Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

Darigold; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with competitive employer match

Medical, dental & vision benefits

Employer paid life & disability

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Education assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Darigold seeks a Regional Continuous Improvement leader to coach, manage projects, and drive efficiency across afood manufacturing environment in the Pacific Northwest. You will lead cross-functional teams and apply Lean methods to deliver cost savings.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in operations with Lean/CI, strong communication, and the ability to travel regionally. This role focuses on hands-on project management and enterprise-wide change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Food Science, or Operations.
• 5+ years operations experience with progressive levels of responsibility.
• 5+ years Lean Continuous Improvement (IWS, TPM) experience.
• Lean Green Belt or Kaizen Facilitator certification (LSSI or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Define problems, gather data, design solutions, implement improvements, measure results, and sustain results.
• Act as change agent to challenge processes using data, communicating opportunities.
• Develop FI plans and execute them to resolve inefficiencies for cost savings.
• Manage capital and process improvement projects within budget and schedule.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and assess financial/operational impact of opportunities.
• Promote continuous improvement through training, coaching, and facilitating events.
• Be Change Agent Champion for the enterprise.

Skills

Problem solving

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Travel

Lean/continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Engineering

Bachelor's Degree: Business

Bachelor's Degree: Food Science

Bachelor's Degree: Operations

Tools

IWS

TPM

Kaizen Facilitator

Job description

Darigold has an exciting opportunity to join our Regional Continuous Improvement team and play an influential role. In this role, you476ll provide expertise and coaching utilizing your excising continuous improvement skills. The ideal candidate for this role has had exposure to food manufacturing/processing. You will get the opportunity to be the hands-on project manager in a highly visible space. You will have to have a keen eye for detail and be a great communicator. The successful candidate will have a continuous improvement approach to his/her work; a great attitude and ability to flex your style and connect with a diverse group of people.

What You Will Do

• Possess working knowledge of common methods to define problems, identify gaps in performance, gather supporting data, design solutions, implement improvements, measure results, and sustain results
• Serve as a change agent to challenge existing processes in place. Use data to communicate and support the opportunities that exist.
• Develop a pipeline of FI plans and execute them to resolve the inefficiencies to drive cost savings
• Responsible for managing both capital and process improvement projects to ensure desired results are met within the budgeted time and cost
• Responsible for working with cross functional teams to maintain a long-term commitment by evaluating probable financial and operational impact regarding process improvement opportunities
• Responsible for increasing efficiency while minimizing cost and maximizing resource utilization through lean and continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong understanding of financial costing, including contract analysis
• Advocate for continuous improvement mindset, methods, and results through training, coaching, and facilitating continuous improvement events throughout the company
• Change Agent Champion for the enterprise

What You Will Bring

• Comprehensive problem solving/decision making skills
• Strong organization/administration – project management skills. Must be able to execute and deliver demonstrated results
• Forthright about opinions and recommendations
• Ability to capture and document business and reporting requirements from multiple sources
• Ability to partner with different cross functional teams
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed, with a high sense of urgency
• Ability to travel 50% (mostly regional within the Darigold PNW footprint)
• Bachelors Degree: Engineering, Business, Food Science, Operations
• 5+ Years Operations experience with progressive levels of responsibility
• 5+ years Lean Continuous Improvement (IWS, TPM) experience
• Lean Green Belt & or Kaizen Facilitator (LSSI or equivalent)

Benefits Of Working At Darigold

• 401k with competitive employer matching
• Comprehensive medical, dental & vision benefits
• Employer paid life & disability coverage
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Education assistance
• Employee assistance program

Our Commitment To Diversity

Achieving our vision to Lead Dairy Forward requires cultivating and supporting a team with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to providing a workplace based on mutual respect where all employees feel included and can bring their best and authentic selves to work every day. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, creed, religion, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. As a condition of employment applicants offered a role will be required to successfully pass our pre-employment background screen, receive a negative drug screen result & confirm eligibility to work in the U.S. We participate in E-Verify - please follow the links for details, English / Spanish & view our Right to Work Statement, English / Spanish.