Senior Operational Excellence Specialist

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• Title: Senior Operational Excellence Specialist
• Requisition ID: 144991
• Location: Phoenix, AZ, US, 85040
• Category: Admin Support
• Why You Should Apply For This Job: Why You Should Apply for This Job

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing an employment package that recognizes excellence, encourages safe production and a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority, all opinions are valued, and people are empowered to grow in their career.

Where You Will Work

Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support global operations in finance, human resources, information technology, planning and more from the main office, satellite offices or online. As a Hybrid employee, you’ll engage in virtual collaboration as well as attend in-person meetings at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix or at one of our site locations.

The Collaboration Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. In-person attendance may vary based on the position and department requirements.

Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is the perfect place if you enjoy the outdoors, love sports, concerts and other big city amenities or technology. There are great neighborhoods around Phoenix, with easy access to a major city, nature, the arts and many more amenities.

What You Will Do

Under limited supervision, drive and institutionalize data informed decision making and shape performance optimization at scale. Coach leaders and teams to support high impact business optimization initiatives, serving as a subject matter expert in transformational methodologies.

• In this role, you will coach leaders, teams, and customers to independently run effective problem solving and improvement routines
• Apply tools such as bottleneck analysis, RCA, Lean, design thinking, OEE, diagnostics, lessons learned, and best practices to influence decisions, enable action, and sustain improvement
• As the Sr Operational Excellence Specialist, you will coach others and shape systems that produce scalable innovation while proactively shaping decisions and guiding structured thinking and storytelling to drive sustained action.
• Influence and motivate operational behavior and processes to support sustainment and coach others to build scalable structures and routines.
• Facilitate multiple high performing teams and initiatives.
• Review KPIs for equipment and processes based on operational analysis and data evaluation

What You Bring To Freeport

• High School diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings
• OR
• Bachelor’s Degree AND five (5) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings
• OR
• Master’s Degree AND three (3) years of experience in Operations, Operations Support, Engineering, Project Management, Professional Business settings.
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization
• Passionate problem solver who succeeds in ambiguous situations and advocates for the best possible solution
• Active coach and mentor focused on maximizing team potential
• Strong communicator with emerging ability to communicate complex messages
• Participant in prior business optimization teams with potential to become an expert in transformation methodologies
• Unbiased facilitator with established and emerging leadership skills
• Self-aware of cognitive biases and focused on building high performing teams and delivering outcomes
• Challenger mindset with passion for innovation and change

Belief in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust:

• Passion for understanding people and teams
• Ability to learn quickly and navigate the organization to find experts
• Ability to receive and act on developmental feedback quickly

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in specific field (mine, mill, hydro, etc.)
• Engineering background
• Data analysis skills
• Experience with OEE (data access, cleaning, interpretation, analysis, etc.)

• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions
• Ability to execute hypothesis-based analysis
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to formulate questions to gain customer and process insight

Additional information

Experience standing up management systems (work standards, process confirmations, meeting standardization, lineouts, visual management)

People and culture experience

• Experience in Agile values and principles
• Experience working on, facilitating, or coaching Agile teams
• Experience with Lean methodologies and practices
• Experienced indirect influencer

Digital product lifecycle experience (business analysis, discovery, UX design, development, testing, implementation, support, planning)

What We Offer You

The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $95,500-$134,000.

• This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions.
• Actual base pay is determined by experience, qualifications, skills and other job-related factors.
• This role is eligible for additional discretionary and incentive payment considerations based on company and individual performance.
• More details will be shared during the hiring process.

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Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits

• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution/match
• Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, parental leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted insurance plans for auto, home and pet
• Internal progression opportunities

Learn more about our competitive and comprehensive benefits package!

What We Require

Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol-free work environment using mandatory pre-employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws.