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VES Leader, Operations

X-Rite
Carlstadt, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025
Imagine yourself…

  • Doing meaningful work that makes a vibrant impact on the world around you.
  • Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
  • Collaborating with a bright, diverse, global team.


It’s all possible with a role at X-Rite Pantone, the global leaders in color science and technology.

X-Rite Pantone, a Veralto company, provides complete end-to-end color management solutions for clients in every industry where color matters. At X-Rite Pantone, you’ll deftly blend the art and science of color to help customers inspire, select, measure, formulate, communicate and match color so that users get color right the first time, every time. And along the way, you’ll build a vibrant career through rich skill-building opportunities, on-the-job learning, and coaching and training that supports your continued development and growth.

Reporting to the Director, Operations, the Veralto Enterprise System (VES) Leader, Operations will be responsible for driving VES capability and continuous improvement across the Operations team. The role is a critical component of the larger Pantone Operations team and is a key partner to the Operations leadership and management levels to deliver KPI, Roadmap, and Policy Deployment results. The candidate should have the ability to link VES tools to Operating Company CVDs (Core Value Drivers), leading organizational change that closes gaps and builds our competitive advantage. In this role, you will also work with key leaders to develop plans in improving KPIs and growing the VES talent pipeline.

VES is our proven system for achieving success and 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 Veralto. Our VES tools are designed to help us excel in the areas of Growth, Leadership, and Lean, building on a strong foundation of VES fundamentals (Voice of Customer, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement, Kaizen, 5S, Problem Solving, and Visual & Daily Management).

This position is part of the Operations team and will be onsite in Carlstadt, New Jersey.

This role will require travel, both domestic and internal, up to 5%.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

  • Drive continuous improvement by leveraging VES tools, consulting skills, and the change management process
  • Partner with the VES team, as well as the Operations Leadership and management levels to execute VES strategy and Roadmap, continuously improving processes and results within the local scope.
  • Leverage a solid understanding of VES Fundamentals, combined with business knowledge and strong facilitation skills to achieve goals.
  • Lead and manage Pantone Operations VES Roadmap to drive VES awareness, engagement, and capability, including a keen ability to assess the true current state of different operations functions.
  • Work with local leadership to build the team’s VES capability and create plans to grow VES locally; success here includes executing to the plan across the operations functions with evidence of sustainment.
  • Provide hands-on support and coaching of Problem-Solving Process (PSP) against key PD and KPI misses, building PSP capability and diving into close process and metric gaps.
  • Lead, manage, and maintain Kaizen funnel and VES Certified Practitioner funnel for Pantone Ops Organization, to close competency gaps and build the bench for future VES capability.
  • Champion effective sustainment of results and drive problem-solving as needed to close gaps to target.
  • Support kaizen charter creation, reviews, and event pre-work to promote high quality event execution, and effective sustainment, as quality of the kaizen funnel, preparation and sustainment is critical to success.
  • Collaborate with Director of Operations to create plans to support other functional departments.


The essential requirements of the job include:

  • Bachelor’s Degree required, preferred focus in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Materials Management, or Business-related field
  • 5 years in a Lean Manufacturing Environment – Operations, Supply Chain, Project Management and/or Engineering Experience
  • Knowledge and experience in leading and implementing lean transformation using VES, DBS and/or TPS tools.
  • Strong data gathering, manipulation, and analysis expertise.
  • Proficiency in performing queries in ERP systems (eg. Business Objects)
  • Ability to travel (domestically and possibly internationally) up to 5%


It would be nice if you also possess:

  • Results driven and excellent organization, communication (written and oral), and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated success in developing high performing teams.
  • Experience in leading and facilitating kaizen events
  • Strong Excel acumen


X-Rite Pantone is proud to part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

US ONLY:

The below range reflects 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. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $100,000 - $105,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a 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.

US residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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.

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.

Unsolicited Assistance

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, 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.

Salary : $100,000 - $105,000

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