Lean Operations Excellence Lead

Schreiber Foods; West Bend (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with match

PTO from day one

Wellness incentive and LSA

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits from day one

Job summary

Schreiber Foods in West Bend, Wisconsin seeks an Operational Excellence Specialist to drive continuous improvement initiatives at the line level, applying Lean and DMAIC methods to standardize plant operations.

You will engage with production floor partners, coordinate Kaizen events, develop SOPs, training materials, and measurement tools to sustain improvements, while partnering with the OE team to meet customer and food safety requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2-7 years of production experience.
• CQIA or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification within 3 years of assignment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and escape problems by spending significant time engaged with production floor partners.
• Coordinate and facilitate team-based improvement activities such as Kaizen events, PSCs, and Gemba.
• Deliver small improvement projects by engaging cross-functional teams using Lean and DMAIC methods.
• Develop forms, Visual Work Instructions, standard operating procedures, 5-S materials, and other training materials.
• Develop measurement tools showing compliance with plant standards and communicate to Ops Leadership and Plant Partners.
• Monitor and coordinate control and sustainment of process improvement efforts.
• Provide guidance on Lean tools, 5-S, Root Cause Analysis, TPS, Takt Time Analysis, Poke Yoke, Kanban, Waste Reduction.
• Maintain partner training and documentation related to operations excellence.
• Partner with OE team members to realize plant and company initiatives.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

CQIA / ASQ

Production experience

Excel

Training facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Schreiber Foods in West Bend, Wisconsin seeks an Operational Excellence Specialist to drive continuous improvement initiatives at the line level, applying Lean and DMAIC methods to standardize plant operations.

You will engage with production floor partners, coordinate Kaizen events, develop SOPs, training materials, and measurement tools to sustain improvements, while partnering with the OE team to meet customer and food safety requirements.