North American Operational Excellence Manager
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Wyoming
Posted on: October 13, 2024
Job Description:
Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are
thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story
to share. See below for a quick glance of who we are and the impact
you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our
table for you...Position Summary:The NA Operational Excellence
Manager will focus on supporting the execution of tactical
Operational Excellence projects, supporting and coaching Division
operational task force members, and driving transformational
end-to-end supply chain improvement initiatives.Essential
Functions:
- Lead improvement efforts through all stages of Lean Six Sigma
process (LSS) while providing leadership and guidance.
- Evaluate end-to-end supply chain processes including
procurement, planning/scheduling, warehousing, transportation,
delivery to customer, and quality/people safety standards
throughout.
- Document via flowcharting existing processes, identify fail
points and develop solutions.
- Conduct data and other analysis to determine root causes of
service performance failure.
- Research possible solutions in cooperation with project
stakeholders and champions and develop/execute against timelines,
key milestones, and implement sustainment practices.
- Measure the results, post improvements and validate results
with process owners.
- Leverage the DMAIC methodology which including Defining the
problem, Measuring processes and the current state, Analyzing for
root causes, executing Improvements, and Controlling/Sustaining the
solutions.
- Support Engineering and technology solutions through
identification and elimination of waste in parallel to or before
investments are implemented.
- Promote a systemic approach to define problems, identify root
causes, develop and implement counter measures to achieve sustained
improvements.
- Lead and/or participate in project teams and coordinate to help
execute on process improvement initiatives.
- Conduct process audits and reviews with teams where
needed.
- Drive Loss Elimination, Failure Analysis, Root Cause Problem
Solving and a Relentless Focus on the development of Standard work
to ensure.
- Collaborates with teams across Operations, R&D, QA,
H&S, Finance and HR to deliver superior results.
- Supports Operations financial analysis, business reporting and
communications planning/execution.
- Identifies, recommends, and implements improvements to
policies, procedures and workflows including handoffs to operations
(Warehousing and Transportation) and technology teams.
- Integrate with functional areas to ensure policies, procedures,
workflows, and training programs are well defined. Ensure they are
executed consistently.
- Align Subject Matter Experts and Business CI resources to
support Business Unit changes.
- Ensure projects are properly scoped and cost/benefit analysis
work is completed with a high degree of confidence. Ensure projects
meet the business objective and are completed in accordance with
plan.
- Actively participate in process engineering studies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.Knowledge / Skills /
Abilities:
- Strong data analysis skills, ability to set priorities.
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of various functional units'
operations and processes.
- Professional in communication and influencing skills and
ability to interact with all levels of an organization.
- Ability to work across diverse teams and to manage multiple
tasks in parallel.
- Passionate for Standards Development, Standards Improvement,
Standards Execution.
- Detail oriented, Analytical Thinker, very strong
Problem-Solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience with lean methodologies and/or
continuous improvement.BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT
MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!Gordon Food Service values our
customers and understands that their success is largely dependent
upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our
partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon
Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their
management if they are selected for the interview process.Gordon
Food Service is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified
applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment,
or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a
qualified individual with disability. The EEO is the Law poster is
available here:
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the
application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit
your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words "Accommodation
Request" in your subject line. Please keep in mind this method is
reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a
disability.All Gordon Food Service locations are
tobacco-free.Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and drug
tests all employees.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Elkhart , North American Operational Excellence Manager, Executive , Wyoming, Indiana
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