Careers at ThermoFisher Scientific

Functional Responsibilities:

• Coordinates cross-functional teams and executive sponsors. Facilitates controlled pipeline identification, planning, and implementation, leveraging lean leadership tools and standard work (8-step, PDSA)
• Leverages, trains, and enforces standard work following PPI Business System
• Partnership with Finance in balancing productivity and improvement project budgets, obtaining approvals
• Acts as the voice of PPI as role-model leader. Proactively communicates the benefit of PPI Business System to executive committees and the organization.
• Removes roadblocks and obstacles through facilitated learning, uses structured problem solving and a consistent and robust sponsor escalation process
• Ensures actions and commitments between Thermo Fisher Scientific China and the global PPI organization are aligned, with engagement from all.

Specific Deliverables

• International Best Practices and Local Maturity Assessment
• Business System Implementation
• Develop cascading goal tree for client organizations
• Visual boards and mobile KPI management systems
• Establish standard work for PPI administration
• Savings and productivity tracking
• Training
• Project participants training
• Process manager training
• Executive sponsor training
• Facilitation Support
• With the PPI Director, identify large scale improvement opportunities for process automation, digitization
• Create action plans with executive stakeholders, budget and impact analysis
• Assemble stakeholders, moderate complex problem identification and solution proposals through process mapping
• Organize and host Kaizen events

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree; preferably in Business, Operations, Computer Science, Finance, or Organizational Behavior
• 5 years of relevant industry experience, with 5 years management experience in a consulting environment, six-sigma preferred
• Proficient in Chinese and English language
• PMP certification a plus
• MBA preferred
• Good communication skills across all organization levels, including excellent interpersonal skills
• Embodies role-model ethical standards
• Ability and experience making data-driven decisions across business functions
• Proficient in Windows based office software, MS Project, Minitab are a plus.
• 20%-30% travel

Desired Competencies:

• Drives for Results – Consistently meets goals and objectives with increasing focus on stretch goal attainment.
• Written Communication Skills - Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles in order to achieve impactful results.
• Technical (continuous) learning - Demonstrates the mental agility to acquire new concepts and business acumen rapidly and has an aptitude for building comprehensive industry, company, product, or technical knowledge.
• Presentation Skills - Is effective in a variety of settings: one-on-one, small and large groups and up and down organizational levels.

Negotiation skills - Understands the dynamics of negotiation centered on achieving the highest value for stakeholders.