Operational Excellence Practitioner

Ardent Mills•Commerce City, CO

20d•Onsite

About The Position

As Operational Excellence Practitioner you will design, develop, and implement process and asset changes at the plant in order to promote on site-specific quality and efficiency improvements. Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance, and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, industrial engineering, mechanical engineer, or a related field or 4-6+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement for manufacturing
Experience with continuous improvement, 5S, lean manufacturing, kaizen, lean six sigma, root cause analysis, and value stream mapping
Technical acumen including systems and data visualization
Excellent written and verbal communication including facilitation skills
1-2 years managing projects using project management tools or technology
Knowledge of capital expenditure process and requirements
Proficiency in using various operations systems
Leadership, coaching, and /or mentoring

Nice To Haves

Lean, Six Sigma, or related certification
Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment
Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization
Experience delivering transactional process improvement
Flexibility and diplomacy with coworkers
Ability to make decisions as well as influence decision-making
Ability to weigh and manage priorities
Ability to manage multiple projects and programs simultaneously

Responsibilities

Evaluate current state site internal processes against industry trends and identify opportunities for improvements
Prioritize potential improvements based on return on investment and required effort
Execute both short-term and long-term improvement project lifecycle, creating plans, oversee implementation of process changes, tracking progress, validating financial return, & documenting process changes.
Gather data for key performance indicators and analyze results, modifying continuous improvement programs in response
Remove barriers to employee engagement and champion value engineering
Eliminate root causes of margin erosion and non-value-added tasks
Manage reports and metrics needed to show progress and sustained change
Lead efforts in change management through influential leadership
Assist in the delivery of continuous improvement related training programs and activities, including Lean, Six Sigma, and 5S