Director Manufacturing, EU​/APAC

Director, Eu/Apac Manufacturing

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It's all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we're just beginning. Working together, let's put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

The Director, EU/APAC Manufacturing is accountable for the strategic and operational performance of multiple manufacturing sites across Marseille (France), Aachen (Germany), Suzhou (China), and Bangalore (India). This leader ensures consistent delivery against safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people objectives while deploying DBS to translate global strategy into disciplined execution at the site and value‑stream level.

This is a highly visible leadership role that partners closely with Global Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Commercial leaders to support growth, improve customer experience, and build a scalable, resilient manufacturing network.

This position reports to the Vice President Global Operations & Supply Chain and is part of the Global Operations leadership team and is an on-site role at a primary location.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Own the EU/APAC manufacturing performance across all sites, delivering results across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Productivity, and Cost (SQDIP).
• Ensure manufacturing capacity, labor, and capability are aligned with business growth plans and customer demand.
• Drive disciplined execution through DBS;
  Daily Management, Visual Management, Standard Work, Dynamic KANBAN, IMAG, Heijunka Scheduling, structured problem solving, and Kaizen. Build a sustainable culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and data‑driven decision‑making across all sites.
• Build, coach, and develop high‑performing plant and regional leadership teams. Lead succession planning and talent pipelines for critical manufacturing roles. Foster an inclusive, safe, and engaged culture with strong ownership and accountability at all levels.
• Partner with Engineering, R&D, Product Management, Quality, and Commercial teams on new product introductions, transfers, and lifecycle management. Ensure manufacturing input into design‑for‑manufacturability, cost reduction, and innovation initiatives.
• Coordinate with the Global Quality requirements to operate aligned with FDA, ISO
  13485, and Customer Audits to achieve total customer satisfaction. Lead the operations team to ensure a culture of Quality continuous improvement and strong executional discipline to quality expectations.
• Own the regional manufacturing supply response within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain teams to translate demand signals into executable production, staffing, and inventory plans. Identify and mitigate supply risk, improve service levels, and optimize inventory performance.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• B.S. with Minimum of 12+ years' experience in manufacturing (aerospace, medical devices, life sciences, biotechnology, or similar) with 8+ in Operations and/or Supply Chain leadership roles MBA preferred. 3 years' or more experience leading multicultural operations…