Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

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Job Description

Make a positive global impact by becoming part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Our team is committed to bringing our Mission to life every day, helping customers worldwide improve health, cleanliness, and safety. Contribute to solving challenges like environmental protection, food safety, and cancer treatment.

This role is 2-3 days based from our Basingstoke, UK Site

Position Summary:

We are delighted to present an extraordinary opportunity to join our exceptional team as Senior Director, Operations. The incumbent will provide Operations leadership to four sites across EMEA with in excess of $200 M revenue and approx. 420 FTEs. The Role holder will act as multi - Site Leader for the Microbiology Division facilities in Basingstoke, Dartford and East Grinstead and provide overall Operations leadership to the MBD facility in Vantaa.

The vision is to elevate the Microbiology Division Operations performance to become a competitive advantage and a great place to work. You will create an integrated network with innovative processes, capability, and infrastructure. The successful candidate will develop a strong team and leadership talent. You will be using the PPI business system to deliver margin improvement, colleague engagement and outstanding customer service. To achieve these objectives, the role has matrix responsibility for Supply Chain, Quality, HR, and Finance.

Responsibilities:

Deliver on the Annual Operational Plan and strategic business plans and drive efficiencies.
Be accountable for the sites’ Safety, Health, and Environmental obligations within the UK in line with both Thermo Fisher requirements and wider UK legal requirements, including process safety.
Put the customer first, ensure their needs are understood and delivered upon, reduce back orders.
Drive efficiency savings – productivity projects – support sourcing alternatives for step change savings.
Build, develop and lead a leadership team capable of carrying out needed operational strategies, employee development activities and driving cultural change.
Achieve the sites goals through PPI and other continuous improvement tools.
Run large projects with capital investment to optimise Return on Investment.
Establish effective partnerships with Quality and ensure that all quality standards and appropriate regulatory requirements are met.
Distribution Centre: work with supply chain on optimizing the distribution resources and model

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Minimum Bachelor’s degree within scientific, engineering, or manufacturing field. Additional business qualification preferred (e.g. MBA).

Experience:

Minimum 10 years business experience showing clear progression through Operations leadership roles.
Minimum 5 years leading operations with a mid-sized (100+ manufacturing/operations employees) manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of production of culture media and immunodiagnostic techniques, preferred.
Experience working in healthcare manufacturing or similar regulated environment with a strong safety and quality culture using data to deliver performance improvements.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value the strengths and perspectives that each individual brings to our team. We strive to provide reasonable accommodations and adjustments to applicants and employees with disabilities to ensure equal access to employment opportunities. If you require any accommodations or adjustments during the application process or throughout your employment, please let us know.
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