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Olympus Corporation of the Americas Executive Director - Distribution Excellence Leader in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Working Location: MASSACHUSETTS, WESTBOROUGH
Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid
For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.
Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.
Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our Purpose:
Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.
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Job Description
The Distribution Excellence Leader is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving the Global Distribution areas of business partnering, process management, continuous improvement, analytics, portfolio management, and distribution technology processes. This role works with function leaders globally and regionally to ensure implementation of strategies and initiatives resulting in improved Supply Chain Distribution service levels, quality, performance, and process efficiency contributing to higher supply chain satisfaction and improved top and bottom line financials.
Job Duties
Lead an expert organization with the primary task to establish and drive continuous improvement culture within the CMSO function in alignment with Corporate (GTOM) and CMSO strategy and with focus on business needs including Compliance, Operational Excellence and maximizing overall operational efficiency.
This position will also ensure that common continuous improvement standards, language and training are being agreed, aligned and adhered to globally.
Lead business partnering efforts with Commercial Divisions and Business Units globally and regionally for Distribution function.
Lead Distribution long and short-term strategy creation aligned to SCM, CMSO and Olympus strategy. Enable prioritization discussion and decisions aligned to SCM and CMSO strategy and objectives.
Support budgeting activities for Distribution functions for annual and long-term planning processes.
Establish and drive continuous improvement culture within Distribution function in alignment with CMSO strategy and with focus on business needs including Analytics, Quality, Compliance, Operational Excellence, and maximizing overall operational efficiency.
Accountable for implementation of a continuous improvement strategy and framework, utilizing and popularizing continuous improvement methodologies such as but not limited to Lean, TPS, Six Sigma, problem solving techniques.
Foster a Network of Excellence experts within Supply Chain and establish collaboration models with CMSO Excellence functions and regional supply chain organizations.
Establish programs within Distribution for improving critical KPIs in terms of quality, productivity, cost efficiency closely aligned to SCM and CMSO strategy.
Provide leadership support and guidance to the Distribution Excellence teams and mitigate conflicts, if needed on global and regional levels.
Ensure that common Excellence standards, language and trainings are being agreed, aligned and adhered to globally.
Oversee the department for process standardization of Business Processes and Quality relevant processes for Distributions processes.
Ensure frameworks for process management, design, implementation, and monitoring based on industry best practices are implemented across Distribution globally.
Work with the Training and Development team to create relevant training material to conduct the necessary global training programs as part of standard roll-out of processes and development training for SCM and Distribution teams.
Job Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent knowledge and experience in supply chain management, operations management, manufacturing, operations strategy, operational excellence or other relevant field of study and experience required.
Advanced Master’s degree preferred.
Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience, with proven track record in management, operations management, business process optimization, or process improvement, with measurable outcomes; with demonstrated focus and proficiency in change and stakeholder management.
Minimum 10 years’ experience leading a multi-entity/business supply chain or distribution function.
Minimum 10 years people management experience required.
Experience developing and implementing supply chain distribution programs, policies and procedures, and transforming an organization within a multi-national organization.
Experience with working, communicating, and facilitating across multiple layers of organizational structure; demonstrating comfort with both front-line employees and Executive or C-Level stakeholders.
International and domestic travel is required.
Preferred:
Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred.
Project management certifications preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication ability.
Strong collaborator and influencer with effective interpersonal and analytical skills who is able to work seamlessly across countries, cultures, and organizational units.
Why join Olympus?
We offer a holistic employee experience supporting personal and professional well-being through meaningful work, equitable offerings, and a connected culture.
Equitable Offerings you can count on:
Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
24/7 Employee Assistance Program
Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
12 Paid Holidays
On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
Connected Culture you can embrace:
Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Initiatives including Employee Resource Groups
Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
Paid Educational Assistance
*US Only
**Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA
Are you ready to be a part of our team?
Learn more about our benefit and incentives (https://www.olympusamerica.com/careers/benefits-perks) .
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com .
Olympus is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace
We recognize diversity in people, views and lifestyle choices and emphasize the importance of inclusion and mutual respect. We strive to continue to foster empathy and unity in the workplace so that our employees can fully contribute and thrive.
Let’s realize your potential, together.
It is the policy of Olympus to extend equal employment and advancement opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship status, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental) and/or a medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or service in the uniformed services, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants with Disabilities:
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Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Pennsylvania (US-PA) || Center Valley || Supply Chain