Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

The Opportunity: At Avantor, people are the most important part of our success because they drive our global performance. That's why our Operations, Lab Services, Sales, and many other Avantor teams rely on our talent acquisition initiatives to attract, engage and hire the right talent. Avantor's Business Process Management vertical is a crucial part of this mix, enabling all our internal teams worldwide to grow beyond their limits. The Sr. Manager Avantor Business Systems Office in conjunction with various cross-functional teams will be responsible for providing strategic direction and tactical implementation of ABS to deliver business results. The Sr. Manager, ABS will also be responsible for the continued evolution and promotion of ABS Culture across the organization and be instrumental in growing the organization's ABS capability at all levels. This will require significant change management to effectively embed ABS throughout the organization. This role will support the corporate functions and reports to the VP, ABS. This role will be instrumental in driving ABS thinking within QARA, Finance, HR, IT, Legal, ABCs and other shared and centralized corporate functions. Corporate functions account for more than xx associates globally. The goal is to positively impact results and culture by establishing standards, institutionalizing daily management processes, and adopting consistent problem-solving methods. Working with key leaders within the organization, this leader will build an action plan to identify opportunities and implement tools and processes such as; the strategy deployment process, tiered daily management process and A3 management and problem-solving processes which will ultimately define the lean culture and activities. This will require significant change management to effectively embed throughout the growing organization. Setting science in motion to create a better world is what we do - the Avantor Business System (ABS) comprises the leadership capability, lean processes and tools that enable us to do it. Built on the foundation of our core values and a common vision, we use ABS to rigorously execute our strategies using unified practices and standard processes. A relentless focus on eliminating waste to increase value for our stakeholders is the core of our continuous improvement approach. From associate led daily improvements to transformational strategic breakthrough improvements, our kaizen philosophy is all about making tomorrow better than today. We align ourselves to a core set of key performance indicators at each level of the organization to enable performance management and continual personal development. Simply put, ABS is part of our culture. It is all about people, processes and leadership to drive profitable growth and operational excellence. ABS is how we think, and it underpins everything we do at Avantor. What We're looking for: Education: BS or BA Degree; Master's Degree preferred Experience: 10+ years in a lean/operational/TPS leadership role. Technical Expertise - Possess the technical skills necessary to be credible; must have significant experience as a lean practitioner in a variety of tools including but not limited to: Strategy/Policy Deployment, Kaizen, A3 Problem Solving, VSM, Standard Work, Pull Systems & Kanban, SIOP/IBP, Lean Daily Management, 5S/Visual Management, 3P, SMED, TPM, Transactional Process Improvement, Variation Reduction Kaizen & Six Sigma, etc., and "growth tools" such as VOC, NPI, Value Pricing, Value Selling, 80/20 Business Simplification, Visual Project Management etc. Who you are: Business Partnership: Effective senior leadership presence; can challenge, coach, train the leadership team. Influence - Drive commitment over compliance, must be able to inform, convince, and persuade others to act on initiatives with urgency. Challenge - Ability to look at facts and data to drive tough conversa