Director of Continuous Improvement
About The Position
We are seeking a Director of Continuous Improvement who will be responsible for executing the Sensience Strategy of driving value creation by implementing Lean tools and process improvements across the company. The incumbent will provide cross-functional leadership across locations that include Mexico, China, Thailand and the United States. They will create guidelines, training, and standard operating procedures to provide consistent execution and optimal performance in all Sensience locations worldwide. Also, they will assist in the identification of key leaders for operations process improvement implementation at each location.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related discipline, OR a minimum of fifteen (15) years’ experience in operations and manufacturing-related assignments. Previous managerial experience required
- Lean Champion Certified. Black Belt, 6 Sigma Certification. Project Management Certification.
- Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office, or equivalent productivity suites, currently in use by the Company
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated judgment and decision-making capability
- Demonstrated organizing and planning capabilities
- Ability to travel both US domestically and internationally as needed up to 50%
Responsibilities
- Work with Executive Leadership Team, Plant Managers, Operations Managers, and other key leaders to achieve targeted KPI performance and drive strategic decisions
- Prepare and present financial reports to stakeholders, providing insight into schedule, performance and budget adherence
- Establish and deploy a Standard Operating System to be followed by each Sensience location for standardizing and optimizing operational processes, ensuring consistency in quality, delivery and cost
- Promote a “best in class” culture of continuous improvement by developing and building followership to a common vison and strategy
- Foster open communication, professional development, best practices sharing, and recognition to promote employee engagement and improve operational standards
- Develop strategies, project funnels and business cases to support the achievement of value creation goals aligned to Sensience strategic initiatives
- Leadership for company wide cost improvement program focused on delivering 4 wall cost reductions to offset inflationary increases.
- Implement Lean methodologies to streamline operations processes, reduce cycle times and eliminate waste to improve workflow efficiency
- Utilize Six Sigma tools to identify defects and drive process improvements; ensure consistency across facilities in areas such as 5S+1, Visual Factory, performance metrics, displays, etc.
- Champion Kaizen methodologies focused on efficiencies, quality control, and employee engagement and accountability
- Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring alignment with financial goals and effective resource allocation
- Develop resources and skill sets in each site/department to support the Company’s operations process improvement strategy
- Coordinate, develop, implement, and provide operations process improvement trainings/workshops for implementation and refresher sessions as required
- Evaluate current practices, recommend changes, and monitor implementation activities to better achieve increased customer, productivity, and inventory management and enhance Sensience’s global growth potential
- Guide and collaborate with manufacturing and quality engineering teams for all manufacturing departments to drive production improvements, PPM reductions, and New Product Launch
- Ability to work extended periods onsite at plant locations as needed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
