Employee Type:Full time
Location:KY Princeton
Job Type:Supply Chain Continuous Improvement
Job Posting Title:Operational Excellence Manager
Job Description:About the Role:As an Operational Excellence Manager, you will be a key player in shaping a supportive and engaging work environment for the Princeton, KY plant, a manufacturer of quality crackers. Your role will act as a strategic partner in implementing and sustaining the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure (TMOS).
You will lead initiatives to analyze and improve supply chain processes using advanced continuous improvement methodologies, with a focus on enhancing product quality, operational efficiency, financial performance, and overall business operations.
You'll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:- Partner with site leadership and process owners to implement and sustain the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure (TMOS), ensuring standard manufacturing processes are consistently applied.
- Act as both a tactical and strategic resource, serving as a change agent and modeling leadership behaviors aligned with TMOS.
- Monitor and support key performance indicators (KPIs) related to supply chain performance; coach KPI owners through gap analysis, corrective actions, and performance validation.
- Collaborate with division-level continuous improvement leaders to ensure alignment with enterprise-wide strategies and initiatives.
- Lead a portfolio of moderate to large-scale projects to optimize supply chain processes and overall operational efficiency.
- Identify process requirements, improvement opportunities, and best practices; lead replication efforts across sites to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
- Leverage site data to prioritize projects and define scope, objectives, resources, timelines, and team roles.
- Own and drive continuous improvement initiatives at the site level, identifying the need for change and managing business process transformation.
- Lead project review meetings to assess progress, address obstacles, resolve issues, and communicate results, issue regular summary reports.
- Conduct advanced analyses of product and information flow, using both qualitative and quantitative data to develop insights and recommendations.
- Deliver training and coaching to develop internal capabilities in continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
Important Details:- This is a full-time, on-site role on First Shift. Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts and weekends.
- The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $97,500.00 - 146,300.00 USD annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.
You'll fit right in if you have:- Bachelor's degree in Operations, Management or related field is required.
- A minimum of five years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with at least three years in a project management or continuous improvement role is required.
- Strong situational leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the plant organization.
- Proven ability to build effective relationships with Operations leaders to drive change and foster alignment and a high level of credibility and influence among hourly associates with the ability to engage and motivate frontline teams.
- Self-starter with the ability to lead change independently and make informed, strategic decisions.
- Possesses key personal attributes: progressive mindset, adaptability, flexibility, high energy, maturity, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills to assess needs, identify issues, and uncover improvement opportunities.
- Develops subject matter expertise in site-level supply chain processes and leads the evolution toward future-state operations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively represent and report on continuous improvement activities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
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