Continuous Improvement Specialist

Cargill • Timberville, VA

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About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Specialist develops, implements, and sustains process improvement initiatives. The role conducts continuous improvement activities across multiple locations, focusing on projects with low to medium cost and risk and well-defined processes. The position is part of Cargill’s Food Enterprise, which serves food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with ingredients and branded products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours and weekends based on business need.

Nice To Haves

• Lean Six Sigma.
• Food manufacturing experience.
• Root cause analysis experience.
• Experience managing cost savings projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior staff with updates on project objectives, performance measures, issues, and risks.
• Identify, monitor, and implement continuous improvement best practices.
• Develop and manage continuous improvement plans for low- to medium-cost, low- to medium-risk projects to achieve and sustain project goals.
• Conduct organizational readiness assessments, value realization, opportunity prioritization, and resource evaluation, and execute continuous improvement strategies that meet business requirements.
• Independently resolve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision and escalate more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level