Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Continuous Improvement Business Systems Specialist I (PPI)
Position Summary and Key Responsibilities:
Position Summary
Join a dynamic role at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Continuous Improvement Specialist I (PPI). This role focuses on implementing the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System at the workstream level. Enhance efficiencies, enrich the customer experience, and boost employee engagement.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and collaborate with functional teams to streamline processes, improving the customer experience, enabling growth, retaining colleagues, and increasing efficiency.
* Nurture a proactive culture of ongoing enhancement to elevate important metrics in customer, finance, people, and quality areas.
* Support the development of problem-solving capabilities within the organization at all levels.
* Train, coach, and follow up with teams to ensure system improvements are sustained and collaborators independently manage the processes.
* Work closely with the site PPI steering committee to identify ways to accelerate the cultural change necessary to support the PPI Business System.
* Provide ongoing support to teams deploying rapid responder teams on the floor to drive countermeasures.
* Assist teams in identifying new projects through value stream mapping, data analysis, and daily management systems.
* Lead Kaizens, facilitate events, and mentor others to do the same.
* Provide input to productivity funnel and meet productivity expectations.
* Collaborate with the PPI Network to develop, promote, standardize, and share standard methodologies.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Rapid Responder, Master Mentor, or Power User Certifications.
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to connect with and positively influence leadership and all levels of the organization.
* A complete problem solver who can integrate and streamline site-wide systems for optimal benefit.
* Ability to drive continuous improvement in both non-operational and operational areas, including connecting cross-functional resources to remove waste along the extended value streams.
* Passion for driving improvement and leading change.
* Excellent communication skills, including solid written, oral, and presentation-giving abilities.
* Broad knowledge of multi-functional processes and financial business methods.
* High ethical standards to support a professional business code of conduct.
* Creative problem-solving skills, organizational, and time management abilities.
Preferred Qualifications:
A Lean Practitioner with practical experience in successfully applying Continuous Improvement fundamentals, including visual management/5S, value stream mapping, standard work, metric boards, stand-up meetings, and project funnel coordination, along with expertise in formal problem-solving processes.
This position does not have relocation assistance.
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