Operations Excellence Manager eastern Wisconsin

Company: Job Juncture
Location: Sheboygan
Posted on: November 17, 2020

Job Description:

The Operational Excellence Manager is a new position that will provide industry leading technical services that support the business objectives within the scope of food manufacturing operations for this plant located northwest of Sheboygan.

The primary purpose of this role is to reduce processing variation, drive operational effectiveness, and increase cost competitiveness in addition to complying with the highest quality, safety, and environmental regulations and goals. This position will be leading the Lean Transformation at the plant. The position requires an expert level of responsibility. This role will address:

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• Develop 2-year roadmap for addressing specific key process improvements across the plant.
  
• Assess specific causes of variation to drive consistency, reliability, capacity expansion, cost reduction, and risk mitigation opportunities.
  
• This role will utilize industry leading outside resources:
  
  
  
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  • Identify world-class technologies and drive best practices
    
    
    
    
  • Solidify relationships / partnerships with key vendors. This role will align operations capabilities to business objectives.
    
  • Identify and prioritize operational problems.
    
  • Coordinate plant technical solutions.
    
  • Assist in coordinating plant trials. This role will drive asset effectiveness through common standards and training:
    
    
    
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    • Develop clear common standards for specific equipment operation and performance measurement: Operations, Maintenance, Control Systems, Quality, Energy, and EH&S.
      
      
      
      
    • Develop specific key asset evaluation checklists.
      
    • Assist in developing effective operation and maintenance training programs.
      
    • Assist in developing specific maintenance strategies and PM programs.
      
      Education:
      
      
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      • Degree major required: BS Engineering or Technical/Science discipline (Mechanical, Industrial, and Chemical)
        
      • 10 plus years experience including 5 years Food/Dairy or Industrial Manufacturing experience and production supervision.
        
        Competencies-Skills (Required):
        
        
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        • Problem solving and leading significant change.
          
        • Kaizen, DMAIC, value stream, lean manufacturing and six sigma black belt.
          
        • Collaboration and team building.
          
        • Comprehension of variation.
          
        • Leading improvement projects in a manufacturing environment.
          

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