Director of Continuous Improvement

Seaboard Triumph Foods•Sioux City, IA

1h•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Continuous Improvement & Margin Management will improve the overall client value and carry out activities to achieve the best results. This role integrates people, machines, materials, information, and energy to optimize productivity and quality.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, or related discipline plus 1 year of relevant experience.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Experience with time and motion studies.
Experience with project engineering.
Experience with product development.
Experience with project management.
Experience with Lean implementation and Lean tools including SOP and FMEA.
Experience with AutoCAD.
Experience with advanced Excel.
Certification in SQL.
Experience with statistical analysis using Excel and Minitab.
Experience with design of experiments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and/or governmental regulations.
Ability to present findings and report KPIs to senior leadership team and guide related departments.
Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management and employees.
Ability to influence and persuade others.
Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as applications, training materials and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively communicate with candidates, hiring managers and others within and outside of the organization.
Ability to use analytical software and present findings to the operations and leadership team.
Ability to apply mathematical applications to practical situations.
Strong analytical and metric-based skills.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical, diagram, written and/or verbal form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Strong personal computer skills.
Understanding of recruiting metrics and reports.
Must hold a valid driver's license due to periodic business travel.

Nice To Haves

Must believe and lead STF's MISSION of producing quality pork products, igniting the passion and growth of our team members, helping our community thrive, and making our business prosperous. Remembering that together we will achieve more by working safely and cultivating an inclusive and empowering environment.
Must believe and fully engage in STF's VISION of being a place where we all belong, working as one, to build our future.
Must live STF's VALUES in all decisions, behaviors, and interactions, which include- SAFETY, QUALITY, DIVERSITY, COMMUNITY, SUSTAINABILITY.

Responsibilities

Designing, analyzing, and improving production processes to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and lower labor.
Leading teams of Continuous Improvement and Financial planning and analysis to enhance margins.
Creating and reporting KPIs to senior management.
Conducting weekly meetings with Senior leadership to report the drivers for margin enhancement.
Working with Project management and Engineering for capital projects.
Working with Financial Planning and Analysis group to track and improve product yields and recoveries as well as economic considerations for opportunity costs predicated on relative efficiencies and productivity of labor.
Working with managers, supervisors, subordinates, and trainers to develop and initiate a program that will help close the identified gaps, thus enhancing productivity and quality standards.
Helping prepare and maintain the detailed layouts, designs, develops, tests, and cost justifies for various tools, equipment, and machinery that may be required for various production.
Leading and deploying best practices in the production organization by taking initiative to support continuous improvement in various production processes by reducing tooling costs and improving the flow of material and reviewing cycle times and/or labor utilization.
Working toward achieving the production goals and objectives of the organization.
Leading, facilitating, executing, and managing projects to reduce costs significantly by implementing Lean/CI and Six Sigma tools and methodologies.
Identifying and recommending improvements by applying the relevant principles.
Developing methods to help reduce costs without compromising on people, safety, quality, and service standards to ensure increased efficiency and quality and making recommendations.
Making optimum utilization of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools to assist in preparing feasibility studies and ensuring that the costs incurred are justified.
Evaluating various improvements that need to be done and creating value analysis and looking for ways to reduce costs in production and production support applications.
Conferring with senior management and other related personnel to create layouts, equipment designs, and other analysis/improvement plans and clarifying and resolving any relevant issues.
Giving directions to help in preparing layouts, visual aids, and detailed drawings that will assist in improving production processes.
Achieving cost-effective designs and carrying out research, design, and development work of the production process that would include full production value stream- barn, kill, cut, packaging and warehouse methods, production flow, and production equipment.
Determining the root causes for system inefficiencies and failures and making recommendations for changes in designs and the related processing.
Helping identify key areas for improving standards and incorporating new techniques to enhance existing operating standards.
Training and mentoring new staff personnel and assisting other teams.
Assisting in preparing documentation for improved processes and ensuring that product designs manufactured are up to standard levels.
Working with Research and Development to analyze data and set standards.
Assisting in the Feasibility Analysis of Capital Projects and developing ROI (Return on Investment).
Identifying key areas for improving standards and incorporating new techniques to enhance existing operating standards.