Manager, North America OPEX

SC Johnson • Racine, WI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The North America Operational & Process Excellence (OPEX) Manager is a transformation leader accountable for the deployment of Global Excellence programs both within and outside the Shared Service Center (SSC). You will hold responsibility for cross-functional programs and projects in accordance with the delivery of organizational goals and will be responsible for ensuring that OPEX practices and procedures are followed, applied, and embedded across the SSC, and the expected benefits are delivered and maximized. You will have two direct reports and are part of the North America SSC Management Team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification or 5+ years proven experience applying continuous improvement tools to business processes
• Strong people and project leadership skills, with at least 5 years of experience leading and developing teams and demonstrated results

Nice To Haves

• Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt
• Project Management Certification with Agile Project Management experience
• Broad Business experience across multiple functions (Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, etc.)
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with business partners and influence at all levels of the organization
• Experience facilitating large scale workshops to gather process intelligence, complete interdependency analysis, and outline prioritized solutions
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, coupled with business acumen
• Strong data analytics and modeling
• Passion for driving change including Organizational Change Management experience

Responsibilities

• Coach, support, and lead a high-performing OPEX team
• Deliver successful transformation in core Shared Services Centers processes driving global standardization and measurable efficiency and effectiveness improvements
• Lead process transformation and optimization leveraging Lean and Organizational Change Management experience to increase productivity, efficiency, and speed and enable advanced capabilities and growth mindset
• Lead key initiatives or phases of large-scale initiatives leveraging Agile methodology
• Facilitate workshops in support of process redesign and organizational change management
• Perform people, process, technology, and data readiness assessments on business functions to drive process optimization, standardization, and outline prioritized solutions
• Provide strategic thought partnership to our business partners
• Plan and coordinate OPEX training and coaching with Lean Six-Sigma methodology to the broader organization

Benefits

• SC Johnson’s total compensation packages are at or above industry levels.
• total packages may include bonuses, long-term incentives, matching 401(k) contributions and profit sharing based on company profitability, job level and years of service
• subsidized health care plans, maternity/paternity/adoption leave, flexible work arrangements, vacation purchase options, recreation and fitness centers, childcare, counseling services and more

What This Job Offers

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