Performance Excellence System Practitioner - Decatur, IL

Archer Daniels Midland Company•Decatur, IL

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About The Position

The Performance Excellence Practitioner role is designed to coach and guide the implementation of the Performance Excellence System (PE) which is a Readiness deployment into the ADM organization. This role is the direct conduit between the tactical/operational and strategic initiatives in the Health & Wellness organization. This position requires a leader that can facilitate and drive change in a fast paced and "ever changing" environment leveraging his/her strong interpersonal and influencing skills. The PE Practitioner role is responsible for the deployment and ongoing sustainment of the PE Pillar system across all North America Health & Wellness facilities. In addition, the Practitioner is responsible for the training/coaching/mentoring of Performance Excellence Leaders at the local plant level. This position will be focused on driving improvements in revenue and driving cost out of the business through the development of efficient processes, elimination of non-value added or duplicate efforts, waste and other related losses within the ADM utilizing the zero-loss mindset through the PE system Key to success in this position is the ability to work within and across the organization at all levels creating value and buy-in as the key change facilitator for the Performance Excellence System deployment.

Requirements

Experience in Continuous Improvement - 'TPM - Total Productive Maintenance', 'Lean Six-Sigma', etc.
Coaching and Facilitation skills
Strong leadership abilities
Professional maturity - work with all levels of the organization
Minimum 7 years of manufacturing/processing and/or Continuous Improvement experience
Desire proven leadership of deployment of continuous improvement system such as ADM Performance Excellence, Lean or TPM

Responsibilities

Align with strategic objectives for the Business Unit/Division/Functional Area/Plant and Execute PE to accomplish them
Perform education to pillar teams and steering committee
Train teams to utilize tools and methodologies aligned to PE
Provide advanced coaching on problem solving using data and analyics
Serve as multi-site implementation leader
Serve as multi-site sustainment leader Audits/coaches the Site Steering Team every visit
Audits/coaches KPIs, Pillars and key projects each visit
Ensures visibility of KPIs, trend management
Provide/share foundational best-practices with alignment to the system across plants
Ensures the Plant Colleagues satisfaction through the execution of the standard visits to transfer performance system knowledge
Track and review ROI if the site implementation to deliver hard cost savings
Ensures Site program minor blockers are highlighted and communicated with site Specialist and Site Leader
Arranges intermediate Steering Team reviews outside visits and benchmarking
When needed, elevates communication to Regional Director
Review of trip reports with Regional Director, identify gaps and provide solutions
Coordinates site visit calendar and aligns with Scope of Work
Facilitate the linkage between Business Unit, Division and Site objectives and ensure alignment using the PE system
Coach and assist plants in their Zero Loss Thinking and Analysis
Ensure plants are prepared for the launch of the PE implementations
Provide education on the pillars as necessary
Provide on-site coaching to the individuals/teams as necessary
Assist location with root cause analysis, systematic problem solving and the implementation of sustainable countermeasures.
Perform audits and assessments for the evaluation of PE results and consistency across the division
Identify training needs/gaps prior to and during the implementation.
'Learning to See' the losses and coaching others to see
Coach/mentor FI pillar teams to achieve savings goals