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Continuous Improvement Manager

Givaudan

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

28 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager to spearhead initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement. In this pivotal role, you will align site strategies with global objectives, engage employees through effective training, and drive impactful projects that streamline processes and eliminate waste. This position offers a unique opportunity to cultivate your skills within a collaborative environment while making a tangible difference in the lives of millions. If you're passionate about driving change and improving performance, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical
Vision
High matching 401k plan

Qualifications

  • 4-7 years of experience in Lean Six Sigma implementation.
  • Experience leading improvement projects and coaching teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives and embed best practices.
  • Coach teams in problem-solving and performance management.

Skills

Continuous Improvement
Lean Six Sigma
Problem Solving
Coaching
Process Analysis

Education

University degree in Industrial Engineering
Green Belt certification
Black Belt certification

Tools

Visual Performance Management System

Job description

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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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA)

Train, coach, and assess the area of responsibility or site/cluster/function in the CIMA Excellence maturity journey.

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.

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.

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 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.

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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. Every essence of you enriches our world. 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.

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