Program Manager, Operations Excellence

About the role

Identify opportunities to reduce operating costs, increase efficiencies, and reduce errors. Lead Continuous Improvement events providing mentoring and leadership to sponsors and participants Structure and lead cross-function projects to address identified opportunities achieving demonstrable results. Assist with training and mentoring personnel on Business Excellence tools.

Establish and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Responsible for all aspects of project coordination, communication, and execution. Set and manage expectations with stakeholders. Develop project plans to achieve successful project delivery within budget, scope and schedule.

Clearly execute the functional responsibilities for a project providing oversight and guidance to achieve the project deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Executes data-driven analysis of opportunities and risks, and identifies and quantifies impacts and recommendations to the business or manufacturing site
• Demonstrates leadership in setting and aligning project direction while managing stakeholder relationships and expectations
• Ability to effectively execute and manage improvement projects leveraging Lean Six Sigma (LSS) tools
• Identifies and executes continuous improvement efforts to meet service, quality and cost objectives
• Supports and motivates teams to ensure timely and successful delivery of projects
• Provide training and coaching to sponsors and Kaizen leaders, if needed

Qualifications & Requirements

• 6-10 years experience in Operational Excellence roles
• Bachelor's degree required; preferred disciplines: Sciences, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or Business Management
• Accredited (Lean Six Sigma) LSS Green Belt or or Black Belt Certification a plus
• Financial acumen and ability to assess project return on investment
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem solving, analytical and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrates a hands-on and proactive approach, capable of working independently with little oversight.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.