Senior Manager, Inbound Value Stream

Location: Indianapolis

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RAzenta Inc.### At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships. All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity## Job Title Senior Manager, Inbound Value Stream##
** Job Description
** Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with offices and operations, worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

The Senior Manager, Inbound Value Stream is responsible for the end-to-end performance of inbound biorepository operations, including Retrieval, Verification, Discards, Shipping, and Logistics. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for the inbound value stream, ensuring work is prioritized, planned, executed, and continually improved in alignment with customer requirements, quality expectations, and business objectives.
** How You’ll Add Value:
** As a member of the site leadership team, the Value Stream Senior Manager owns value stream performance by aligning people, processes, systems, and resources to improve flow, eliminate waste, increase productivity, and strengthen customer outcomes. This leader serves as the primary owner of Daily Management, continuous improvement, workforce development, and long-term value stream strategy.
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* What You’ll Do:

**** Lead the Inbound Value Stream
*** Own end-to-end performance for Retrieval, Verification, Discards, Shipping, and Logistics
* Establish clear priorities and operating plans that align customer demand, operational capacity, and business objectives
* Drive execution against safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives
* Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant processing of all inbound specimens and materials
* Maintain visibility to workload, capacity, throughput, and operational risk across the value stream
* Own the 12–24 month strategy, organizational capability, and financial performance of the Inbound Value Stream while developing the future operating model for scalable growth
** Drive Operational Excellence:
*** Lead Daily Management through visual management, tiered accountability, and structured problem-solving routines
* Develop and sustain Standard Work across inbound operations
* Champion Azenta Business System (ABS) principles and continuous improvement initiatives
* Facilitate Kaizen events, process improvement initiatives, and waste elimination activities that improve flow, quality, and labor productivity
* Utilize data, analytics, and performance metrics to identify gaps and drive sustainable improvement
** Deliver Business Performance:
*** Own inbound value stream KPIs, including quality, delivery, productivity, turnaround time, labor utilization, and cost performance; ensure client specific KPIs are met to the expectations of the client
* Partner with Finance and site leadership to execute Annual Operating Plan (AOP) objectives and support value stream financial performance
* Support Sales & Operations Planning (SIOP) execution through effective capacity planning, labor planning, and resource allocation
* Collaborate with Scheduling to ensure customer demand is translated into a clear daily execution plan
** Lead and Develop People:
*** Lead, coach, and develop Supervisors, Leads, and frontline employees within the inbound value stream
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