Benjamin Preston
Senior Director, Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Role
- Senior Director Operations, Pleasanton Site Lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Benjamin Preston
Experienced Sr. Director with a demonstrated history of managing international teams, and implementing cross-functional corporate initiatives. Skilled in Lean, Operations Strategy, Change Management, Product Marketing, and Biotech R&D. General management professional with a MBA focused in Marketing, Finance, and Entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business.
Experience
Senior Director Operations, Pleasanton Site Lead
Feb 2024 — Present · Pleasanton, CA, US
Head of products manufacturing and site leader for Pleasanton campus• Site leader of our flagship campus for oligonucleotides, directly managing a team of 380 manufacturing operations and technical colleagues, and supporting 200 additional colleagues in back-office roles inclusive of R&D teams and Division leadership. Responsible for $0.8B-$1B of finished goods and compentents production for the Life Sciences Group• Automation Transformation: Championed programs to integrate wet-lab manufacturing processes and install digital management tools, novel chemical synthesizers and robotics. Driving an ongoing pipeline velocity of $5M annualized savings programs each year• Manufacturing Excellence: Created planning controls to achieve 98% fill rate,$0 back orders, 10% inventory DOS improvement, and matching talent management strategy resulting in $7M absorption expansion, and 7% voluntary attrition
Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
MBA, Marketing, Finance, Entrepreneurship
2009 — 2011
UC San Diego
B.S., Molecular Biology
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Research
- Data Analysis
- Strategy
- Management
- Life Sciences
- Lifesciences
- Financial Modeling
- Operational Planning
- Market Research
- Managerial Finance
- Process Improvement
- Product Management
- Business Strategy
- Cell Biology
- Biotechnology
- Immunology
- Gmp
- Competitive Analysis
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