Plant Operational Excellence Leader

8974 DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC; Pencader Village (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DuPont's Pencader site is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader to drive sustainable performance improvements using the OpEx system. You will partner with site leadership and front-line teams to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity.

You will coach leaders, facilitate Kaizen events, and advance digital manufacturing opportunities while building organizational capability and ensuring benefits realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Approximately 5–7 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, operations, Operational Excellence, or Continuous Improvement.
• Demonstrated experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or Continuous Improvement methodologies within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement initiatives, Kaizen events, and/or structured problem‑solving activities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop improvement roadmaps, project charters, implementation plans, and benefit‑validation approaches.
• Experience using operational data to identify opportunities, solve problems, and measure results.
• Ability to coach, teach, facilitate, and build capability across different levels of an organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and drive change without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence Deployment: Partner with Plant Leadership to identify performance gaps and establish improvement priorities aligned to SQDIP, productivity, margin, EBITDA, and operational maturity objectives.
• Daily Management & Performance Systems: Coach leaders and teams in Daily Visual Management, tiered accountability, Bowler processes, Leader Standard Work, action tracking, and escalation routines.
• Continuous Improvement & Kaizen: Lead and facilitate Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, waste‑elimination activities, and structured problem‑solving efforts.
• Digital Enablement & Productivity: Promote practical use of digital tools to improve visibility, standard work, action tracking, process efficiency, and decision quality.
• Program Management & Benefits Validation: Lead or support the plant's CI project portfolio and PMO processes; validate productivity, margin, EBITDA, and other benefits.
• Capability Building & Change Leadership: Build CI capability through coaching, workshops, and formal training across leadership and operations.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Change Leadership

Data Analytics

Kaizen Facilitation

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

DuPont's Pencader site is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader to drive sustainable performance improvements using the OpEx system. You will partner with site leadership and front-line teams to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity.

You will coach leaders, facilitate Kaizen events, and advance digital manufacturing opportunities while building organizational capability and ensuring benefits realization.