction Division, which is one of the fastest growing businesses in the company, supporting developers and manufacturers of biological-based therapeutics and vaccines. With our portfolio of best-in-class products that span the bioprocessing workflow from discovery through large-scale commercial production, our business is driving performance in bioprocessing through collaboration with our customers

This position has the overall operations responsibility for the Bioprocess Equipment & Automation site located at Santa Clara, CA. This includes direct responsibility for the functions of: Operations with shared (Indirect) responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering, Health Safety & Environment, and PPI (Practical Process Improvement), Supply Chain and Distribution. The position will work very closely with the commercial operations team and their respective reporting functions. The span of control is from direct reporting staff as well as broad control over entire site 150 employees located in Santa Clara, CA.

This position is responsible for leading the successful manufacturing and delivery of Bioproduction control systems to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers in the Bio Processing Production industry. The manufacture of these products must be in accordance with all regulatory requirements such as cGMPs, ISO, or other requirements as necessary.

The main goal of this position is to ensure that Thermo Fisher Scientific’s customers receive the highest quality products, on time, and in a responsive, efficient manner. To achieve this it requires a highly motivated workforce which pays strict attention to detail, can identify, develop and implement robust harmonized processes and procedures along with methods to ensure procedural compliance. The successful candidate must be able to create and maintain a culture proven by every employee, every day which shows a stringent dedication to quality, assurance of supply to customers, service, safety, self-motivation, and a dedication to continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all costs of production to meet and exceed targeted goals for labor, material and overhead costs. Make decisions around site discretionary spending which will meet or exceed AOP and business needs.
• Develop and lead an operational strategy which is aligned with, and achieves, overall long term Thermo Fisher Scientific BPD business goals.
• Plan and direct operational activities of the site to achieve shorter term business targets as well as benchmark performance in the areas of quality, delivery and cost.
• Create a long term vision and plan to achieve that vision, communicate the vision and ensure staff alignment to work towards that vision
• Act as a champion for the implementation of PPI (Practical Process Improvement) and PPI Lean Enterprise.
• Develop and maintain a positive reputation in the market with customers, commercial team, suppliers, partners, local community, and regulatory/official bodies.
• Actively handle both internal and external communications with employees, other levels of management within the company, customers and the community
• Report Site performance, including scorecard metrics, to all company partners
• Manage and streamline demo process for the business.
• Ultimate responsibility for Site Health, Safety, Regulatory & Environmental Compliance

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of career progression and experience in a high-velocity manufacturing business
• Experience in running Project based Operations
• Exceptional people leadership skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Absolute integrity and transparency
• Ability to instill confidence within employees, Thermo Fisher Scientific and customers
• Working knowledge and proficiency of MS office products
• Oracle experience preferred

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