Process Improvement Coordinator

Silver King Beverage Company • Salt Lake City, UT

15h

About The Position

SUMMARY Responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and processes for assigned production areas. This involves creating, revising, and ensuring the compliance of SOPs, providing training to employees, and identifying opportunities for process improvement. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize operational efficiency and ensure adherence to quality standards. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · SOP Development and Maintenance: Create, update, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect current best practices and compliance with industry regulations. Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and completeness of SOPs. · Training Delivery: Manage assigned SMEs to develop and deliver training programs and materials based on documented SOPs. Conduct training sessions for employees, ensuring their understanding and compliance with SOPs. Collaborate with other process improvement coordinators for business alignment. · Process Improvement: Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance and Engineering to identify opportunities for process and efficiency improvement. Analyze existing processes, gather data, and recommend process enhancements or automation. · Quality Assurance: Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team to oversee the effective implementation of Quality Change Notifications and manage the quality-related aspects of these changes. · Problem Solving: Conducts Root Cause Analysis and implements Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) as necessary to enhance and optimize established processes. · Change Management: Promotes a culture of heightened awareness in effective Change Management practices. Spearheads collaborative initiatives in area of responsibility and across the operation to integrate new products or processes into the production lines. · Promote Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster strong relationships with all employees and departments to collect valuable input and feedback for SOP refinement, process enhancements, and lean Six Sigma initiatives. Act as a catalyst for effective communication and knowledge exchange pertaining to SOPs and best practices in lean manufacturing. Food Safety Responsible and required to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues; and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work. If this position is vacant for any significant period of time the obligation for completion of all food safety and quality related tasks will become the responsibility of the direct manager or a qualified designee. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Skills/Knowledge: Has learned the basic skills and routine tasks necessary. Beginning to learn advanced skills and gaining an understanding of the total process flow. Familiarity with document management systems and quality standards (ISO, FDA, GMP). Experience in training development and delivery. Strong analytical and process improvement skills. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Computer Skills: Extremely proficient in a Microsoft Windows environment (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internal software programs) experience using spreadsheets, and databases. Certifications: Possession of professional certifications in process improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma or Lean is a plus. Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as industrial engineering, operations management, or a related discipline or an associate degree or relevant certifications or substantial practical experience in process improvement. Physical Demands: The Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. · This role involves extensive time on the production floor, where they must observe processes, interact with production teams, and collect data firsthand. This necessitates a significant amount of walking, standing, and sometimes even lifting or moving heavy machinery or materials. Ensuring the smooth operation of processes in a dynamic production setting can be physically demanding, with the need to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and maintain a strong presence on the production floor. · While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle and feel objects, tools, and controls. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms. · The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Requirements

• Has learned the basic skills and routine tasks necessary.
• Beginning to learn advanced skills and gaining an understanding of the total process flow.
• Familiarity with document management systems and quality standards (ISO, FDA, GMP).
• Experience in training development and delivery.
• Strong analytical and process improvement skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Extremely proficient in a Microsoft Windows environment (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and internal software programs) experience using spreadsheets, and databases.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as industrial engineering, operations management, or a related discipline or an associate degree or relevant certifications or substantial practical experience in process improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Possession of professional certifications in process improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma or Lean is a plus.

Responsibilities

• SOP Development and Maintenance: Create, update, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect current best practices and compliance with industry regulations. Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and completeness of SOPs.
• Training Delivery: Manage assigned SMEs to develop and deliver training programs and materials based on documented SOPs. Conduct training sessions for employees, ensuring their understanding and compliance with SOPs. Collaborate with other process improvement coordinators for business alignment.
• Process Improvement: Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance and Engineering to identify opportunities for process and efficiency improvement. Analyze existing processes, gather data, and recommend process enhancements or automation.
• Quality Assurance: Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team to oversee the effective implementation of Quality Change Notifications and manage the quality-related aspects of these changes.
• Problem Solving: Conducts Root Cause Analysis and implements Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) as necessary to enhance and optimize established processes.
• Change Management: Promotes a culture of heightened awareness in effective Change Management practices. Spearheads collaborative initiatives in area of responsibility and across the operation to integrate new products or processes into the production lines.
• Promote Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster strong relationships with all employees and departments to collect valuable input and feedback for SOP refinement, process enhancements, and lean Six Sigma initiatives. Act as a catalyst for effective communication and knowledge exchange pertaining to SOPs and best practices in lean manufacturing.
• Food Safety Responsible and required to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues; and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work. If this position is vacant for any significant period of time the obligation for completion of all food safety and quality related tasks will become the responsibility of the direct manager or a qualified designee.

What This Job Offers

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