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At Hach ( www.hach.com ), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

We offer:

• Permissive paid time off and flexible scheduling to meet your needs

• Company paid global employee assistance program in support of emotional wellbeing

• Health and wellness benefits

• Paid parental leave and new parent support benefits

• 401(k) with a company match

About the role:

The Sr. Manager, Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) directly manages a team of engineering professionals responsible for developing and executing projects to achieve the annual operating margin expansion targets. In addition to a directly managed team this individual must partner with leaders from many other functions such as Marketing, Engineering, Operations, and Quality to drive inputs, collaboration, and project execution to contribute to the total global VAVE goal. The individual must also develop and own a strategic roadmap that evolves the VAVE project portfolio and processes and imbues VAVE into the culture of the global organization within all functions. In this role, you will have direct impact to the P&L.

This person will be expected to travel up to 15% domestically and internationally.

In this role, you will:

• Ensure that Hach meets its annual VAVE savings target by developing a robust project funnel, executing projects in a timely and cost-conscious manner, and accurately forecasting financial impact. This will be accomplished by directly managing a team and indirectly influencing stakeholders across the business.

• Evaluate the feasibility and cost savings impact of ideas through cost estimating, technical and manufacturing feasibility assessments, and document the results.

• Identify and execute initiatives to increase value of a product (without increasing cost) as part of overall Value Engineering responsibility.

• Investigate new manufacturing technologies to reduce labor costs, cycle times, and increase plant productivity/efficiencies.

• As the owner of all VAVE projects, work cross-functionally with Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Finance and other departments to achieve results as part of the VAVE funnel.

• Demonstrate leadership through development and mentoring of staff, responsiveness to business needs and motivation of diverse, cross-functional teams, including influencing both internal and external members to achieve positive business results.

Are you qualified?

• You have your Bachelor’s degree in a technical engineering field (i.e., mechanical, electrical), or related field.

• You have 10+ years work experience delivering projects that favorably impact quality, delivery or cost which change commercially released products.

• You have 5+ years leadership experience.

• You have a strong and broad understanding of Good Engineering Practices (user and design requirements) and statistical analysis to identify issues and when the design should be improved.

The salary range for this role is $151,000-$170,000. 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. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Colorado. This range may be modified in the future.

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.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

The EEO posters are available here (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) .

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

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We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies (https://www.veralto.com/our-companies/) , in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.

Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.