Operational Excellence Manager

About the role

The Operational Excellence Manager will assess the manufacturing plant's operational excellence capabilities, develop improvement plans, and lead projects to deploy these capabilities through training, coaching, workshops, and project management. They will collaborate with divisional and local operational excellence leaders and support the fulfillment of the PBM Philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of the manufacturing plant in various operational excellence capabilities.
• Development of manufacturing site improvement plans with local, business unit, and divisional leadership.
• Deployment of operational excellence capabilities through training, coaching, workshops, outside collaboration, and direct project management.
• Collaboration with divisional and local operational excellence leaders.
• Direct leadership of improvement projects, VAVE, etc.
• Training and coaching of new operational excellence leaders.
• Facilitation of meetings and discussions for global and/or cross-functional groups as needed.
• Perform other related functions as assigned by management.
• KPI reporting, support in management and financial reviews (QBUs), and capacity planning to support operational performance and strategic decision-making.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in business or engineering discipline.
• Leadership within a lean transformation at a leading lean manufacturing company.
• Leadership within a company’s operating or business system.
• Training and coaching of new black belts and master black belts for six sigma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business or engineering discipline.
• 5 + years in industrial, manufacturing, process engineering/optimization experience.
• 7+ years’ experience in leading improvement efforts and projects.
• Excellent ability to influence without authority.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with co-workers, customers, and senior management.
• Excellent group facilitation skills including gaining consensus and negotiating difficult situations.
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and manage multiple priorities while delivering excellent results.
• Proficient with MS Office – PowerPoint, Excel, Word, iGrafx, Visio, iObeya, iNexus, Minitab.
• Ability to travel domestic and international as required.

SkillsUnderstanding and support of the PBM Philosophy, Quality Management, Safety and Hygiene, Six Sigma, RBA (Responsible Business Alliance), ISO, IATF, and CTPAT / OEA following the established policies and procedures.

Pay

$110,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Schedule

N/A