What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Performance Coordinator position at Cepheid?
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cepheid, 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 Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator is responsible for leading the effort to maintain the Global Quality of Inventory movement across all Cepheid and Third-Party Providers (3PL's) warehouse locations. They will manage a set of Global Quality Management Systems Performance Metrics (QMSR) across these sites to ensure compliance and delivery integrity to our patients and customers.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will utilize Danaher Business Systems (DBS) tool set to develop/implement inventory goods movement process automation and technology transformation solutions. The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will be our primary leader that interfaces across all Cepheid Quality functions through project-based solutions in support of Cepheid's Global Supply Chain. This position provides the opportunity to influence and re-engineer specific goods movement process with the Warehouse leadership teams to ensure their operation meets the Quality Management System (QMS) requirements. This position will also collaborate with our customer base, quality teams and warehouse shipping locations to identify product delivery failures (damage/mis-picks/over ship/under ship...) and create business solutions to eliminate these quality failures.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will utilize data analytics modeling to identify SAP transaction touch failures, logistics partner errors and then craft solutions working closely with the regional warehouse plant code leaders, quality teams and logistics partners. The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator leads through Danaher Business System lean practices and thrives in a cross-functional matrix environment where continuous improvement is the cultural norm. They must be comfortable leading through influence by effectively communicating within Cepheid cross-functional departments and 3rd party warehouse providers. This role will collaborate with various business stakeholders from Sales/Marketing, Logistics Operations, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Solutions, IT Technology, Quality, Procurement, EHS and Finance.
This position reports to the Director Logistics Technology and Projects, is part of the Manufacturing and Operations Supply Chain organization located in Sunnyvale, CA, and will be an on-site role.
In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To
The annual salary range for this role is $85,000.00 - $115,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
This position will also be responsible for all Supply Chain activities to support revenue plan and customer service experiences for our Canadian business. The candidate will execute this process by managing our 3PL partner in Canada and enable the execution of our FGI (assays) goods movement process from the Cepheid North America and Sweden Distribution Center.
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.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
The U.S. EEO posters are available here.
We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cepheid, 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 Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator is responsible for leading the effort to maintain the Global Quality of Inventory movement across all Cepheid and Third-Party Providers (3PL's) warehouse locations. They will manage a set of Global Quality Management Systems Performance Metrics (QMSR) across these sites to ensure compliance and delivery integrity to our patients and customers.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will utilize Danaher Business Systems (DBS) tool set to develop/implement inventory goods movement process automation and technology transformation solutions. The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will be our primary leader that interfaces across all Cepheid Quality functions through project-based solutions in support of Cepheid's Global Supply Chain. This position provides the opportunity to influence and re-engineer specific goods movement process with the Warehouse leadership teams to ensure their operation meets the Quality Management System (QMS) requirements. This position will also collaborate with our customer base, quality teams and warehouse shipping locations to identify product delivery failures (damage/mis-picks/over ship/under ship...) and create business solutions to eliminate these quality failures.
The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator will utilize data analytics modeling to identify SAP transaction touch failures, logistics partner errors and then craft solutions working closely with the regional warehouse plant code leaders, quality teams and logistics partners. The Supply Chain Performance Coordinator leads through Danaher Business System lean practices and thrives in a cross-functional matrix environment where continuous improvement is the cultural norm. They must be comfortable leading through influence by effectively communicating within Cepheid cross-functional departments and 3rd party warehouse providers. This role will collaborate with various business stakeholders from Sales/Marketing, Logistics Operations, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Solutions, IT Technology, Quality, Procurement, EHS and Finance.
This position reports to the Director Logistics Technology and Projects, is part of the Manufacturing and Operations Supply Chain organization located in Sunnyvale, CA, and will be an on-site role.
In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To
- Maintains and manages the Global Logistics QMS key performance metrics including the quarterly reporting and communication to the Cepheid Executive staff.
- Leads system solution and operational development for supply chain data exchanges standards for Global Cepheid 3PL partners - track & trace, data standards...
- Leads on-boarding activities for the deployment of business solutions that ensure compliance with the Global Logistics QMS standards. This may include systems process, operational design and hardware technology that enables the solution.
- Responsible for Cepheid's Global Logistics CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) assignments and completion by impacted warehouse locations.
- Lead and participate in cross-functional data infrastructure projects supporting operations as part of the Global Fulfillment and Distribution organization that enable warehouse productivity, cost improvements and inventory accuracy for the Cepheid physical network.
- Maintains the strategic relationship and development platform for Cepheid's key Technology Hardware and Software Partners.
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of related work experience (or equivalent experience) OR Master’s degree in field with at least 0-2 years of related work experience (or equivalent experience)
- Must have experience analyzing metrics, identifying errors, and identifying solutions
- Must be familiar with lean manufacturing practices
- APICS certification, experience with Six Sigma/lean or Danaher Business System.
- Proficient with ERP systems (SAP), data analytics and Quality Management systems.
- Expertise in 3PL Operations Management, Planning, Finance, or Procurement.
- Capable of creating SOPs for technology on-boarding process – track and trace standards, 3PL data exchange and operational business processes.
- Ability to travel is required (domestic and internationally) up to 25%.
The annual salary range for this role is $85,000.00 - $115,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
This position will also be responsible for all Supply Chain activities to support revenue plan and customer service experiences for our Canadian business. The candidate will execute this process by managing our 3PL partner in Canada and enable the execution of our FGI (assays) goods movement process from the Cepheid North America and Sweden Distribution Center.
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.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
The U.S. EEO posters are available here.
We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or applyassistance@danaher.com.
Salary : $85,000 - $115,000
