Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

Darigold Careers•Seattle, WA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Darigold has an exciting opportunity to join our Regional Continuous Improvement team and play an influential role. In this role, you’ll provide expertise and coaching utilizing your excising continuous improvement skills. The ideal candidate for this role has had exposure to food manufacturing/processing. You will get the opportunity to be the hands-on project manager in a highly visible space. You will have to have a keen eye for detail and be a great communicator. The successful candidate will have a continuous improvement approach to his/her work; a great attitude and ability to flex your style and connect with a diverse group of people.

Requirements

Comprehensive problem solving/decision making skills
Strong organization/administration – project management skills. Must be able to execute and deliver demonstrated results
Forthright about opinions and recommendations
Ability to capture and document business and reporting requirements from multiple sources
Ability to partner with different cross functional teams
Strong interpersonal skills
Self-motivated and self-directed, with a high sense of urgency
Ability to travel 50% (mostly regional within the Darigold PNW footprint)
Bachelors Degree: Engineering, Business, Food Science, Operations
5+ Years Operations experience with progressive levels of responsibility
5+ years Lean Continuous Improvement (IWS, TPM) experience
Lean Green Belt & or Kaizen Facilitator (LSSI or equivalent)

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree: Business, Engineering
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
SCRUM

Responsibilities

Possess working knowledge of common methods to define problems, identify gaps in performance, gather supporting data, design solutions, implement improvements, measure results, and sustain results
Serve as a change agent to challenge existing processes in place. Use data to communicate and support the opportunities that exist.
Develop a pipeline of FI plans and execute them to resolve the inefficiencies to drive cost savings
Responsible for managing both capital and process improvement projects to ensure desired results are met within the budgeted time and cost
Responsible for working with cross functional teams to maintain a long-term commitment by evaluating probable financial and operational impact regarding process improvement opportunities
Responsible for increasing efficiency while minimizing cost and maximizing resource utilization through lean and continuous improvement methodologies
Strong understanding of financial costing, including contract analysis
Advocate for continuous improvement mindset, methods, and results through training, coaching, and facilitating continuous improvement events throughout the company
Change Agent Champion for the enterprise