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At first glance, you’ll see that for more than 80 years we’ve been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges. 

The Manager DBSL for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for driving a robust understanding and application of DBS tools across the team and driving short and long term business objectives within Hardware Operations. You will partner with cross functional leaders to drive business results and increase DBS capability and culture.

This position is part of the Hardware Operations located in Chaska, MN and will be an on-site position.  At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the Hardware Operations Leadership Team and report to the Director of Production Operations responsible for the Hardware Manufacturing Plant. If you thrive in a fast paced, high visibility role and want to work to build a world-class manufacturing organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Apply DBS to drive transformative change to improve KPI’s in the Hardware Operations Plant, actively participate in DM to take action and solve problems, coach and mentor work teams to build sustainable processes that deliver on KPI’sApply DBS to collaborate with others, asking for feedback and reacting constructively; take initiative and accountability for corrective measuresCollect Gemba evidence and participate actively in Kaizen. Lead others in getting to root cause at Gemba.Sets and delivers on goals for self that are challenging and aspirational within the scope of available resources to support growth and DBS capability targets.Include DBS in D4G and engage as CP for DBS tool. Mentor peers and modify behavior based on feedback to enhance impact.

The essential requirements of the job include:

Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience, or Doctoral degree with 9+ years of experience4 years’ experience with application continuous improvement/lean manufacturingDemonstrated ability to coach and mentor associates and teams of various levels from production associates to Sr. Leadership rolesDisplays a positive attitude in the face of difficult or challenging situations. Provides an uplifting (yet realistic) outlook on what the future holds and the opportunities it might present.Can effectively shift approach when situation changes and make decisions without having the total picture or being given clear direction.

Travel

Ability to travel to other Danaher OpCo’s for own development and to drive continuous improvement at other locations, 10% travel

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

Achieved CP in applicable DBS tool (SW, 5S, VRK, QSB, TPI, PSP, VSM)

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