PPI Business System Specialist

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

The position reports to Manager PPi Business System. The PPi Business System Specialist is responsible for the sustaining and continuous improvement of operation processes, active deployment and reinforcement of PPi business system across operation departments, managing projects to improve process flexibility and efficiency, support transfers of specific production lines.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Improves and sustains Operations process by definition, execution, management of PPI (Practical Process Improvement) projects/programs. This also includes:
  • Operations processes design and process maintenance in line with technology needs, industry/best practice standards
  • Driving the company and manufacturing processes to lean principles
  • Continuous cost reduction in the complete manufacturing and supply chain flow
  • Cycle Time, inventory optimization projects
  • Manages product quality/yield improvement projects
• Support projects of transfer/resourcing/outsourcing of manufacturing process
• Manages and executes other complex cross functional, cross site projects addressing operations issues from inception to completion.
• Cooperation with cross-site PPI teams on CI projects and PPI BS deployment projects
• Drives PPI improvement funnel:
  • Searches for Improvement opportunities through data analysis and collaboration with operations teams and streams
  • Creates/Proposes/Drives approval of the improvement roadmap
  • Is responsible for cost and labor planning and allocation in cooperation with company management.
• Drive and manage PPI pipeline for a responsible work stream
• As part of the improvement activities drives the teams to usage of PPI techniques like root cause identification, problem solving, risk/failure identification, project management and other quality and/or lean methodologies
• Provides trainings necessary to improvement execution and PPI BS engagement
• Engages with design engineering early in the Product Management Process (PMP) for New Product Introductions (NPI). This includes analysis, investigation and response to manufacturing process design. Ensures new designs can go into production as quickly as possible and in line with our process management strategy.
• Following the effective documents IMS, EMS and managing documentations.
• Documents/archives/reports results of work according to company rules.
• Communicates effectively to cross-functional teams in Product Development, Service, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Logistics and other TFS departments
• Maintains a clean work area and tools consigned
• Adheres to work safety, fire safety and hygiene of work.
  
  REQUIREMENTS:
  
• University degree in technical discipline (Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or other relevant degree)
• Demonstrated strong leadership and ability to manage complex projects from inception to completion
• At least 5 years’ experience with project or process management, Lean culture deployment in high tech manufacturing or Research and Development environment
• This position requires good knowledge of lean methodologies and continues improvement practices
• Knowledge / certificate of Six sigma is an advantage
• Should demonstrate knowledge of process and product design principles, new product development processes and change management processes
• Must demonstrate strong knowledge of manufacturing, industrial engineering and knowledge of manufacturing management including workable knowledge of Design for Manufacturability, reliability, quality principles
• Must demonstrate good knowledge of safety and quality systems, knowledge of ISO quality standard is an advantage
• Must exhibit strong personal moral and ethics codex, proactive and overall positivistic personality and creativity in solving various complex situations in technical and social area. Must be a team player.
• Must possess basic computer skills and clearly demonstrated ability to develop engineering reports, data analysis and presentations using common Microsoft Office applications
• Must demonstrate good communications skills and be able to lead effectively cross functional teams on projects including international and multicultural teams, projects, suppliers and customers
• Must demonstrate fluent English and Czech/Slovak – speech and writing

• Excellent presentation skills to various levels of auditorium