Continuous Improvement Leader

Well Enterprises•Le Mars, IA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for deploying an effective CI strategy within a manufacturing or distribution facility, or key supply chain business area to support the organization's efforts to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.

Requirements

Deploying an effective CI strategy
Improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
Develop Operations and Supply Chain (SC) CI resources
Training and development plans around CI tools, strategies, and techniques
Coach Operations-SC Leadership and hourly employees on the fundamentals of CI
Build problem solving capabilities throughout the Operations organization
Ensure Operations-SC CI resources deliver a minimum, run-rate, sustained savings of 3X total compensation
Partner with facility Operations leaders to develop annual CI Objectives, Strategies and Plans (OSPs)
Create revised quarterly plans based on the results and business needs
Ensure proper communication methods are utilized to create a shared CI mindset
Reinforce basic CI principles
Highlight Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) versus goals
Share best practices
Celebrate individual/team successes
Lead improvement projects and/or activities that deliver sustained, run-rate savings of 3X annual compensation

Responsibilities

Oversee the development of Operations and Supply Chain (SC) CI resources in a single facility including training and development plans around CI tools, strategies, and techniques.
Coach Operations-SC Leadership and hourly employees on the fundamentals of CI and build problem solving capabilities throughout the Operations organization.
Ensure Operations-SC CI resources within assigned facility (direct reports) deliver a minimum, run-rate, sustained savings of 3X total compensation (i.e. salary, bonus, benefits) each year.
Partner with facility Operations leaders to develop annual CI Objectives, Strategies and Plans (OSPs) and then to create revised quarterly plans based on the results and business needs.
Ensure proper communication methods are utilized to create a shared CI mindset across the facility/department and reinforce basic CI principles, highlight Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) versus goals, share best practices and celebrate individual/team successes.
Lead improvement projects and/or activities each year that deliver sustained, run-rate savings of 3X annual compensation (i.e. salary, bonus, benefits).