Continuous Improvement Manager

Givaudan; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager to drive innovation and efficiency at their Cincinnati site. In this pivotal role, you will lead continuous improvement initiatives, engage and train employees, and streamline processes to enhance operational performance. Your expertise in Lean Six Sigma and problem-solving will be crucial in fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration. Join a diverse team committed to making a positive impact on the lives of consumers through delightful taste and scent experiences. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of a global leader in flavors and fragrances.

Benefits

Medical

Vision

High matching 401k plan

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of overall work experience with 2-3 years in Lean Six Sigma.
• Green Belt certification or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and embed best practices.
• Coach project teams in problem-solving and CI methodologies.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Problem Solving

Coaching

Performance Management

Process Analysis

Education

University degree in Industrial Engineering

Degree in Food, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Visual Performance Management System

CI Methodologies

Job description

Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. The Company achieved sales of CHF5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at www.givaudan.com.

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Join us! As our next Continuous Improvement Manager Carthage, reporting to the Head of Operations, Carthage, you will apply and spread continuous improvement knowledge in your respective unit and build the required CI capabilities through training and certification. As the CI Manager, you will lead the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives within your assigned department to embed best practices, reinforce a continuous improvement mindset and streamline non-value-added activities. This position is located in Carthage Site in Cincinnati.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for:

1. Business Alignment: Help design site strategies while ensuring the alignment of global, regional, and functional strategies into the site strategy. This includes selection, prioritization of improvement initiatives, resource allocation and execution timeline. Setup strategy deployment governance at the departmental and departmental level to ensure execution.
2. People Engagement: Establish a positive first contact with CI for all employees and enable engagement. Promote good practices sharing in teamwork. Introduce and coach Visual Performance Management System as universal practice for everyone to manage performance for all departments.
3. Capability Building: Develop people by delivering training, coaching and mentoring for all CI Methodologies. Mentor and coach belts, and manage the certification and recognition events.
4. Problem Solving: Coach project teams in applying problem solving (root cause analysis) to develop solutions, initiate change or lead complex PS workshops when needed. Support teams to identify problems that must be solved using right CI Methodology and Tools. Setup a tollgate review governance for Site improvement projects.
5. Performance Management: Set up and support the implementation of daily/weekly/monthly performance management reviews at shift, department and site level including the definition of lagging and leading indicators.
6. Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA): Train, coach, and assess the area of responsibility or site/cluster/function in the CIMA Excellence maturity journey.
7. Process Efficiency: Train, coach and inspire teams in applying relevant CI tools and methodologies for improving E2E value stream processes and asset efficiencies. Is able to manage debottlenecking and level loading on the ground. Is comfortable with process analysis and identifying opportunities. Partner with the local process owners and regional/global process experts to develop and apply solutions and good practices at site level.
8. Work Standard: Support process owners in the development of CI-related work standards; Enable teams to apply and comply with work standards (e.g. SOPs, OPLs); Promote good practice and the sharing of work standards.
9. Business Impact: Lead or support specific business improvement projects. Manage the pipeline of improvement projects to provide impact and track strategic progress at department level. Promote implementation progress of approved CI projects and programs by monitoring resource plans, project team accountabilities, change requests, deadlines, milestones and manage updates to partners. Responsible for consolidation of the financial and non-financial benefits at department level.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree: Industrial Engineering or in Food, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering with Operations focus or related.
• Green Belt certification or equivalent
• Overall work experience of 4 to 7 years including of which at least 2-3 years in a Lean Six Sigma implementation role
• Experience leading improvement projects, training, coaching, assessing
• Exposure to cross-functional teams and projects.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience in people management
• Black Belt certification

What We Can Offer You:

• Medical
• Vision
• High matching 401k plan

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.