Hach VP, Veralto Enterprise Systems Leader

Reporting to the Hach President, the Vice President, Veralto Enterprise Systems (VES) will be a key member of the Hach senior management team responsible for leading the strategy design/implementation of VES to support Hach’s continued success in driving technology innovation, commercial execution and Lean across the globe.  This executive will have the overall responsibility of identifying and leading the roadmap that will embed VES as part of the culture allowing Hach to achieve their Policy Deployment (PD) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets.  The Vice President, Veralto Enterprise System (VES) will have full leadership responsibility for Hach VES activities focused on all areas of the VES toolset, including fundamentals, lean, leadership and growth. This position will provide coaching and training of senior leaders and associates to enable process improvements and sustainment of stronger results using VES tools, analytics, and improved performance reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• A key member of the L1 leadership team responsible for defining, developing and leading the strategy design and overall implementation of VES Capability across and VES Certification roadmap Hach globally.
• Drive targeted, sustainable improvement in QDCI (Quality, Delivery, Cost and Innovation) that is tied to Policy Deployment (PD) and Daily Management (DM) by leveraging VES tools, consulting skills, and the change management process
• Leader of a team of global VES practitioners who are responsible for leading and executing the daily implementation of VES processes and tools through their work with associates and management to guide and facilitate activities and provide any necessary supplies or resources.
• Consult with senior leaders about the pain points in their functions, determine how VES can be applied.
• Champion the use of the PSP process and partner to identify which VES tool must be applied and when.
• Provide guidance and support for Obeya/Growth rooms.
• Successfully lead with the VES Innovation tool set or similar innovation tools; benchmark with Veralto Operating Companies for VES best practices.
• Periodically review commercial growth success with Business Unit and commercial leaders, form assessment of Hach’s success in “leading through VES” in our commercial areas
• Support global management in the planning, facilitation, implementation, and sustainment of kaizen activities, benchmark tours, and new employee orientation.
• Guide pre-work and sustainment of the Kaizen process and provide training on key VES Tools (Kaizen, PSP, Daily Management, etc.); ensure and conduct regular reviews of kaizen charter creation, review, approval, and pre-work that drive successful kaizen preparation, and kaizen sustainment.
• Drive VES immersion for L1 leaders and mentor Business VESL´s in application of VES.
• Engage the network of VES leaders across Veralto to identify best practices.
• Lead a VES organization that will directly provide formal and informal VES training and coaching. Augment with other sources of training and coaching (Danaher VESO and outside sources). Improve VES training and facilitation by pursuing certification in VES tools for self and others.
• Audit existing processes and systems to assess/determine actions required for improvements.
• Analyze data and processes to evaluate improvement opportunities for quality improvement impact. Provides input and recommendations for the identification and selection of improvement projects.
• Assist in the development of action plans in support of +QDIP improvement projects.  
• Participate in appropriate daily management, KPI, Operational and PD reviews.
• Communicate and drive “Best Practices” across the business and facilitate Danaher leadership benchmarking sessions.
• Manage team including performance management, compensation increases, development actions, consulting on career aspirations, extending support to indirectly supervised associates.
• Develop succession capability and build talent funnels to ensure growth objectives for Veralto.
• Establish and manage the VES function budget.
• Facilitate the Annual business Planning process and align VES initiatives with business priorities. 
• Support and align on integration of new acquisitions.
• Ability to commit to 50% of required business travel.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline preferred (Physical Sciences or Engineering). The successful candidate’s educational background may also include an undergraduate degree in Business, Marketing, or Operations, or another relevant industry-related field.  Masters in a related field or MBA preferred.
• Years of Experience:  Minimum 5 years of experience leading various lean processes in different functions with exposure to Toyota Production Systems, Six Sigma and/or VES. Significant practitioner experience in quality principles and technical tools (problem analysis, statistical tools, design of experiments, variation reduction, design for six sigma, control charts) and similar experience building a strategy and leading improvement efforts in a variety of functional areas such as Operations, Commercial, Supply Chain and for the overall business.
• Demonstrated ability to build a strategy though the identification of gaps and root causes, then executing on countermeasures and leading through influence.
• Substantial experience in a multinational senior leadership position with ideal background and experience in Industrial and Manufacturing businesses, experience in global companies producing products in a complex global environment.
• A ‘Gemba based’ leader who has demonstrated experience working with Teams at Gemba to drive great DBS adoption with an eye towards ‘hands-on’ learning.  Examples include working in Operations Cells with Production Engineers or working with R&D Teams installing Visual Project Management.
• Experience and working knowledge/application of LEAN tools and concepts preferred.
• Great computer skills (data analysis, word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, statistical tools).
• Must be able to set and attain goals and initiate actions to resolve problems and improve products and processes.
• Must be able to provide concise executive summaries of business performance issues, changes needed or made, results delivered. 
• Excellent communication skills to work with individuals across all levels of the organization and training others.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Serve as a role model for our Core Behaviors:  Apply Insights, Instill Trust, Deliver Results and Win as a Team
• Teamwork - Effective developer of talent with demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment, with a track record of building and developing high performing cross-functional leadership teams
• Ability to influence others - must be able to inform, convince, and persuade others to action on key initiatives 
• Inclusive and authentic leader that earns trust and builds psychological safety in a global organization with a high degree of awareness and actions that foster a diverse and inclusive team.
• Results orientation - must deliver results
• Technical excellence - must possess the technical skills necessary to be seen as credible in Veralto by peers and managers; must have significant practitioner experience in New Product Development.
• Communication—must be able to effectively communicate in both written and verbal forms, and at all levels in the organization.
• Experimentation mindset – able to help teams take and manage risk, drive experimentation to facilitate learning.
• Demonstrates key leadership traits including integrity, adaptability, vision, judgment, courage and passion.

US ONLY: 

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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