Regional Operational Excellence Lead

Kenvue

Fort Washington (Montgomery County)

On-site

USD 154,000 - 217,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Kenvue in Lititz, PA, is seeking a Regional Production Change Lead to drive deployment of Operational Excellence across manufacturing sites in the Americas. You will lead diagnostics, transformation plans, and capability building while coaching site leaders and change agents to deliver sustainable results.

Ideal candidates bring 10–12 years in supply chain, lean/six-sigma credentials, and proven change leadership across multi-site operations.

Qualifications

10–12 years of supply chain experience across Plan, Source, Make and/or Deliver.
Experience leading manufacturing transformation and continuous improvement.
Lean and/or Six-Sigma certification.
Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and financial drivers.
Proven ability to lead change management and develop leaders.

Responsibilities

Leads Operational Excellence deployment activities at targeted sites, including site preparation, data gathering and analysis, diagnostics, development of implementation plans, and delivery of transformation initiatives aligned to site business objectives.
Build Operational Excellence capability within site teams through training, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge transfer activities.
Coach and mentor site implementation leaders, change agents, and future deployment resources to develop sustainable organizational capability.
Provide direct, hands-on site support throughout implementation and transformation activities.
Maintain ongoing engagement with deployed sites to ensure standardization and sustainability of improvements and achievement of targeted business results.
Lead and execute Operational Excellence Health Checks and Site System Checks to verify adherence to standards and methodologies.
Monitor site performance dashboards and intervene as needed through coaching, training, resource alignment, or escalation.
Escalate implementation risks, issues, and capability gaps to the appropriate organizational levels.
Ensure consistent deployment and integrity of Operational Excellence standards across all sites.
Capture proven practices and benchmark opportunities and partner with region and global teams to integrate learnings into the broader system.
Identify and recommend improvements to deployment methodologies based on implementation experience and business results.
Build strong partnerships with site leadership teams, site Operational Excellence, regional Make and Quality leaders, Finance, Engineering, Maintenance, and global Operational Excellence leaders.