Operational Excellence Leader: Lean & CI

Rehrig Pacific Company, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Rehrig Pacific Company is seeking an Operations Excellence Manager in Jersey City, NJ, to lead continuous improvement across manufacturing and service operations. You will establish scalable standards, build data-driven programs, and align execution with safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

The role requires Lean, PDCA, Kaizen, and cross-functional leadership, with 5+ years in operations excellence and travel 30–40%.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years in operations excellence, continuous improvement, manufacturing, service operations, quality, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional improvement initiatives and applying Lean, root cause analysis, PDCA, A3, kaizen, Gemba, and standard work.
• Strong capability in change leadership, facilitation, coaching, project management, data analysis, KPI dashboards, and executive-ready communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, reporting and visualization tools, and AI-enabled productivity and analytics solutions, including effective prompting, responsible use, output validation, and practical workflow automation; Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and travel approximately 30–40%.

Mansioni

• Develop and maintain an operations excellence roadmap, site-level improvement plans, and measurable performance targets.
• Standardize and simplify processes using Lean principles, standard work, visual management, and leader routines.
• Coach leaders and teams to embed continuous improvement practices into daily operations and sustain adoption.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives that increase safety, quality, service, productivity, and cost performance.
• Facilitate Gemba, root cause analysis, kaizen, PDCA, and A3 problem solving; ensure countermeasures have clear owners and due dates.
• Validate benefits, remove barriers, and establish controls that prevent regression.
• Develop and refine KPI dashboards, scorecards, and review routines that create visibility to performance and drive timely action.
• Analyze trends, quantify opportunities, prioritize the improvement pipeline, and communicate progress, risks, and realized value to leadership.
• Align metric definitions, reporting cadence, escalation triggers, and accountability across Operations and support functions.
• Own governance for SOPs, work instructions, standard work, audits, and corrective actions, including approval, version control, implementation, and sustainment.
• Develop practical training, job aids, and facilitation materials; coach teams in Lean tools, KPI interpretation, and disciplined execution.

Conoscenze

Lean

PDCA

Kaizen

Gemba

Standard work

Cross-functional leadership

Change leadership

Project management

Data analysis

KPI dashboards

Executive communication

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Equivalent relevant experience

Strumenti

Microsoft 365

Analytics tools

AI-enabled productivity tools

Prompting

Descrizione del lavoro

Rehrig Pacific Company is seeking an Operations Excellence Manager in Jersey City, NJ, to lead continuous improvement across manufacturing and service operations. You will establish scalable standards, build data-driven programs, and align execution with safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

The role requires Lean, PDCA, Kaizen, and cross-functional leadership, with 5+ years in operations excellence and travel 30–40%.