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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Mammotome, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Mammotome, our expertise and compassion for breast care makes us the indispensable partner to physicians, clinicians and patients. Our drive for developing innovative technology is rivaled only by our compassion for the people we serve, from the clinicians and surgeons who demand consistently precise solutions, to the patients and families seeking peace of mind. When you join our company, you join in the fight against breast cancer. Working at Mammotome means you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse, hardworking, high-performing team committed to improving patient outcomes. As a trusted leader in breast cancer diagnostics, we invite you to join us and support products you can feel passionate about!

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The Sr. Director of Operations is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing all aspects of Mammotome Global Operations ensuring the development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs of the organization. Span of control includes global Supply Chain and Logistics, Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing, Supplier Management, Facilities/Safety, PPV/VAVE, Global Service Operations and Global Distributio

This position reports to the VP Operations & Supply Chain for Leica Biosystems and Mammotome and is part of the Mammotome Leadership team and will be onsite at the Mammotome Manufacturing plant in Tijuana Mexico.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Establishes, implements, and communicates the strategic direction of the Mammotome manufacturing and operations functions.

• Collaborates with the senior leadership and President of the OpCo to develop and meet company financial goals while supplying expertise and guidance on operations projects and systems.

• Creates and monitors Ops-level Policy Deployment (top priority strategic initiatives) by identifying plant operations breakthroughs, implementing change through the use of comprehensive action plans and aligning resources to achieve targeted KPIs across the operations including for Safety, On-Time Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity (Labor and Material).

• Establishes and maintains the global supply chain capabilities and relationships needed to ensure effective Inventory Planning/Management, Warehousing, Product Distribution/3PL Management on a global basis.

• Establishes and maintains internal manufacturing capabilities and external contract manufacturing relationships needed to produce and/or source products that meet all quality, service and cost requirements.

• Responsible for the strategic relationships with suppliers and contract manufacturers, procurement, and cost reduction of both direct and indirect materials.

• Establishes a culture of integrity and innovation and leads through the Danaher Business System (DBS), implementing Lean, visual management and daily management across all reporting functions while driving a culture of continuous improvement where DBS is leveraged to drive to root cause and stimulate new and improved processes to better all aspects of Operations.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• BA/BS degree, or equivalent relevant experience, required; MA/MS degree, or equivalent relevant experience, preferred

• APICS or ISM certification desired, or equivalent Danaher-specific experience

• Lean/Six Sigma experience; true love of continuous improvement, measuring results and problem solving

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Ability to gain followership and drive results

• Ability to assess talent, inspire high performing individuals, develop associates, and make strategic personnel changes when necessary.

• Ability to drive multiple projects simultaneously across numerous time zones, while ensuring quality and delivery targets are met

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 30%

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

• Diagnostics and/or Medical Device Industry; understanding of the complexities of working in an industry where compliance to regulation is a must

• Leading teams and driving change in a global matrixed organization

Mammotome, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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