Primary Responsibilities
- Lead the charge in achieving impactful results while prioritizing the safety of our associates, maintaining product and service quality, and ensuring on-time delivery with optimal cost and inventory management
- Be a change agent in Daily Management to drive results through Safety, Quality, Deliver, Inventory and Productivity
- Prepare and maintain accurate production reports, logs, and records to update on KPIs to upper management and analyze data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with other departments, such as Customer Service, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Engineering, to ensure smooth production flow.
- Utilize Gemba techniques to foster and extend our Continuous Improvement (Fortive Business System) and Lean Culture
- Provide leadership for planning and scheduling to support accurate and timely receipts, shipments, and overall material management, ensuring alignment with company goals.
- Provide input on capital, fixed, and variable budgets, with comprehensive variance reporting, absorption accounting analysis, forecasting, and necessary corrective actions.
- Ability to motivate and inspire a team through effective communication, both upstream and downstream.
- Collaborate with HR on organizational and talent development, talent risk management, and succession planning initiatives to provide training, coaching, and development opportunities for team members.
- Conduct regular reviews to ensure alignment with improvement projects and key performance indicators, maintaining a consistent focus on progress and excellence.
- Responsible for ~20 hourly employees
Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum 5 years of progressive operations and cross-functional management experience.
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Bachelor of Science Degree, preferably in engineering or a technical field
- Proven track record in controlling costs to budget
- Demonstrated expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies with tangible results.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in digital tools including Microsoft Office products (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
Desired:
- Previous roles encompassing manufacturing engineering, production operations, and/or various materials management responsibilities.
- Strong data analysis skills
- Master’s degree in business or a technical field
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the TeamSkills Required
- Minimum 5 years of progressive operations and cross-functional management experience.
- Bachelor of Science degree (preferably in engineering or a technical field).
- Demonstrated expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies (Fortive Business System, Gemba).
- Proven track record in controlling costs to budget and performing variance/absorption accounting analysis and forecasting.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, ability to motivate and inspire a team.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
- Previous roles in manufacturing engineering, production operations, or materials management.
- Strong data analysis skills.
- Master's degree in business or a technical field.
Fortive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortive and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortive.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is fully paid for 12 weeks for all parents, with fertility coverage via Progyny and generous adoption/surrogacy support. Backup child and adult care plus inclusive eligibility extend support across diverse family structures.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple PPO and HSA medical options include telemedicine and second-opinion services, alongside robust mental-health access through Spring Health with no‑cost therapy sessions. The breadth of medical and behavioral health resources is highlighted as a strength.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) provides a competitive employer match each pay period, with an additional company retirement contribution after one year of service. Financial wellness tools and an employee stock purchase plan further bolster long‑term savings.
Fortive Insights
What We Do
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions. We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
