Director of Operations

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

As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies.

From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimize emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Director of Operations is responsible for supporting the Aerospace Business Unit with oversight of activities in production and manufacturing. This operations leadership position is a critical role and manages the New Port Richey Florida Plant of 400+ associates. In this role the Plant Manager will develop processes that will maximize safety, quality, productivity and followership for Manufacturing Operations, Facilities, Manufacturing Engineering, and Materials.

This position reports to the VP, Operations and is part of the Operations team located in New Port Richey Florida and will be an on-site role.

This position requires access to export-controlled commodities, technical data, technology, software, and services. U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, protected person status, or U.S. Government export authorization is required. Any offer of employment is contingent upon Pall obtaining the necessary employment visa and export authorization, including, if required, an export license from the applicable U.S. government agency.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Responsible for achieving yearly Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity targets through effective and efficient Daily Management and KPI action plan development.

• Builds a Winning Team by performing supervisory activities, including recruitment and selection, training and development, coaching, and administering performance and salary review processes for direct reports. 

• Ensure the KPIs and key goals are achieved and that manufacturing capacity meets the sales plan

• Promotes and leads using DBS tools and lean concepts to improve manufacturability, productivity, yields, cost, process variation, and customer quality.

• Maintain headcount, overtime, factory expenses and fiscal budgets set by annual budgets.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience, or Masters’ degree with 6+ years of experience - including 5+ years managing people. Experience must include Manufacturing and/or operating in an FAA or ISO-regulated industry.

• Past experience with successful implementation of Continuous Improvements, Lean Manufacturing principles and practices, and have strong understanding CI tools and techniques along with experience of demonstrating sustained results.

• Must possess a thorough understanding of the inter-relationship between manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality and purchasing.

• Exceptional leadership, team building skills & focus on developing a safety culture.

• Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, in addition to being results oriented, creative and self-motivated are required.

• Strong financial background.

• Demonstrated safety leadership capabilities and knowledge and experience

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel locally and globally up to 15% of the time

• Must have a valid driver’s license

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Aerospace or Industrial Capital Goods

Pall Corporation, 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.

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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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.

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