Footprint Strategy Leader, Discovery and Medical

Bring more to life.

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

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s operating companies, our work saves lives, and we’re 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. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact, innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us, working on challenges that truly matter with people who care for each other, our customers, and their patients.

Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Footprint Strategy Leader, Discovery & Medical is responsible for developing and driving the long-term global operations and supply chain footprint strategy for the Discovery & Medical business. This role translates business strategy into actionable network and footprint roadmaps across manufacturing, sourcing, warehousing, capacity, localization and productivity to improve security of supply, quality, delivery, cost and sustainability.

This position is part of the Footprint Strategy & Execution team within the Strategy Operation Office organization.

What you will do

• Develop the long-term operations and supply chain footprint strategy for Discovery & Medical, leveraging the Danaher Business System and Operations & Supply Chain Engine to assess end-to-end capability, capacity, performance and gaps against business priorities.
• Define strategic footprint roadmaps covering make/buy and make/where decisions, manufacturing and assembly strategy, capacity planning, localization, security of supply, dual sourcing/dual manufacturing and region-for-region strategies, aligned with business strategy and Policy Deployment.
• Translate strategy into an executable portfolio of cross-functional initiatives, including manufacturing and warehouse expansions and transfers, capacity investments, localization, supply chain simplification, new business integration and lifecycle management, while ensuring Operations is engaged early in new product development.
• Lead business-case development and execution planning for strategic footprint initiatives, including CapEx and OpEx requirements, resource planning, technology and automation opportunities, implementation plans and risk mitigation, and support operational due diligence for acquisitions, partnerships and strategic alliances.
• Establish governance and performance management for the footprint strategy, including Say-Do reviews, lessons learned and executive-level reporting, demonstrating the impact of strategic initiatives on customers and the Core Value Drivers of the business

Who you are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations or supply chain, including experience leading complex global or multi-site initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing manufacturing and/or supply chain network strategies, including capacity planning, make/buy, manufacturing transfers, localization or supply resilience.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale cross-functional transformation or capital projects, including business-case development, CapEx/OpEx planning, project governance and risk management.
• Demonstrated application of Lean, Danaher Business System or comparable continuous-improvement methodologies within manufacturing, operations or supply chain

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%, including travel to manufacturing and supply chain locations.

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

• Life sciences, biotechnology, medical device or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• M&A operational due diligence, post-acquisition integration or strategic manufacturing partnerships.
• Advanced manufacturing technologies, including automation or additive manufacturing.

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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