PPI Senior Manager
Employer · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Strategy manager
Business analyst
Production engineerDaytimeFull-timeBudapest
As a Senior Manager of PPI Business System at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will facilitate transformational change and continuous improvement across the organization. Leading the implementation of our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System, you will partner with business leaders to establish and mature lean management practices that enable profitable growth, enhance customer experience, and increase employee engagement. Through strategic deployment, coaching, and hands-on facilitation of improvement initiatives, you will help develop a problem-solving culture focused on operational excellence. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and deliver measurable results in quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
Tasks
- Facilitate transformational change and continuous improvement across the organization
- Lead the implementation of our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System
- Partner with business leaders to establish and mature lean management practices that enable profitable growth, enhance customer experience, and increase employee engagement
- Deploy strategies, coach, and hands-on facilitate improvement initiatives to help develop a problem-solving culture focused on operational excellence
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, eliminate waste, and deliver measurable results in quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction
Requirements
- Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in lean leadership implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Science, Business, Operations or related field
- Six Sigma Black Belt and/or Lean certification preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
- Demonstrated experience developing and deploying PPI/lean tools including
- Strategy deployment and value stream mapping
- Tiered daily management systems and leader standard work
- Kaizen facilitation and problem-solving methodologies
- Standard work, error-proofing, and visual management
- Strong financial and business acumen with ability to identify, quantify and track improvement opportunities
- Excellent communication, presentation and influence skills to engage all organizational levels
- Demonstrated success coaching and developing continuous improvement capabilities in others
- Experience leading change initiatives in a matrix organization
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to travel up to 30%
- Manufacturing/operations experience preferred
- Expertise in data analytics and performance metrics
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite required
- Commitment to driving improvement and leading transformational change
- Ability to work effectively across functions without direct authority
- Experience in regulated industry (e.g., life sciences, medical devices) preferred