Lead Operational Excellence

Dart Container•Horse Cave, KY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Dart Container is seeking an Operational Excellence Lead to help lead the continuous improvement initiatives designed to eliminate non-value added activities while improving operational excellence throughout our manufacturing and corporate departments. With a foundation built on honesty, integrity, teamwork and respect for the individual, we’ve created a workplace where people who share our values thrive. We also invest in providing an environment centered on safety, community, health and wellness.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Operations, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or other manufacturing related field with two (2) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment, OR High school diploma or equivalent with five (5) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
Strong understanding and demonstrated experience in the areas of Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Lean principals, statistics and data analysis.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams.
Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Nice To Haves

SAP Experience
Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience
Lean manufacturing experience
Lean / 6 Sigma Certification, American Society for Quality Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence or American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer
Experience with the following methodologies and practices: FMEA, Kaizen, Lean tools, 5S, Visual Factory Aids, SMED concepts, VSM, VOC and Poke Yoke

Responsibilities

Implement and create positive change within the organization.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives designed to eliminate non-value added activities.
Improve operational excellence throughout manufacturing and corporate departments.
Apply improvement concepts to continuous, non-discreet, manufacturing processes.
Solve practical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Plan, organize, and prioritize workload, and respond to changing business demands.
Learn and understand materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of products.
Optimize the performance of one or more of the following: Factory systems and line process inputs, Information flow, Raw materials flow, conveyance, blending, and drying systems, Continuous process operations, Quality systems for defect elimination, EHS systems for a safe working environment, Operational systems for waste elimination.