Job Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.
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Our global team of more than 125,000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
This position is based in Uppsala, where Thermo Fisher develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. With 1,900 employees worldwide working with these products, and 1,000 in Sweden, we are the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.
The job
In the recently established function Production Excellence, there is now an exciting and newly created role as Labelling Development Engineer available. The role will focus on working with long term strategies, creation of road maps and implementation of new ways of working. The initial focus will be on product configurations and labelling, but with time the Production Excellence group, and this role, will work with other operational- and supply chain topics to drive efficiency, standardization and operational excellence. Your initial main tasks will be to create process maps for our labelling processes in order to identify pain points and possible improvements. Then the tasks will be to create best in class processes and finally implement them in our daily work.
The Production Excellence function works overarching with all departments within production and with a clear goal and mission to standardize and drive improvements for us all. Within operations, we are about 220 team members here in Uppsala. You will be part of a highly motivated team delivering value via constant improvements and standardization, working closely together with all areas within operations and many other functions within the company. This is truly an exciting position in the hearth of operations.
How will you make an impact
Become the Subject Matter Expert in how to best and most efficient manage the global labelling requirements within Operations
Work actively within our division to drive clarity and set a vision, and ultimately, build one common shared roadmap for the product setup, including labelling
Be the SME and representative from Operations in projects or activities that are related to labelling
Develop, document and implement processes to improve performance and to drive standardization
Govern implemented Standard Procedures within Operations
Drive implementation of new/improved Procedures and processes within Operations
Drive Operation Excellence initiatives and participate in Kaizens and other activities for continuous improvements
Work closely with Supply Chain to find the most efficient way of managing our products within operations and to create a seamless workflow
Work closely with R&D and the Product Information team to ensure alignment and collaboration in order to secure the roadmap
What will you need
Bachelor’s and/or Masters’ (preferred) degree in operations, production, supply chain or related discipline (e.g. Industrial Engineering or Management).
Preferably 3-5 years’ experience within Operations or Supply chain
Clear communicator with the possibility to influence others both verbally and written in Swedish and English
Strong prioritization and decision-making skills managing complex business environment with clarity in communication for team, stakeholders and managers
Demonstrate abilities as a quick learner and with an ability to leverage strong analytical skills to articulate future strategies and road maps for execution
Experience working with process improvement ideologies e.g. LEAN, Six Sigma, PPI or similar) as well as experience from Material Flow/Material Production/Production Planning of highly regulated products (ideally from the Medtech industry) in ERP environment (e.g. SAP).
Knowledge of warehousing and global shipping of hazardous goods, cold chain product, and highly regulated products (ideally from the Medical Device/Tech industry)
Please send in your application, including a cover letter, CV (in one document) in English, apply via http://jobs.thermofisher.com/. Please apply as soon as possible, the position will be filled as soon as suitable candidate is found.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age.
