Operational Excellence Manager

multi color corp; Spring Mill (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous benefits package including 医疗

Paid Holidays and floating holidays

Job summary

Multi-Color Corp (MCC) is seeking an Operational Excellence Manager to drive a Lean culture in our plant, leading CI initiatives, training teams, and collaborating with plant leadership to exceed business objectives.

You will guide Kaizen events, analyze KPIs, and mentor KPO teams while linking Lean activities to site goals, safety, and quality improvements. Strong change leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or Operations Management or equivalent experience is required.
• Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in plant leadership, with at least 2 years in driving Lean initiatives in complex facilities.
• Strong change management skills and demonstrated experience changing a culture to a Lean environment.
• Experience leading employees who are not direct reports.
• Experience leading transformational activities using Lean principles.
• Significant experience implementing Lean across multiple manufacturing operations.
• Proven success improving throughput, cycle time, inventory turns and reducing costs.
• Expertise in manufacturing the product materials within scope of this position.
• Analytical, problem solver, technical troubleshooter; effective communicator and leader.
• Experience maintaining production line equipment to achieve high productivity.
• Ability to foster teamwork, creativity, openness, honesty, and mutual respect.
• Participates in special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Personal experience leading more than 10 Kaizen events.
• At least one transformational Lean experience with measurable bottom-line impact.
• Formal Lean training from an academy or Toyota/Danaher-style programs.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of and compliance with all Quality, Operations and Safety standards.
• Participate in Lean, Quality, Product Safety, SQF, and Workplace Safety programs.
• Utilize CI/Lean tools, processes and systems.
• Lead Kaizen events and follow up on actions and outcomes.
• Analyze department metrics related to CI, safety and quality performance.
• Drive KPIs using Lean principles and develop improvement plans.
• Link Lean activities to business objectives and create a site transformation plan.
• Coordinate pre-event training, event prep, and post-event follow-up and audits.
• Understand financial drivers and KPIs for the plant.
• Develop and mentor engineering competencies across sites.
• Teach Lean tools (Kaizen, 5S, TPM, setup reduction, Standard Work, Visual Management, SQDC boards).
• Collaborate with leadership, management, floor associates and vendors to improve safety, quality, efficiency, costs and loss reduction.
• Provide guidance on CI initiatives and coordinate across management teams.
• Mentor site leadership in Lean techniques to drive transformational progress.
• Maintain foundation for continuous improvement aligned to Lean Operating System.
• Foster a change-friendly culture with ownership at all levels.
• Share best practices and ensure capability development and consistency.
• Maintain program tracking for impact and cultural improvements.
• Perform duties as assigned by Director of Quality and Operational Excellence.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Change management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Mentoring

Kaizen facilitation

Data-driven decision making

Education

BS - Engineering or Operations Management

Continuous Improvement training

Lean training certificate

Tools

5S

TPM

SQDC boards

Value stream mapping

Job description

Build your Career with an Industry Leader

As the global leader of premium labels, MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. Working for our team, you can truly make a difference.

The Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for driving our transition to a Lean culture in the plant, ensuring a high level of commitment and excitement with Lean plant experts, plant leadership and floor employees to exceed the business objectives. This role is fundamental in supporting and leading productivity improvements, and loss elimination initiatives in the plant. Success is measured by the ability to actively engage our plant to achieve tangible results and to educate teams in waste elimination and Continuous Improvement (CI) using Lean Principles. We need someone with exceptional influence, management skills and a proven record of successfully directing employees who are not direct reports. This role will report to the Plant Manager.

Why work at MCC

• Competitive Compensation
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
• Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of, understanding of and compliance to all QOD’s that are associated with your job description.
• Actively participate in Lean, Quality, Product Safety, SQF (Safe Quality Foods), and Workplace Safety Programs.
• Utilization of CI/Lean tools, processes, and systems.
• Lead Kaizen events, follow up on action items, analyze and re-evaluate outcomes through hands‑on participation.
• Analyze reporting and communication of departmental key metrics related to continuous improvements, and Environmental, Health and Safety performance.
• Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by utilizing Lean Principles to analyze systems and create action plans to improve them.
• Ensure Lean activities are linked to the business objectives and develop a site transformation plan in collaboration with the site management team.
• Ensure pre‑event training, preparation for events, development and implementation of a communication plan, post‑event follow‑up and auditing of results, prompt delivery of supplies and materials, and mentoring KPO team members.
• Understand and apply financial drivers and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Lead team to develop and maintain engineering competencies at the sites by coaching and mentoring to build capabilities.
• Teach Lean tools to all levels of the organization (Kaizen, 5S, TPM, Set‑up reduction, Standard Work, Visual Management, SQDC boards, MDI, etc.).
• Work with a wide variety of corporate leadership, department management, site associates, and outside vendors to drive improvement in Safety, Quality, production efficiency, costs, and loss reduction.
• Provide overall support, assistance, direction, and communication to management teams regarding CI initiatives.
• Partner and mentor Multi‑Color manufacturing leadership in Lean techniques, resulting in transformational progress.
• Build and maintain the foundation for continuous improvement by ensuring the effective functioning of transformation activities aligned to a Lean Operating System.
• Foster a culture of moving forward in a change environment and assuring buy‑in and ownership at all levels.
• Share best practices to drive results and capability to development consistency.
• Maintain overall program tracking for impact and cultural improvements.
• Perform relevant duties as assigned by Director of Quality and Operational Excellence.

Qualifications

• BS - Engineering or Operations Management or equivalent experience is required.
• Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in plant leadership, with at least 2 years in a position responsible for driving Lean manufacturing initiatives in complex manufacturing facilities.
• Strong change management skills and demonstrated experience changing a culture to a Lean environment.
• Experience successfully leading and directing employees who are not direct reports.
• Experience in being a change agent leading complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience in implementing complex Lean principles as they apply to multiple manufacturing operations.
• Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, and meeting policy deployment goals, including improved through‑put, shortened cycle time, improved inventory turns and reduced supply chain costs.
• Expertise in manufacturing the particular product materials or product type within the span of control of this position.
• Analytical, problem solver, technical troubleshooter skills, self‑starter, communicator, leader.
• Experience leading technical resources to successfully maintain production line equipment to achieve high levels of productivity.
• Ability to work in an environment that encourages teamwork, participation, creativity, openness, honesty, and mutual respect.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Personal experience participating in or leading more than 10 Kaizen events.
• At least one (1) successful transformational experience where Lean was used as part of the catalyst and foundation for the change either in focused transformational leadership role or as part of the Senior Operating team driving the change.Demonstrated impact that translated to clear, bottom line performance results with step‑function change.
• Formal Lean training from an "academy" organization either through direct consulting experience (e.g. Shingijutsu, TBM) or via organizations with deep, well‑established lean operating systems (e.g. Toyota, Danaher)

In Plant

• The physical demands require standing, using hands to feel and touch; reach with arms and hands; talk and hear.
• This position requires frequent walking.
• Occasionally employee is required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Must be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision requirements are close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.