Director of Reagent Manufacturing Operations

Bring more to life

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

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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. 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 clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

This position reports to the Senior Director of Reagent Operations and is part of the Reagents and Consumables Operations Team located in Chaska, MN. It is an on‑site role.

• Provide strategic and tactical leadership to the Reagent value stream to deliver products on time while meeting Safety, Quality, and Productivity objectives.
• Achieve KPIs for safety, quality, on-time delivery, inventory, and operational P&L.
• Generate budgets and control expenses related to labor, controllable expenses, and manufacturing variances.
• Hire, develop, and retain talent supporting site goals and customers’ expectations.
• Lead and collaborate worldwide, cross-functionally, to accomplish business objectives, ensuring material, quality systems, and technical support are available when needed.
• Lead the adoption of the Danaher Business Systems (DBS) throughout Reagent Manufacturing to improve quality, delivery, cost, and innovation by applying tools and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ensure strategies are communicated and well understood by the team.

• Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years’ experience or Master’s/Doctoral degree with 10+ years’ experience.
• 5+ years’ experience managing complex manufacturing teams within an FDA/ISO‑regulated industry.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a DBS, Lean, or Six Sigma culture and understanding of Lean manufacturing tools and concepts.
• Proven track record of working cross-functionally within matrixed organizations to achieve business outcomes.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Experience working with Oracle and electronic batch records.

• Ability to travel 10% of the time, internationally.

• Engaging and developing teams; driving succession and development of talent.
• Leading in a culture biased to action and accountability.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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.

The annual salary range is $175k - $195k. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a 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…