Sr Manager, Operations Excellence

T. Marzetti Company • Horse Cave, KY

147d

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Operational Excellence is responsible for driving the overall Marzetti Operational Excellence and its pillar activities for the plant and its platform. This serves as a change agent and coach for the Site Plant Manager their leadership teams and the extended leadership network on effective deployment and execution. The role also has oversight to Industrial Performance functions within the factory.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or Supply Chain required
• 7+ years experience in Manufacturing in Operations or continuous improvement roles
• Successful experience in implementing Total Performance Management (TPM) and Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC, DFSS etc.)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or above.
• Experience in leading project teams and departments successfully, preferably in the consumer-packaged good industry
• Strong analytical mindset and project management experience
• Cross-functional experience preferred (manufacturing operations, engineering, operational excellence, logistics, quality, safety, etc.)
• Proven track record of implementing improvement projects that leads to measurable financial savings in a sustainable way.
• Experience in root cause eradication and problem-solving methodologies
• High level of pro-activeness and willingness to take responsibility
• Self-driven, highly motivated, and comfortable interacting at various levels of an organization with versatile styles
• Strong understanding of Change Management.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Champion and foster a consistent, data-driven, continuous improvement mindset throughout all the departments and employees within the plant.
• Identify, justify, prioritize, and implement improvement initiatives to deliver measurable and sustainable results.
• Expand the use of Lean Six Sigma mindset, TPM- Total Performance Management and other operations excellence methodologies and tools.
• Prepare, communicate, and engage stakeholders on OPEX rollout plan for the plant.
• Partner with cross-functional owners to identify and establish relevant key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Co-create data collection and retrieval tools for organizational use.
• Benchmark internally and externally to drive the organization toward standards that exceed recognized industry best practices.
• Coach Department managers/pillar leaders to drive the implementation and execution alongside the plant operational excellence teams.
• Build organizational capability and engagement.
• Develop a capability building strategy and its training solutions to advance critical competencies across the workforce.
• Partner with other plants in achieving YOY financial and KPI targets.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees