Lead Operational Excellence

Core Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Operations, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or other manufacturing related field with two (2) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment, OR High school diploma or equivalent with five (5) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding and demonstrated experience in the areas of Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Lean principals, statistics and data analysis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
• Ability to apply improvement concepts to continuous, non-discreet, manufacturing processes.
• Ability to solve practical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work load, and respond to changing business demands.
• Ability to learn and understand materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of products.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experienced in optimizing the performance of one or more of the following: - Factory systems and line process inputs - Information flow - Raw materials flow, conveyance, blending, and drying systems - Continuous process operations - Quality systems for defect elimination - EHS systems for a safe working environment - Operational systems for waste elimination

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• SAP Experience
• Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience
• Lean manufacturing experience
• Lean / 6 Sigma Certification, American Society for Quality Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence or American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer
• Experience with the following methodologies and practices: FMEA, Kaizen, Lean tools, 5S, Visual Factory Aids, SMED concepts, VSM, VOC and Poke Yoke