Global Facilities Excellence Associate Director

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Role and Responsibilities

• The Associate Director, Global Facilities BD Excellence is responsible for leading the deployment of BD Excellence across Global Facilities Operations while establishing enterprise standards, governance, performance management systems, and continuous improvement programs for facilities, utilities, maintenance, and infrastructure operations.
• This leader serves as the enterprise owner for Facilities Excellence, Utility Performance, Reliability Excellence, Asset Management Standards, and Operational Continuous Improvement. The role partners with site facilities teams, regional facilities leaders, Global Procurement, Sustainability, Digital, Engineering, Manufacturing, and BD Excellence to improve asset reliability, reduce utility consumption, strengthen resiliency, and deliver measurable productivity and cost savings.
• The Associate Director will establish a world-class facilities operating system that enables safe, reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective infrastructure supporting BD manufacturing, R&D, laboratory, warehouse, and office operations globally.
• He or she will direct, coordinate and exercise functional authority for all Facility and Continuous Improvement related activities throughout Becton Dickinson and Company. Responsible for directly supporting the Facility and Project Managers with the planning, control, organization, integration, execution and completion of facility type activities.
• Up to 25% travel

Other responsibilities include:

• Providing the overall leadership to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA and related regulations, including BD policies and procedures.
• Assists facilities leadership with developing/improving strategies for maintenance of buildings, grounds, and operations. As required prepares analyses and cost estimates for renovations, expansions, etc. Monitors utility systems to ensure full and efficient operations. Initiates cost saving measures in all areas of responsibility around energy use and operations.
• Conducts Continuous Improvement Kaizen Blitz’ aimed at establishing as-is process and developing a more efficient To-Be process. 
• Establishment and implementation of good engineering standards.

• Leads cross-functional efforts related to technical issues/problems, change management and site strategies.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with federal (FDA, DEA, EPA, OSHA), state and local regulations.
• Develop, review and update SOPs, TGDs, and WPs for the Facility Management Network.
• Support critical capital project activities for the facilities and provide oversight to ensure they meet the site’s expectations and do not negatively impact the facilities operations.
• Prevent and/or reduce facility and equipment downtime due to lack of predictive and preventative maintenance activities.
• Support Regulatory Inspections and tours and meet with the auditors/inspectors as needed.
• Perform self-audits and sustainability tours.
• Enforces FDA, GXP and GLP requirements within their Site Engineering function(s).
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing documents, creating presentations, writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules and making decisions.
• Coordinates and maintains quality assurance while minimizing possible risks on the project, the facility and Site Operations.

• Project targets fulfillment. Cost, timelines, quality.

• Motivation of the site facility and project teams.
• Ensuring sharing and leverage of best practices and expertise throughout all BD Office and R&D Facilities.
• Track and report on KPI portfolio performance, providing a real-time, comprehensive, and prioritized view of all Facilities Operations site tasks and initiatives.
• Assist Facility and Asset Care Managers for cost efficiencies within their sites and project design.
• BD Governance Lead for all BD Facility Project Management Teams.

Desired Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Knowledge, experience, training in Facilities Management principles, HVAC systems, building automation controls, energy management, electrical systems, central plant utilities and laboratory equipment is needed.
• Analyze technology, resource needs and demand to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.
• Support with planning and scheduling activities for Site Engineering Operations and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment.
• Training or certification in Project Management practices (i.e. PMP or similar is preferred).
• Training or certification in Six Sigma methodologies and proven track record at facilitating Kaizen and CI events (i.e. Green Belt or Black Belt certification or equivalent) is preferred.
• Strong equipment maintenance and repair knowledge to include technical understanding of building central plant systems, machinery, including PLCs, servo-controlled systems, and automation controls is required.
• Experience in space planning, facility design and office layout of corporate interiors and workplace solution strategies is preferable.
• Experience with leading cross functional design and construction teams to enhance project delivery.
• Ability to understand complex processes. 

Strategic Orientation:

The Associate Director, Global Facilities BD Excellence interfaces and coordinates Facility/Engineering policies with Associates throughout the site, specifically in higher risk areas such as the laboratory and production environments. He/she will guide the policy updates and site Facility procedures and interface directly with regulatory agencies, inspectors and internal stakeholders.  This individual will be able to motivate and lead continuous improvement initiatives and be able to help manage change associated with the outcomes of these events. Interfacing with facility design teams on generating scope of work, value engineering, project timelines and be able to add value through their project management delivery methods.

