Senior Director of Operations

• Production
• Service & Calibration
• Materials & Planning
• DFx (Design for Manufacturing) & Engineering
• Drive point of impact results while ensuring safety of our associates, quality of our products and services, and on-time delivery at the minimum investment in cost and inventory.
• Utilize Gemba techniques to foster and extend our FBS (Fortive Business System) and Lean Culture
• Provide leadership for planning and scheduling to support accurate and timely receipts, shipments, and overall material management
• Coordinate New Product Introduction (NPI) and product transitions from engineering to manufacturing to ensure post launch success through process and metrics leadership.
• Set and lead capital, fixed and variable budgets for manufacturing site, providing end-of-month variance reporting and analysis, absorption accounting analysis and forecasting, and corrective actions as required
• Collaborate with HR for organization and talent development, talent risk management, and succession planning
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly reviews to ensure improvement projects and key performance indicators stay on track. Execution through robust Daily Management/Visual Management and Operational Review cadences to ensure the site meets its customer and business commitments.
• Collaborate closely with the global sales and product organizations to align on customer expectations, delivery timelines, and revenue goals, while driving sustained value creation through effective communication, expectation setting, and organizational capability building. Additionally, work to enhance customer value and operational efficiency by developing solutions that promote shipment linearity within the Operations and Service teams.

• 10+ yrs. of progressive operations and cross functional management
• Cross functional business management experience in manufacturing engineering, Service & production operations, continuous improvement, and other support functions
• Proven track record in controlling costs to budget
• Proven track record delivering predictive results for customers
• Lean Manufacturing demonstrated knowledge and results
• Proficient in digital literacy (Microsoft Office products: Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Experience successfully implementing lean manufacturing and Fortive Business System processes within depth knowledge of the methodology (or similar)
• Experience leading a service organization
• Experience developing engineering talent
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to motivate various levels of organization
• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time

• Data analysis skills
• Experience leading >$70M revenue business

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.

We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

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