Process Excellence/Continuous Improvement Manager

SUMMARY
The Plant Process Excellence/CI Manager is responsible for coaching site pillar leaders and the entire plant organization towards the successful utilization of continuous improvement and High Performance Organization (HPO) tools and adherence to quality management systems and HPO practices. These tools ensure the organization is designed to deliver the site plan through loss elimination and the engagement of all employees. The Process Excellence/CI Manager drives consistent and effective use of pillar tools, effective communication across teams, and reapplication of company best practices and standards. This manager is to become the resident expert of continuous improvement and HPO tools and practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist site leadership team in developing HPO systems and behaviors during planning, startup, and operation of new plant
• Coach plant leadership and pillars to build high performance capability at all levels of the organization
  • Help to ensure reliability systems are developed to be as robust as safety and quality systems
  • Ensure standardized pillar requirements are met across all pillars
  • Ensure rapid lead line reapplication across the site
  • Function as Work Process Improvement pillar owner
• Ensure site adherence to master planning cadence
  • Ensure completion and / or review of site loss analysis action plan
  • Ensure completion of organization performance modeling or health assessment
  • Lead internal and external continuous improvement phase assessment for the site
  • Coach pillar leaders and department managers to build and execute plans that connects to site plan
  • Establish a glide path for phase completion
• Support the results management process at all levels of the organization
  • Provide coaching on how to determine appropriate metric and targets at all levels of the organization
  • Ensure result updates are clearly displayed throughout the plant
  • Provide coaching to pillar leads and department managers on the gap analysis process and triggers for response
  • Ensure data driven decision making occurs at all levels of the organization

SELECTION CRITERIA

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree is required

Experience

• Prior operations experience using continuous improvement and/or HPO tools to deliver business results
• Prior success in improving and sustaining results
• Prefer experience with plant or large project start up
• Experience in training, facilitation and leading groups

Other

• Working knowledge of the intents and details for all HPO pillars
• Ability to lead by influencing others
• Ability to work with people at all levels of the organization
• Ability to travel (10-20%)