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Continuous Improvement Business Systems Specialist I (PPI) 

Position Summary and Key Responsibilities: 

Position Summary 

Join a dynamic role at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. as a Continuous Improvement Specialist I (PPI). This role focuses on implementing the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System at the workstream level. Enhance efficiencies, enrich the customer experience, and boost employee engagement. 

Key Responsibilities 

Lead and collaborate with functional teams to streamline processes, improving the customer experience, enabling growth, retaining colleagues, and increasing efficiency. 

Nurture a proactive culture of ongoing enhancement to elevate important metrics in customer, finance, people, and quality areas. 

Support the development of problem-solving capabilities within the organization at all levels. 

Train, coach, and follow up with teams to ensure system improvements are sustained and collaborators independently manage the processes. 

Work closely with the site PPI steering committee to identify ways to accelerate the cultural change necessary to support the PPI Business System. 

Provide ongoing support to teams deploying rapid responder teams on the floor to drive countermeasures. 

Assist teams in identifying new projects through value stream mapping, data analysis, and daily management systems. 

Lead Kaizens, facilitate events, and mentor others to do the same. 

Provide input to productivity funnel and meet productivity expectations. 

Collaborate with the PPI Network to develop, promote, standardize, and share standard methodologies. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

Rapid Responder, Master Mentor, or Power User Certifications. 

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to connect with and positively influence leadership and all levels of the organization. 

A complete problem solver who can integrate and streamline site-wide systems for optimal benefit. 

Ability to drive continuous improvement in both non-operational and operational areas, including connecting cross-functional resources to remove waste along the extended value streams. 

Passion for driving improvement and leading change. 

Excellent communication skills, including solid written, oral, and presentation-giving abilities. 

Broad knowledge of multi-functional processes and financial business methods. 

High ethical standards to support a professional business code of conduct. 

Creative problem-solving skills, organizational, and time management abilities. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

A Lean Practitioner with practical experience in successfully applying Continuous Improvement fundamentals, including visual management/5S, value stream mapping, standard work, metric boards, stand-up meetings, and project funnel coordination, along with expertise in formal problem-solving processes. 

This position does not have relocation assistance.