Vice President, Global Operations & Supply Chain

Danaher Corporation • Indianapolis, IN

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About The Position

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ (BECLS) mission is to empower those seeking answers to life’s most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than ~ 3,500 associates across 130 countries, you’ll help drive our vision of accelerating answers—and our commitment to excellence. Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives. Position Summary The Vice President, Global Operations & Supply Chain leads end-to-end manufacturing, supply chain, and materials management across BECLS’ global network—currently San Jose, CA; Loveland, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Marseilles, France; Aachen, Germany; Bangalore, India; Suzhou, China—and oversees key contract manufacturing partnerships The role sets global operations strategy, drives world-class performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Working Capital (SQDC+W), and ensures scalable commercial and NPI/NPD execution. Success requires deep Lean/DBS leadership, cross-functional orchestration, and an inclusive, people-first culture that accelerates innovation and growth. This is a highly visible role in a market-leading, core growth business of Danaher. It represents an opportunity to gain exposure to the world-class Danaher Business System. The Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain is a key operating member of BECLS’ global Senior Leadership Team (SLT). As such, he or she will participate in all the SLT’s management meetings, including monthly staff meetings, policy deployment meetings and new product development meetings. This position will play a central role in contributing to the business’ strategy.

Requirements

• 15+ years leading multi-site, global operations in a Lean environment of a top industrial company with measurable outcomes in quality, delivery, cost, and inventory turns.
• Demonstrated success in operational transformations, footprint optimization, and scaling new products/technologies.
• Proven hands-on Lean /DBS conversion experience.
• Strong grasp of digital manufacturing/automation, advanced analytics, and performance management systems.
• Experience leading manufacturing and supporting new product development of integrated technology products (e.g., mechanical, electrical, software-driven devices with imbedded fluidics).
• Bachelors in Engineering, Operations, or Business required

Nice To Haves

• M&A integration experience will be a plus.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Global Operations Strategy & Transformation: Set and execute the global manufacturing and supply chain strategy, aligning site networks, capacity, and footprint for growth, resilience, and cost competitiveness. Harmonize processes and governance across sites to ensure consistent performance and scalability. Lead digital manufacturing / Industry 4.0 initiatives (automation, advanced analytics, connected equipment, traceability) to improve productivity, quality, and decision speed.
• Operational Excellence: Drive Cost productivity through Lean conversion, value stream optimization, and cost optimization initiatives. Optimize Working Capital while protecting service and risk posture. Improve Delivery reliability via constraint management, SIOP, and network synchronization. Own global EH&S system maturity and leading indicators to continuously reduce injuries and risks.
• NPI Technology Transfer & Scale Up: Ensure manufacturing readiness for new products and seamless global transfers across sites / contract manufacturers. Integrate operations early in product lifecycle to hit launch SQDC targets and accelerate time-to-value.
• Supply Chain & External Manufacturing: Partner with Supply Chain & QRA to build a resilient supplier ecosystem, improve OTD/quality, and mitigate geopolitical, logistics, and single-source risk. Govern contract manufacturers (SLAs, quality systems, cost, capacity) and ensure IP, compliance, and responsiveness.
• Enterprise Integration & Program Leadership: Act as an enterprise integrator across Operations & Supply Chain, R&D, Quality/Regulatory, Product Management, Commercial, Marketing, Service, Strategy, DBS, HR, Finance, and Legal—aligning priorities, resources, and roadmaps. Run cross-functional operating cadences (strategy deployment/hoshin, tiered daily management, program reviews) with clear metrics, risk registers, and countermeasures.
• Talent, Culture & Leadership: Build a strong global leadership bench: hire, coach, and develop site and functional leaders; establish succession for critical roles. Foster an inclusive, psychologically safe environment with high trust, transparency, and accountability; recognize and scale winning behaviors. Model DBS/Lean leadership: teach problem solving (PDCA), Gemba coaching, visual management, and kaizen to embed continuous improvement as a daily habit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive