Senior Plant Manager
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior Manager, Plant/Site and contribute to global science and healthcare. You'll oversee operations at advanced facilities, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This leadership role involves advancing operational excellence through Lean manufacturing principles, managing cross-functional teams, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
Job description
Description
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Senior Manager, Plant/Site and contribute to global science and healthcare. You'll oversee operations at advanced facilities, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This leadership role involves advancing operational excellence through Lean manufacturing principles, managing cross-functional teams, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
As the site leader, you'll be responsible for developing and executing strategic plans, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining strong customer relationships. You'll support our core values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement while cultivating a culture of safety, quality, and operational excellence. This role offers the opportunity to implement positive change, support team development, and contribute to scientific advances.
Requirements
- Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in operations leadership in sophisticated manufacturing environments
- Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Science, Business Management, or related field
- Strong track record implementing Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience leading teams in FDA-regulated, cGMP, ISO 13485, or similar quality systems
- Demonstrated financial acumen in budget management and operational cost control
- Excellence in developing and executing strategic and annual operating plans
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams in matrix organizations
- Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
- Experience with quality systems, regulatory compliance, and audit management
- Expert knowledge of operational KPIs and data-driven process improvement
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills across all organizational levels
- Proficiency in leading change management initiatives
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to travel up to 10-15% as required
- Experience maintaining safety programs and environmental compliance
- Excellent vendor and customer relationship management skills
Requirements
- Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in operations leadership in sophisticated manufacturing environments
- Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering, Science, Business Management, or related field
- Strong track record implementing Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience leading teams in FDA-regulated, cGMP, ISO 13485, or similar quality systems
- Demonstrated financial acumen in budget management and operational cost control
- Excellence in developing and executing strategic and annual operating plans
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams in matrix organizations
- Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
- Experience with quality systems, regulatory compliance, and audit management
- Expert knowledge of operational KPIs and data-driven process improvement
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills across all organizational levels
- Proficiency in leading change management initiatives
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to travel up to 10-15% as required
- Experience maintaining safety programs and environmental compliance
- Excellent vendor and customer relationship management skills
Benefits
- Annual incentive plan bonus scheme
- Healthcare
- Company 401k
- Employee benefits
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.