Operations Manager

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Fluke’s Health Solutions Operations Manager position located in Glenwood, IL might be a fantastic fit for you if you are an experienced leader who inspires your team to collaborate on achieving short- and long-term goals.

• Lead the charge in achieving impactful results while prioritizing the safety of our associates, maintaining product and service quality, and ensuring on-time delivery with optimal cost and inventory management.
• Be a change agent in Daily Management to drive results through Safety, Quality, Deliver, Inventory and Productivity.
• Prepare and maintain accurate production reports, logs, and records to update on KPIs to upper management and analyze data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as Customer Service, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Engineering, to ensure smooth production flow.
• Utilize Gemba techniques to foster and extend our Continuous Improvement (Fortive Business System) and Lean Culture.
• Provide leadership for planning and scheduling to support accurate and timely receipts, shipments, and overall material management, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Provide input on capital, fixed, and variable budgets, with comprehensive variance reporting, absorption accounting analysis, forecasting, and necessary corrective actions.
• Motivate and inspire a team through effective communication, both upstream and downstream.
• Collaborate with HR on organizational and talent development, talent risk management, and succession planning initiatives to provide training, coaching, and development opportunities for team members.
• Conduct regular reviews to ensure alignment with improvement projects and key performance indicators, maintaining a consistent focus on progress and excellence.
• Responsible for approximately 20 hourly employees.

Required:

• Minimum 2 years of progressive operations and cross-functional management experience.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Bachelor of Science Degree, preferably in engineering or a technical field.
• Proven track record in controlling costs to budget.
• Demonstrated expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies with tangible results.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in digital tools including Microsoft Office products (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Desired:

• Previous roles encompassing manufacturing engineering, production operations, and/or various materials management responsibilities.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Master’s degree in business or a technical field.

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.

Comprised of four industry leaders—Fluke Biomedical, LANDAUER, Ray Safe, and Victoreen—Fluke Health Solutions (FHS) leads the biomedical and radiation detection markets with innovative products and services that help keep customers, patients, and clients safe.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 71,100..

Not Applicable

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Medical Equipment Manufacturing