LSPS - OpEx Specialist 1 at Millipore Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri

Job Description:

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma.


Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.


This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.



Your Role:



The LSPS-OpEx Specialist 1 supports the Life Science Production System (LSPS) deployment activities at a site level; prepares progress reports on the LSPS initiative at key meetings, acts as a role model for cultural behaviors. Collaborates on opportunity assessment (OA), executes improvement plans for area optimization. The LSPS-OpEx Specialist 1 also co-leads workshops and contributes to building capabilities of the site through targeted training and coaching of frontline employees.

• Demonstrates leadership skills to drive change and challenge the status quo respectfully and professionally while building rapport and trust with peers.


• Working with video display images for extended periods of time - up to eight (8) hours per day.


• Communicates opportunities, impacts, and risks effectively within own and frontline team through strong written and verbal skills.


• Understands and practices MilliporeSigma High Impact Culture behaviors.


• Develops partnership within frontline teams to help drive continuous improvement.


• Analyzes data, gathers inputs, and observes operations to identify gaps & opportunities and propose root causes for improvement. Formulates possible solutions. Independently builds visuals to communicate the opportunity to the plant.


• Manages project charters, timelines, and task follow-ups to ensure safe, timely completion and effective communication of risks to deployment leads

Work Location: 3500 Dekalb St. Louis, Missouri




Shift: Regular working hours. 7:30-16:30 Hours Mon-Fri




Physical Attributes:

• May sit, stand, walk, reach above the shoulder, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl for short periods of time.


• Lift up to 25 pounds unassisted.


• Lift more than 50 pounds assisted.


• Wear Personal Protective Equipment, "PPE," including but not limited to, hard hats, glasses/goggles, chemical-resistant suits, gloves, safety shoes.


• Work area may occasionally be wet, humid, abnormally hot, or cold.


• Occasionally will work near moving mechanical parts.

Who You Are




Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in biology, Chemical Engineering, or other Life Science or Engineering discipline.


• 2+ years internal experience in Operations or Supply Chain.

OR

• High School Diploma and 3+ years internal experience in Operations or Supply Chain.


• 2+ years managing continuous improvement projects.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing projects, preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to execute work according to safety & quality standards.


• Experience implementing 2+ LSPS elements, including 1 foundational element (Daily Management System, Leader Standard Work, 6S, or Problem Solving).


• Experience working with internal stakeholders or cross-functionally.


• Lean training (blue, green, black belt or similar) preferred.


• Strong computer skills including database management; proficient in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Smartsheet)


• Strong mathematical and problem-solving skills.


• Strong organizational and time management skills.


• Effective oral and written communication skills.


• Strong leadership skills including training staff and fostering collaborative teamwork.


• Self-directed and self-motivated.


• Strong ability to effectively prioritize and work effectively on multiple tasks and projects with varying requirements and deadlines.


• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business circumstance and thrive in a constantly changing business environment.


• Proven ability to influence with and/or without direct authority.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!


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