Operational Excellence Lead
About The Position
The Operational Excellence Lead plays a key role in advancing operational excellence across our manufacturing organization. This is a high-impact individual contributor position where you’ll lead initiatives that improve efficiency, reduce waste, and deliver measurable business results. This role work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, and business leaders to identify opportunities, implement scalable solutions, and help build a culture rooted in continuous improvement. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on environment, enjoys influencing without direct authority, and is passionate about driving meaningful change.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related.
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or operations environment.
- Proven experience leading process improvement or operational excellence initiatives.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence.
- Cross functional background with both technical and commercial expertise.
- Delivers and sustains measurable results.
- Autonomous, agile, self-starter.
- Ability to partner with team members, IT personnel, the user community, and others on an ongoing basis to ensure accurate identification and delivery of business requirements.
- Work with user representative(s) to identify acceptance test requirements and ensures appropriate systems training is performed.
- Knowledge and experience in process analysis, documentation, and improvement methodologies.
- Able to work under pressure and multi-task across many initiatives.
- Must reside within a commutable distance to Thousand Oaks, CA.
- This is not a hybrid or remote opportunity.
Nice To Haves
- Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, or similar certification
Responsibilities
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, quality, and operational efficiency across manufacturing processes
- Analyze current workflows and identify opportunities to eliminate waste, improve cycle time, and optimize performance
- Facilitate improvement workshops (e.g., Kaizen events) and support teams in implementing and sustaining process changes
- Develop and track key performance metrics to measure the success and sustainability of improvement initiatives
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., operations, engineering, supply chain, and IT) to implement scalable solutions
- Partner with operations leadership to align improvement initiatives with business priorities and strategic goals
- Analyze current processes and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Achieve certification in EBS tools to deliver EBS programs
- Drive change management efforts, including stakeholder communication, training, and adoption of new processes
- Share best practices and standardize processes across teams and sites where applicable
- Coach and mentor team members and leaders on continuous improvement methodologies and problem-solving tools
- Track and report individual progress, take appropriate action to complete deliverable on time
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision benefits
- 401K match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
