Danaher Business System Director, North America Commercial

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

At Leica Biosystems, 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 Leica Biosystems, we’re not just shaping the future of cancer diagnostics — we’re transforming lives. Our mission of “Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives” is the driving force behind everything we do. As a global leader with the most comprehensive portfolio spanning from biopsy to diagnosis, we empower clinicians with innovative, reliable solutions so they can give patients timely, accurate answers when they need them most. When you join Leica Biosystems, you’re not just taking a job; you’re becoming part of a passionate team that knows every moment matters when it comes to cancer. You’ll help develop diagnostic solutions that turn anxiety into answers, and aid the acceleration of next-generation, life-changing therapies. Surrounded by a diverse and collaborative global community, you’ll be inspired each day to stretch, grow, and make an impact.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Danaher Business System Director, North America Commercial is responsible for leveraging the Danaher Business System (DBS) to improve the most critical programs across our North America (NA) Commercial organization. They will be a key business partner to the NA Commercial leaders. The ideal candidate will be driven to achieve business results, has a strong and proven ability to drive effective use of continuous improvement tools of the Danaher Business System (DBS), collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement and sustain change.

This position reports to the Global Director DBS, Commercial and is part of the Danaher Business System (DBS) team at Leica Biosystems (LBS). This position will be located at the LBS global headquarters in Deer Park, IL and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Partner with NA Commercial Leaders to build a funnel of cross functional continuous improvement initiatives targeted to drive growth, reduce waste, increase profitability, and improve customer experience
• Manage NA Commercial Kaizen Funnel, driving from ideation to execution the most critical events impacting the business
• Support the creation and execution of LBS Policy Deployment
• Train and install foundational capabilities in PD, Action Planning, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) management. Work with central and regional organizations to create KPI bowlers and Visual Management to sustain innovation process improvement
• Directly provide formal and informal DBS training and coaching. Augment with other sources of training and coaching (DHR DBSO, outside sources). Improve DBS training and facilitation by pursuing certification in DBS tools for yourself and others. Evaluate and approve other associates for tool certification

The essential requirements of the job include:

• BS or BA Degree in business, science/engineering, operations, or equivalent experience required
• 7 years of demonstrated success in commercial organizations, including leadership roles
• Ability to analyze cross functional processes, assess performance, lead continuous improvement and sustain change; has the skills necessary to be seen as credible by peers and managers across LBS
• Sought out as an authority in the DBS Fundamentals (i.e., Visual and Daily Management, 5S, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement, Kaizen, Problem Solving). Recognized "hands-on" expert possessing knowledge of DBS Tools. Outstanding ability to plan, execute and follow-up on kaizens
• Ability to work with functions in the implementation of the DBS roadmap and implement key growth initiatives; successfully drives change, handles conflict / ambiguity in a diverse, global work environment

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – up to 15% overnight, with occasional international travel

Leica Biosystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $180,000 - $210,000 USD. 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.

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