Your Opportunity as Operations Excellence and Continuous Improvement Manager

　　The Plant Operations Excellence and Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for coaching site pillar leaders and the entire plant organization towards the successful utilization of high performance organizational and continuous improvement tools and adherence. These tools ensure the organization is designed to deliver the site plan through loss elimination and the engagement of all employees. Drives consistent and effective use of pillar tools, effective communication across teams, and reapplication of company best practices and standards. Resident expert on coaching and developing tools and practices. This role will be considered for opportunities to progress along the operations career path. Location: Scottsville, KYReport To: Plant ManagerWork Arrangements: 100% on-site

　　In this role you will:

　　Ensure site adherence to master planning cadenceEnsure completion and / or review of site loss analysis action planEnsure completion of organization performance modeling or health assessmentLead internal and external continuous improvement assessments for the siteCoach pillar leaders and department managers to build and execute plans that connects to site planDay to day management of Quality and Safety project engineersCoach pillar owners to build high performance capability at all levels of the organization and ensure standardsHelp to drive strong systems in safety, quality, and reliabilityEnsure rapid lead line reapplication across the siteFunction as (WPI) Work Process Improvement pillar ownerSupport the results management process at all levels of the organizationProvide coaching on how to determine appropriate metric and targets at all levels of the organizationProvide coaching to pillar leads and department managers on the gap analysis process and triggers for responseSupports the plant masterplan and transformation effortsEnsure data driven decision making occurs at all levels of the organization

　　The Right Role for You

　　We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our , and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

　　What we are looking for:

　　Minimum Requirements:

　　Bachelor's degreeOperations experience using continuous improvement and high-performance organizational tools to deliver business resultsPrior success in improving and sustaining resultsExperience in training, facilitation, and leading groupsAbility to lead by influencing othersPeople management experienceDecisive, proactive, and strategic in decision making

　　Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

　　,Food manufacturing experience

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