Vice President, Danaher Business Systems

At Trojan Technologies, we believe there’s nothing more essential than delivering clean water to the world. That’s especially true in this critical moment, when the world’s supply of clean water is under substantial stress due to industrialization, increasing demand, and rising biological and chemical contamination. Our mission is to stem that tide: to ensure greater water confidence and environmental stewardship for people, industries, and municipalities, improving the lives of over one billion people globally. As part of our global team, you’ll work alongside customers from municipalities to pharmaceutical and food and beverage companies to build creative, sustainable solutions. You’ll also find a welcoming and supportive team that listens to your ideas and allows you to follow your strengths. All of us feel privileged to work on innovative technologies that bring clean water to the world—we hope you will, too. Trojan Technologies is looking for a Vice-President, Danaher Business Systems (DBS) who will work with business partners across the entire Trojan Technologies organization to achieve breakthroughs in operational efficiency, commercial growth, productivity and process excellence. This role reports to the President, Trojan Technologies and is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Danaher Business System within the organization, ensuring that all our leaders lead with DBS. The Vice-President, DBS will lead, develop and grow the DBS teams in alignment with Trojan Technologies’ strategic and operational objectives. The Danaher Business System (DBS) is our proven system for achieving success. DBS is a philosophy, set of values, and series of management processes that collectively define who we are and how we do what we do at Danaher. Our DBS tools are designed to help us excel in the areas of Growth Leadership, and Lean, building on a strong foundation of DBS fundamentals (Voice of Customer, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement, Kaizen, 5S, Problem Solving, and Visual & Daily Management). ACCOUNTABILITIES Align DBS effort to drive impact with Policy Deployment and KPI priorities Facilitate Policy Deployment, which is where Trojan operationalizes its strategic initiatives Build sustainable DBS capability to meet current and emerging needs Lead development of Trojan plan for type and quantity of CP/ACP (Advanced/Certified P ractitioners) and CT/ACT (Advanced/Certified Trainers) needed by location to be ''DBS self-sustainable” Lead process to ensure DBS Certification Funnel progress is being met Ensure CP/ACPs productive use of certifications Advance DBS Capability level and ability to deliver impact for Trojan Technologies Using the "DBS Fundamentals Playbook," develop annual Trojan improvement roadmap for DBS Fundamentals Capability with a prioritized Action Plan. Before Budget. Review Action Plan progress during L1 (Leadership) Ops meetings. Lead deployment and sustainment Architect to Drive impact on most critical functional metrics Coach and connect actions to Kaizen & Certification Funnels Coach and work with L1s to ensure consistency in approach Drive 'Productive Tension' with L1s to ensure yearly prioritized progress Build new Trojan capabilities and keep trains running on time **Act as Process Steward**: hold setup workshops, reflections, etc. Help President develop thoughtful agendas Drive 'Productive Tension' during PD (Policy Deployment) Meetings to encourage appropriate and sustainable use of DBS, ensure ongoing cadence/rigor Facilitate Trojan’s Strategy enablement process to ensure initiatives are funded, resourced and run with process rigor to achieve sustainable results Develop DBS Talent for organization Create DBS Community & build capability through Trojan’s DBSLs Help L1 Leaders improve their DBS Organizational structure and capability Build a strong DBSL funnel and organization through facilitation of talent pipeline reviews and chess-boarding to support succession planning Encourage cross-functional kaizen experience through DBSL Community Manage and grow the DBS team Manage the team of 4 DBS professionals including hiring, talent development and performance management Identify and develop own successor Facilitate talent review discussions Create the environment of inclusion, high engagement and followership on the team **WE ARE LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE**: Hands-on and detail-oriented, but also able to see the big picture. Able to think strategically and view the business from a general management standpoint. Customer focused and strong interpersonal and communications skills. High energy, independent worker, capable of operating in a fast-moving, ever-changing environment and able to effectively deal with conflicts and difficult situations. Willing to challenge the status quo Motivated to solve Trojan’s biggest problems **CRITICAL COMPETENCI