Career Opportunities: Manager Continuous Improvement (48923)

Sigma Alimentos

19d

About The Position

Create and implement quality management programs focused on continuous improvement of manufacturing-related business systems; identify and monitor customer and employee feedback loops regarding the effectiveness of manufacturing-related business systems and processes.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or related field
• One (1) year of related experience in a leadership role
• The ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, present a professional demeanor and work well independently and within a team environment
• Ability to work in a team environment with a positive demeanor, generating innovative solutions to complex challenges
• Ability to work overnight shifts, weekends, holidays, 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd shifts
• Ability to work in temperature conditions between 35 and 95 degrees; may occasionally exceed 95 degrees
• Regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers in a repetitive motion.
• Frequently required to stand, walk and reach above the head.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is required to lift a minimum of forty (40) lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office levels to loud factory / warehouse levels.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Five (5) years of related Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• SAP and MS Office experience

Responsibilities

• Contribute to system analysis, design, redesign, and reengineering of processes, systems, procedures, and operational changes to increase efficiency, safety, and effectiveness.
• Implement complex planning activities for equipment layouts in plant, office, and production facilities; conducts studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow; recommend methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnels; prepares cost estimates for proposed projects and evaluates cost factors.
• Forecast manpower, equipment, and facility usage; improving profitability through reduced batch process time.
• Plan, lead, define, develop, review, and audit strategic activities for continuous improvement initiatives while following and helping established standards across the company.
• Develop and track metric related to improvement activities; promotes standard processes, improved flow, waste elimination, and support management for daily improvement activities.
• Provide strategic leadership to production personnel, and assures that facility improvement initiatives support corporate strategy and goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees