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Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement Productivity - Full-time / Part-time
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Florence, KY Florence, Kentucky |
About this job
Description
We are seeking a Sr Manager of CI Productivity, to join the Schwan's Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Corporate Team. Through effective leadership and strong relationships with business leaders, this position is responsible for the development and implementation of the Productivity Program in different parts of the supply chain. Acting as the head of the Productivity Program, this position works in collaboration with all manufacturing plants supporting waste reduction, process improvement and cost reduction initiatives to drive rapid results and deliver the highest levels of performance.
Responsibilities:
- Develops and implements the Productivity program, providing ongoing follow-up and support to all manufacturing plants.
- Identifies waste and process improvement opportunities, executes against those opportunities and successfully realizes quantifiable benefits.
- Develops & maintains strong, positive business relationships with key internal clients to clearly understand their business processes, and the development/articulation of short & long term business objectives.
- Defines the business case for projects that have been proposed, and validates the opportunity, scope and importance of a project.
- Ensures identified projects align with business goals and that highest priority projects are worked on first.
- Builds, mobilizes, and leads cross departmental project teams to meet the project objectives within the given time frame, and within budget.
- Update and maintain the status of projects in the project database.
- Facilitates meetings, kaizen events / Six Sigma DMAIC projects and workshops to solve urgent business needs.
- Gathers, collects, organizes, prioritizes, and conducts statistical analysis, and presents data concerning business and/or project opportunities.
- Responsible to conduct yourself and ensure your subordinates (if applicable) conduct themselves in a manner consistent with company mission, values, code of ethics, policies, and other standards of conduct.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree required (preferably in a relevant business discipline)
Years of Related Experience: 5-10 years of related experience as part of a Continuous Improvement corporate team preferable; Lean/ Six Sigma expert with at least 5 years of manufacturing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Lean or Six Sigma knowledge/ experience to apply lean concepts and principles across an entire value stream; Ability to effectively influence and motivate others and work effectively with all levels of people inside and outside of the organization; Must possess strong project management, quantitative and analytical skills; Software applications such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.; Excellent training and presentation skills with solid oral and written communication capabilities; Consistently demonstrate the ability to act independently and prioritize work.
The employing subsidiaries of Schwan’s Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin or other protected class.
Req #: 17005937