Production Manager

About the Role

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology? At Pall Corporation, 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. And 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 high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers solve their toughest challenges. Our products serve diverse, global customer needs across a wide range of applications to advance health, safety, and environmentally responsible technologies. From airplane engines to hydraulic systems, scotch to smartphones, OLED screens to paper—everyday Pall is there, helping protect critical operating assets, improve product quality, minimizing emissions and waste, and safeguard health. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place where you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world. Find what drives you on a team with a more than 75-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Production Manager plays a pivotal leadership role in overseeing all facets of manufacturing and is responsible for driving operational excellence, optimizing production workflows, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement through the application of lean principles and the Danaher Business System (DBS). This position reports to the Operations Director and is part of the site senior management team located in Cortland, NY and will be an on-site role.

Key Opportunities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Implement and sustain lean principles to maximize value stream performance across safety, quality, delivery, and productivity using the Danaher Business System (DBS) to drive lean conversion and meet customer requirements
• Manage cost, schedule, inventory, and quality while ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards
• Drive daily management processes, reporting countermeasures and problem-solving data to site leadership
• Manage and prioritize tasks for direct report supervisors and manufacturing associates with minimal oversight
• Develop and optimize work cells using cross-functional roles, Kanban systems, and real-time process data; contribute to capital planning for equipment and facilities

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a science or engineering discipline, with 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Proven experience supporting manufacturing product value streams, including cost, quality, and delivery performance using structured problem-solving tools such as DMAIC, Voice of the Customer, benchmarking, QFD, control charts, and standardized work
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, identify root causes, and implement effective, measurable solutions

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $130,000-$145,000. 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 job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer 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 discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

About Danaher

Danaher is a leading global life sciences, biotechnology, and diagnostics innovator, helping to solve many of the world's most important health challenges, ultimately improving quality of life for billions of people today, while setting the foundation for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow. The Danaher ecosystem is made up of more than 15 businesses united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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