Director, Continuous Improvement

About the role

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We currently have an opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Director at our Lake Forest Corporate Headquarters plant in Lake Forest, IL.

This position will support our Malvern, AK, Louisville, KY, Bellwood, VA, and Wheeling plants with up to 75% travel. This position could also be located at our Malvern, AK, or Louisville, KY locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop plans, schedules, and budgets for tactical projects to improve existing processes; ensure cost-benefit evaluation for all assigned projects are completed to define potential financial, business and industry impacts of initiatives.
• Support the business leaders in the development of intermediate and long-term CI strategies to assure delivery of the projected CI Saving Budget.
• Create the digital manufacturing (IoT) strategy and coach plant teams on implementation and sustained performance enhancement as a result.
• Advise and influence senior leadership on business transformation topics that include organizational effectiveness, performance results, and change management in the terms of complexity and impact on the business.
• Manage a CI Savings Budget across the Business Unit that represents an achievable value to deliver back to the business.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the core pillars of the Boundless operating system to assure sustained results, including assisting in training and plant acclimation to the new PEPS process.
• Drive the improvement of processes and systems in the plants and implement programs that will have continuing long-term benefits.
• Continuously evaluate and measure program or initiative performance and progress against goals and serve as a change agent within the organization.
• Monitor existing processes to make sure they continue to perform at optimal levels of efficiency achieving lowered conversion costs year-over-year.
• Direct all CI activities to include Kaizen events in 5S, SMED, TPM, VSM, PDCA or equivalent, A3 Problem Solving.
• Ensure adherence to Lean Methodology, including Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Daily Management, Layered Audit Process and Business Plan development to eliminate waste.
• Confer with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production process improvements.
• Effectively lead, manage, develop, coach, and evaluate team members and associates at various levels of experience.
• Develop and deliver Lean Training at all levels of the organization while driving Operational Excellence standards.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Business, Supply Chain or related field.
• 10+ years of related professional Manufacturing with experience in Continuous Improvement and Operations.
• 3+ years in a leadership role focused on continuous improvement or operational excellence.
• MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with Automation and SAP strongly preferred.

Skills

• Proficient in MS Office with advanced Excel Skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
• Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.
• Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.