Regional Operational Excellence Lead

Kenvue; Guelph; On-site; CAD 213,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Benefits Package

Paid Holidays & Vacation

Learning & Development Opportunities

Job summary

Kenvue in North America is recruiting a Regional Production Change Lead to deploy Operational Excellence across manufacturing sites, driving site diagnostics, transformation plans, and capability building. This role links site teams with regional leadership and the Global OE organization to ensure standardized, continuous improvement across the region.

The position requires 10–12 years in supply chain and a strong track record in lean, change leadership, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10–12 years of Supply Chain experience across Plan, Source, Make, and/or Deliver.
• Experience leading manufacturing transformation, operational excellence, lean, continuous improvement, and deployment of production systems.
• Lean and/or Six-Sigma certification.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, financial performance drivers and improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead change management and develop leaders into effective change agents.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the ability to drive results without direct authority.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment of Operational Excellence across targeted sites, including diagnostics, implementation plans, and transformation initiatives.
• Build OE capability through training, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.
• Coach site implementation leaders, change agents, and deployment resources to sustainable capability.
• Provide hands-on site support throughout deployment and transformation activities.
• Maintain engagement with sites to ensure standardization and sustainability of improvements and achievement of targets.
• Lead OE Health Checks and Site System Checks to verify standards and methodologies.
• Monitor site performance dashboards and intervene as needed through coaching and resource alignment.
• Escalate risks, issues, and capability gaps to appropriate levels.
• Ensure consistent deployment and integrity of OE standards across sites.
• Capture best practices and share learnings with region and global teams.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Black Belt / Master Black Belt certification

Lean / Six-Sigma certification

Supply chain leadership

Change management

Stakeholder management

Tools

PMP / FPX / equivalent certification

Job description

Kenvue in North America is recruiting a Regional Production Change Lead to deploy Operational Excellence across manufacturing sites, driving site diagnostics, transformation plans, and capability building. This role links site teams with regional leadership and the Global OE organization to ensure standardized, continuous improvement across the region.

The position requires 10–12 years in supply chain and a strong track record in lean, change leadership, and stakeholder management.