This role is responsible for providing leadership to the corporate Operations Excellence team by supporting the development and deployment of the OSI North American OE strategy.
Job Responsibilities
Job leads a team, has no authority to hire and performance-manage the team
Job is an individual contributor and has no direct reports.
This role has the responsibility to understand and place in practice appropriate safety procedures. This responsibility is achieved through education, training, use of protective equipment (as applicable) and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
Lead multiple Lean projects to improve site performance that can be leveraged across plants, functions, and product lines.
Ensure that Lean/CI training, tools, best practices, and resources are available to employees at all levels and are being utilized appropriately and effectively.
Lead, mentor and onboard all US Industrial Engineers to understand continuous improvement fundamentals, to improve results (safety, quality, and cost) and conduct root-cause analysis.
Develop and maintain enterprise level systems for tracking and reporting site performance on a daily, weekly, and monthly frequency.
Support national team to implement MES data system to record and report quality and operational data and performance to ensure compliance and drive improved performance.
Schedule and facilitate standard Kaizen workshops and training events at all US facilities to eliminate waste for key losses. Develop Kaizen facilitators within the OE team.
Create tools to train operations team members on CI skills, Lean concepts, and operations best practices. Standardize training tools to make them part of daily work or onboarding processes.
Coordinate annual recertification of site, line product KPIs for scorecards and capacity models.
Find ROI on capital projects by evaluating process or equipment performance and cost / benefit. Investigate new technologies for automation and process improvement.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience & Skills
5-10 years of experience in related field is preferred.
Continuous Improvement experience: TPM, and Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred.
Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite Products.
Production and processing knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, systems (SAP), and techniques to maximize the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Knowledge of mathematics, statistics, and their applications.
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, modeling production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Working skills on computer and basic application programming.
Excellent communication skills both written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively across vertical and horizontal lines.
Ability to operate on tight deadlines with multiple priorities that are subject to frequent changes.
Education
BA/BS or equivalent is required.
Work Environment
Work can be performed within a manufacturing plant environment with noise, extreme temperatures, and significant movement of powered equipment, people, and conveyor (may depend on the role).
Work conditions are typical of a food manufacturing facility.
This role requires 30% domestic travel.
Position may require the physical agility of lifting to 50 pounds.
Position may require frequent and/or infrequent bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, use hands or fingers, talk, hear, feel objects, tools, controls, and standing/walking on concrete flooring.
Position may require the physical ability to stand/walk for Greater than 4 hours.