• Lead deployment of BD Excellence methodologies across Global Facilities Operations.
• Establish a Facilities Excellence roadmap aligned with BD operational excellence objectives.
• Standardize problem-solving, tier management, visual management, Gemba routines, and loss elimination programs.
• Drive a zero-loss culture focused on reliability, energy, utilities, maintenance, and facility operations.
• Facilitate Kaizen events and continuous improvement initiatives across the network.
• Build enterprise capability in operational excellence, reliability engineering, and utilities optimization.

The key financial impact of this position will have a direct impact on nearly ~$640M of addressable facilities spend in Globally and helping the business drive $100M in savings by 2032.

Sphere of Influence:

The Associate Director, Global Facilities BD Excellence reports to the Global Facilities Operations Director based out of the Franklin Lakes, NJ HQ Campus.  This interface includes understanding the needs, communicating site facilities requirements and strategic objectives as well as risks and risk mitigation measures from an IFM strategy and global optimization standpoint.  This individual would also have a direct influence on the site Facilities operations through continuous improvement measures, project engineering input and maintenance best practices. 

Key Interfaces:

• BD Excellence
• Global Sustainability
• Global Procurement
• Global Capital Construction
• Global Real Estate
• Site Operations Leaders
• Manufacturing Leadership
• EHS
• Quality & Compliance
• Digital / Smart Factory Teams
• Regional Facilities Teams 

Partner with Digital teams to:

• Expand CMMS adoption and maturity.
• Develop utility and facilities dashboards.
• Implement predictive analytics.
• Leverage BMS and energy management systems.
• Drive use of IoT and Smart Factory technologies.
• Develop enterprise asset and utility visibility.   

Capabilities, Personal Abilities and Behaviors: 

Customer / Quality Focus

• High customer and quality focus. Is able to deliver services to different customers within the organization and to set clear priorities.
• Strives for the maximum added value solution. Is able to stand firm if unrealistic customer requirements are in conflict with overall project and site requirement.

Leadership

• High leadership skills required in order to lead the team of Facility Managers without direct line responsibility.
• Lead a global network of Facilities Excellence Engineers.
• Coach Reliability Engineers and Utility Specialists.
• Develop regional Utilities & Excellence Engineers.
• Build organizational capability in BD Excellence and Facilities Operations.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration. 
• Lead enterprise improvement communities of practice.
• Serve as executive sponsor for major facilities transformation initiatives.

External Focus

• Make sure that customer receives the desired quality.
• Supports and benefits from cooperation with Global Construction/Engineering and Site Leadership Team(s).
• Up-to-date on technologies used within Facility Maintenance Services.

Innovation 

• Strive permanently for increased productivity.
• Carry out benchmarks, identify possible improvements and take appropriate measures.
• Introduce new technology and processes where appropriate.
• Improve technical procedures and exploit existing technology to the utmost.

People

• Support open and awarding communication with internal and external customers and make adequate communication systems available.
• Actively manage role as indirect leader of the Facility Management Network.
• Create a stimulating team spirit and achive maxiumum motivation of all team members.
• Identify and support people who are willing and able to develop.

Performance

• Ensure that tasks are executed professionally with adequate resources on time, in cost and with required quality.
• Define forward looking technical standards in compliance with needs of the site.
• Propose and realize possible technical improvements.
• Implement and drive continuous improvement processes.
• Support all relevant company and site EHS, GLP and GxP standards and regulations.undefined

Experience:

• 10+ years of Facilities, Utilities, Engineering, Manufacturing or Reliability leadership experience.
• Experience managing global or multi-site operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in utility systems and infrastructure operations.
• Continuous improvement and lean leadership experience.
• Experience delivering productivity and cost savings programs.
• Experience with CMMS, BMS, Energy Management Systems and asset reliability programs.
• Leading facilities improvement initiatives involving maintenance, space planning and technology.
• In-depth technical knowledge in medical device and infrastructure engineering. 

Travel requirements:

Must be prepared to work outside normal business hours for certain facilities operations projects, events and/or emergencies. 

Education/Credentials:

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field such as engineering or technology.  

The successful leader is:

• A strategic thinker and operational executor.
• A strong change agent who can embed BD Excellence across the facilities organization.
• Data-driven and focused on measurable outcomes.
• Technically credible in utilities, reliability, and facility operations.
• Highly collaborative across functions and regions.
• Passionate about sustainability, reliability, and continuous improvement. 

Other Requirements

1. Must possess excellent writing capabilities. Must possess the skill to write clear, concise technically excellent documents with strong attention to detail.

2. Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, public involvement skills, oral communication skills, and a desire to work with diverse interest groups to deliver better projects.

3. Must be self-motivated and have the ability to manage projects and budgets.