Operations Manager

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

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, 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 Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Operations Manager (M3) - Manufacturing Operations is accountable for the safe, compliant, and effective performance of assigned manufacturing operations. Serving as the central coordination point across Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, and Environment, Health and Safety, this leader synchronizes people, equipment, materials, methods, and priorities to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity (SQDIP) targets and fulfill customer commitments. The role balances daily execution with capacity and resource decisions, cost management, continuous improvement, and development of a strong leadership pipeline.

This position reports to the Plant Director and is part of the Manufacturing Operations organization located in Indianapolis, Indiana and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead daily manufacturing operations across assigned production areas, shifts, or value streams to achieve SQDIP, volume, service, and financial commitments.
• Serve as the central coordination point for production schedules, staffing, materials, equipment availability, maintenance downtime, engineering support, quality priorities, and EHS requirements.
• Execute and continuously improve daily management processes, including tiered accountability, visual management, performance reviews, leader standard work, escalation, and countermeasure follow-through.
• Use the Danaher Business System (DBS), Lean principles, Kaizen, data, and structured problem solving to resolve complex operational issues, establish sustainable standards, and improve productivity, quality, delivery, inventory, and cost.
• Translate demand and customer requirements into executable production, capacity, staffing, inventory, and resource plans while balancing daily priorities with departmental and multi-year operational plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers, supervisors, production leaders, and professional associates through clear expectations, performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, and development assignments.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, Human Resources, suppliers, vendors, and customers to meet business objectives and ensure compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, environmental, and company requirements.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of related experience, or Master's/Doctoral degree with 12+ years of related experience.
• At least 4 years of people-management experience, including responsibility for leading through managers and/or supervisors.
• Progressive manufacturing leadership experience with accountability for results across multiple related teams, shifts, production areas, or value streams.
• Demonstrated experience managing manufacturing performance across safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, capacity, and cost.
• Demonstrated experience developing departmental and multi-year operational plans and allocating labor, equipment, capacity, and financial resources.
• Demonstrated experience applying Lean, continuous improvement, Kaizen, or structured problem-solving methods to improve manufacturing performance and sustain results.
• Experience operating in a regulated manufacturing environment and ensuring compliance with applicable safety, quality, regulatory, and environmental requirements.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• This role will have infrequent travel and may require international travel.

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

• Applying DBS or a comparable business system in a manufacturing environment.

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