Operational Excellence Manager - Lean Six Sigma

Perdue Farms; Washington; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Perdue Foods is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager 2 to lead cross-functional teams in implementing sustainable process improvements. You will champion the Continuous Improvement Model, drive measurable results, and partner across functions to elevate operational performance while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes leadership in change management, training, and delivering results through MOS integration, Kaizen events, and Lean Six Sigma tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Strong knowledge of LEAN principles, problem solving tools (RCA, DMAIC), Six Sigma, TQM, TPM and SPC.
• Combination of business, interpersonal, technical, and analytical skills.
• Strong leadership skills in leading teams of people.
• Ability to travel 10% to support other CI Initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Become a business partner with operations & functional management, to identify opportunities, utilizing systematic problem solving (including Root Cause Analysis, Kaizens, Loss Analysis and DMAIC methodology) to eradicate losses while focusing on People-Process-Data to obtain measurable and sustainable results.
• Utilizes Lean, Six Sigma techniques and CI tools to lead the organization in data-based decision making and driving actions to generate measurable improvement driving behavioral change across site through CI tools, methodology and coaching.
• Manage Site Improvement Projects through project plan development, results tracking and leading and coaching site leaders through project execution process.
• Delivers effective Continuous Improvement training courses (LEAN Training, Belt training, etc.) and programs to help increase team capability and awareness of the Continuous Improvement tools.
• Implement, support and coach site MOS, including Tier meetings, KPI development and tracking and standard work.
• Co-facilitates Kaizen and 90-Day Improvement events in which we effectively build and lead focused and empowered teams to address systemic problems.
• Develops and implements a plant communication plan for process improvement efforts.
• Serve as subject matter expert for CI Methodology, CI Tools and the implementation of Daily Process controls to drive operational improvements.
• Timely communication, tracking and reporting on project progress, results, and deviations from the project plan with key stakeholders.
• Organize regular meetings with key stakeholders to share project status updates, define next steps to raise the performance bar, review plans to deliver sustainable SQDCSM improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

LEAN

DMAIC

Six Sigma

TQM

SPC

RCA

Job description

Perdue Foods is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager 2 to lead cross-functional teams in implementing sustainable process improvements. You will champion the Continuous Improvement Model, drive measurable results, and partner across functions to elevate operational performance while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes leadership in change management, training, and delivering results through MOS integration, Kaizen events, and Lean Six Sigma tools.