• Job Description

  Req#: R1250844

  Wondering what’s within Beckman Coulter Diagnostics? Take a closer look.

  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 Director, Global Inventory Management for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for driving Beckman Coulter Diagnostic’s inventory performance, as well as providing leadership and oversight of the global inventory function and continuous improvement programs. The primary charter of the position will be to lead a team designed to work cross-functionally to develop and implement inventory improvement initiatives in a highly dynamic, global manufacturing/distribution network. The leader will work collaboratively across the organization to develop programs anchored against our Danaher Material System (DMS) toolkit that is part of our overarching Danaher Business System (DBS). The role is accountable for driving and sustaining inventory turn improvements and developing a continuous improvement roadmap to deliver results in line with our annual working capital turn improvement commitments. In addition, the successful candidate will establish and lead the overall inventory governance and ensure the global rollout of standardized processes, tools, and KPI’s to maximize inventory performance while ensuring compliance and quality standards are met.

  This position is part of the Global Supply Chain, and its primary location is in Chaska, Minnesota and will be hybrid and/or fully remote. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

  You will be a part of the Materials Management Strategy and Process standardization teams and report to the Senior Director of materials Planning and Procurement. You will be responsible for improving Beckman Coulter’s working capital turns and ensuring the continuous improvement of timely, consistent, and quality deliveries to customers globally. This role will need to collaborate with senior commercial and business leaders while working across both a direct and matrixed operations organization to execute inventory reduction programs using DBS tools and methodologies. As part of the Global Supply Chain leadership team, it is important this role; (1) Understands macroeconomic global business conditions, risk mitigation, regulatory and compliance trends (2) Works with business leaders to establish, manage and report on key business and operational metrics/dashboards (3) analyzes and summarizes the performance of the Beckman Coulter’s supply chain operations to provide actionable insights and recommendations to ensure optimum performance.

  If you thrive in a multi-functional, fast-paced leadership role and want to work to build a world-class Global Supply Chain organization—read on.

  In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive:
  

  • Strategic Leadership: Design and implement key changes to the global supply chain that will improve working capital turns while enhancing Beckman Coulter’s customer experience

  • Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization: Develop and implement a global inventory strategy to optimize inventory across the supply chain, targeting the manufacturing and distribution sites, as well as finished goods inventory in the network.

  • Inventory Analytics & Reporting: Develop analytics and data mining capabilities to assist our leaders and teams in developing key initiatives to improve inventory turns for both hardware and consumable products. This includes influencing large-scale global and regional teams to collect, analyze, consolidate, and report key data & partnering with operations and finance leaders to develop the annual operating plan, and forecasts for inventory.

  • Lean & DBS Deployment: Drive DBS, adoption of DMS and Lean programs to be shared across the sites that result in Inventory Optimization

  • Governance: Own Daily Management structure and cadence designed to promote accountability and performance at both the site and regional level. Report, present, and communicate business challenges, status updates, and progress utilizing problem-solving tools to implement countermeasures and sustain business results.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Drive Collaboration with various teams, including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, Finance, and IT, to align inventory optimization strategies with broader organizational goals.

  • Team Leadership: Build & manage a high-performing team of inventory analysts, providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities. Direct project leads in different sites/functions in the development of project plans, financial plans, milestones, and targets to build relationships, secure support and resources for projects, and provide needed support for critical inventory initiatives.
    

  The essential requirements of the job include:

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in supply chain or operations, with 14+ years’ work experience or Master’s degree with 12+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Operations or materials management in a complex, global manufacturing organization

  • Related experience includes 4+ years managing people.

  • Demonstrated experience with lean materials management practices, such as kanban and lean conversion.

  • Ability to travel globally 50% of the time

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

  • APICS certification preferred: Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM); or other related certifications (e.g., CFPIM, CIRM, SCOR-P, C.P.M., CSM or CPSM).

  • Experience with budgeting and financial planning models in a company of comparable or larger size and complexity

  At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, hybrid working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement in which you can work part of the time at the Company location identified above and part of the time remotely from your home. This position is also eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this hybrid or remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics can provide.

  The salary range for this role is 160-195K. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

  This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

  We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

  Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

  #LI-REMOTE

  When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

  Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
  
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  We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com to request accommodation.
  
  If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

• About the company

  Danaher Corporation is an American globally diversified conglomerate with its headquarters in Washington, DC.

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