Regional Deployment Lead

Rise Baking Company, LLC• US,

4d•$130,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Drive the end-to-end execution of a new Operating Model across the organization. Bridge strategic planning with on-the-ground execution, ensuring that Rise Recipe initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and fully adopted by plants. The Rise Recipe is working to organize our teams in 22 plants around a single way or working, deploying 45 modules that standardize processes from recruiting and onboarding to converting raw products and packs into finished goods. This role will focus on appreciating our people and determining how we can reinvest into our business. We expect this to be a 24-month project with travel to various plants across our organization and working directly with our plant leadership teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration, management, industrial engineering, or a related field, and 7+ years of related experience
Formal CI credentials (Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt) or equivalent hands-on track record leading root cause problem-solving to closure
Demonstrated strategic CI capability; experience building or leading a waste-reduction/CI prioritization strategy from data; track record of determining the right problems, not only solving assigned ones
Strong analytics fluency; comfortable pulling and interpreting trend data (MUV, downtime, scrap) to find the highest-leverage opportunity before it becomes a problem
Fluent with KPI tools (Patch, SAP, LaunchPAD); ability to translate a dashboard number into a floor-level action plan
Proven coaching experience; experience developing other CI practitioners or operations leaders; comfortable teaching through live floor problems
Proven ability to convert analysis into execution with a track record of turning a root-cause finding into a committed action plan and driving it to closure
Comfortable being on the floor daily; willingness to travel

Responsibilities

Drive all 24 initiatives to completion across pod plants against the rollout timeline
Own the distinction between “installed” and “working” – validate that each initiative is changing behavior and metrics on the floor
Escalate blockers to the Rise Recipe Program Lead and plant Ops VP to prevent timeline delays
Build the pod's waste-reduction and CI strategy; analyze MUV, scrap, and downtime data across pod plants to determine which opportunities carry the highest impact and sequence accordingly
Translate that strategy into a committed, owned action plan with dates; personally drive it through to execution and closure
Continuously re-prioritize as new data comes in (standing capability, not a one-time exercise at rollout kickoff)
Hold a specific, numeric quick-win target for MUV and unplanned downtime reduction at each plant in the pod
Lead root-cause problem-solving on MUV and unplanned downtime as the near-term proof point of the broader waste/CI strategy
Report progress against MUV and unplanned downtime inside the existing Day 10/weekly cadence
Coach plant CI leads and operations leaders in root-cause problem-solving, prioritization discipline, and standard work; align methodologies to Rise Recipe playbook
Build durable local capability, so pod plants can sustain and extend gains after active deployment phase ends
Coach through real, live problems on the floor; work the actual gap alongside the plant team
Ensure certification on the Tucker playbook before deploying to any pod plant
Ensure pod plants adopt the standard as Tucker built it; flag and escalate deviation
Feed real plant-level learning back to the central team; ensure a two-way channel
Represent pod plants in Core Build Team/Extended Team cadence
Own accurate Smartsheet tracking for assigned pod initiatives
Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
Perform other job-related duties as assigned