OPEN JOB: Sr. Manager, BD Operational Excellence 
LOCATION: Sumter, South Carolina
***Relocation Assistance Available
SALARY: $150,000 to $160,000


Key tasks and strategic accountability:

• Lead strategy development and deployment (SDD).  Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (K.P.I.s’) top down and bottom up.  Support site leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across relevant BD Excellence components.
• Partner with plant Leadership team and Business Unit Managers / Leader to co-develop and achieve the plant’s implementation of the BD Excellence and Cost to Win plan /budget.
• Coach the plant leadership team, with regards to BD Excellence, with focus on external and internal benchmarking.  Develop and mentor zero loss mentality across critical areas to optimize quality, delivery and cost while improving safety. 
• Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability.  Coach and guide site to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.
• Coordinate BD Excellence components deployment.  Continue to drive BD Excellence capability development through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies.  Achieve long term CI objectives through multi-functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
• Teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in BD Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss mentality and all related methodologies / tools.  Lead and facilitate breakthrough Kaizen events.
• Lead the Focused Improvement component team.  Develop and grow problem solving capability at all levels.  Support collaboration within the site leadership team to generate, sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, oversee optimization of the site loss landscape.
• Coordinate activity of component teams and focused improvement project teams to eliminate loss, according to strategic goals.  Meet or exceed operational (factory-loss) CtW (Cost to Win) goals through leading and /or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss landscape.
• Develop and grow BD Excellence capability to help the site deliver a multi-year cost-to-win (CtW) program.  Focus on building capability that improves problem solving, increases loss awareness, and empowers teams to eliminate factory-loss in an impactful, efficient, and sustainable way.
• In support of strategic goals, coordinate the development and implementation of factory-loss improvement objectives.  Provide information to the site finance team to enable financial reporting.
• Create and manage CI budget. Immediate supervisor of BD Excellence Factory Engineers.
• Report progress on OEE, savings, etc. for BD Excellence global reporting and visibility.

• Serve on plant leadership team.
• Provides input into key plant decisions and resource planning.
• Performs responsibilities with a large degree of autonomy requiring minimal day-to-day oversight by immediate supervisor.

Impact on results:

• Accountable for the achievement of key operational goals, including the operational (factory-loss) element of cost-to-win.  Accountable for achievement of OPEX goals including BD EXCELLENCE capability development to achieve sustained SQDC performance improvement.
• Plays critical role in key projects, initiatives, and breakthrough events, e.g., drive OEE /OLE with purpose.
• Erroneous decisions may result in considerable expenditure of human capital and budgeted resources.
• Has significant impact on cost and productivity.
• Manages OPEX budget.
• Accountable to maintain and optimize plant loss landscape and multi-year cost-to-win project pipeline.
• Responsible for plant CtW performance.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Proven experience in project management and facilities management within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools.
• Experience and understanding with Lean Manufacturing principles (Six Sigma or Lean Leader certifications preferred).

SUPERVISION
Levels of Supervision: 3 to 4 individuals
This position has the following level of supervision: 

• Exempt Associates: Up to three members of the CI team, and the Learning and Development Leader for a total of four direct reports. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education:

• B.A./B.S. in Engineering or Business Administration

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 7 years manufacturing experience
• Minimum 4-5 years leadership/supervisory experience in a plant
• Minimum 3 years’ experience operating a production system and/or OPEX required  Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner preferred
• Previous experience in implementing, and solid understanding of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems. Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities (KSA’s):

• High Speed Automation Manufacturing proficiency
• Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity, and operational excellence
• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service
• Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels
• Strong track record in project or program management
• Business insight and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results
• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 25%
• Language: Fluent English mandatory
• Great teammate
• Ability to influence without authority
• Leadership and critical thinking
• Working with highly matrixed organization / organizational savvy
• Building effective transversal team and network
• Managing complexity and diversity / adaptability
• Financial competence
• Ability to translate business objectives into tactical activities for the plant
• Results oriented

• Shoes are required to be Steel Toe and non-slip for all associates while on the production floor for safety purposes.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 

• MS WORD Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.

Jason Denmark
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: jdenmark@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondenmark/