PPI Business System Specialist III

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will contribute to meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. You will join colleagues who bring our Mission to life every day by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

The PPI Business System Specialist III is a senior individual contributor responsible for independently leading defined, complex, cross-functional continuous improvement and productivity projects across the site. Using the Thermo Fisher Scientific Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System, Lean methodologies, and data-driven problem solving, the role delivers measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and customer experience.

The role partners with functional leaders, process owners, and subject-matter experts to identify improvement opportunities, analyse end-to-end processes, implement sustainable solutions, and validate business benefits. The Specialist III also serves as an experienced PPI practitioner, providing facilitation, coaching, and technical guidance while helping strengthen continuous improvement capability across the organisation.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on improvement practitioner with strong business acumen, analytical capability, and change-leadership skills. They will be able to navigate complex processes, influence stakeholders in a matrix organisation, and translate business priorities into structured improvement projects.

This position reports to the Sr Manager PPI Business System and has no direct reports.

• Independently lead defined, complex, cross-functional continuous improvement and productivity projects using PPI, Lean, and structured problem-solving methodologies.

• Manage projects from opportunity identification and scoping through implementation, benefit validation, and sustainment.

• Develop project charters that define scope, objectives, baselines, targets, milestones, risks, governance, and stakeholder responsibilities.

• Deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and customer experience.

• Manage multiple improvement initiatives, balancing priorities, resources, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.

• Maintain project plans, action logs, risk registers, performance dashboards, and benefit-tracking documentation.

• Partner with Finance and process owners to quantify, validate, and report operational and financial benefits.

• Escalate significant risks, barriers, and resource constraints to project sponsors and relevant leaders.

• Provide clear and concise updates to sponsors, leadership teams, and governance forums.

• Analyse operational, transactional, and business processes to identify performance gaps, constraints, waste, variation, and root causes.

• Apply appropriate structured problem-solving and analytical methods, including A3 thinking, root cause analysis, process mapping, and, where relevant, statistical analysis.

• Lead Value Stream Mapping activities, Kaizen events, rapid improvement workshops, and process redesign initiatives.

• Evaluate end-to-end process performance across functional boundaries and identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, and scalability.

• Conduct direct process observation and engage process owners, operators, and subject-matter experts to understand current-state performance.

• Translate business challenges and analytical findings into practical, measurable, and sustainable improvement solutions.

• Constructively challenge existing assumptions and working practices using evidence and business impact.

• Support leaders and process owners in defining future-state processes, implementation plans, and performance controls.

• Lead or support the deployment and maturity of Daily Management Systems, tiered accountability, visual management, and performance-review routines.

• Assess the effectiveness of Daily Management practices and recommend targeted improvements.

• Help teams establish relevant key performance indicators, visual controls, escalation pathways, and problem-solving routines.

• Develop and implement standard work in partnership with process owners and subject-matter experts.

• Promote process standardisation where common practices will improve performance, consistency, compliance, or scalability.

• Ensure new and revised processes have clear ownership, documented controls, performance measures, and sustainment plans.

• Coach teams in using Daily Management to identify abnormalities, prioritise problems, and take timely corrective action.

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