Director Operational Excellence

The Director Operational Excellence is responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives and promoting Lean Sigma methodologies across the manufacturing facility. This role leads the implementation and sustainability of process improvement projects reduce waste optimize processes and ensure that the facility meets its operational goals with a focus on efficiency quality and cost reduction. This role also helps to define establish and nurture a continuous improvement culture. This role is responsible for defining what good looks like starting with establishing the foundations of a strong program developing and rolling out the right tools to be used training to help all levels of the facility adopt and embed and finishing with ongoing monitoring and performance mgmt. that drives continuous improvement in to our ways of working identifying issues and mitigating risk to drive the site to be a high performing site that is ambitious to continuously do better than yesterday.

Follow Your Genki to North Americas largest stateoftheart Life Science Manufacturing Facility & CDMO

The work we do at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has never been more importantand we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations our capabilities and our teams and looking for passionate missiondriven people like you who want to make a real difference in peoples lives. Join FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and help manufacture the next vaccine cure or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion energy and drive what we call Genki.

Join us

We are growing our locations and are investing more than $2 billion into establishing a newlargescale manufacturing site for biopharmaceuticals in the United States to accelerate the growth of our Bio CDMO (Contract and Development Manufacturing Organization) business. This will be the largest endtoend cell culture CDMO provider in North America.

The new site will offer endtoend solutionsto our customers looking to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in the US. In addition to drug substance manufacture it will alsoprovideautomated fillfinish and assembly packaging and labeling services. The new stateoftheart facility is located in Holly Springs North Carolina United States.

What Youll Do

Defines and leads creation of program to be deployed for Lean Six Sigma principles through the manufacturing facility including use of tools such as DMAIC Value Stream Mapping Kaizen GEMBAs 5S.
Hires Manages Coaches and develops a strong team of Lean Sigma experts for the site
Defines organization vision and mission providing a goal for the organization to drive Six Sigma at all levels
Maintains knowledge of industry trends and best practices in Lean Six Sigma methodologies
Partners with crossfunctional teams to identify areas for improvement and develop action plans and collaborate to implement process
enhancements
Establishes and monitors KPIs to track success of Lean Sigma
Ensures the improvement are standardized and maintained over time through use of visual mgmt. standard work procedures and ongoing audits
Creates and manages processes for sustaining improvements and ensuring that gains are sustained long term
Develops and maintains documentation for process improvement initiatives
Designs and delivers training sessions on Lean Sigma tools for employees at all levels ensuring understanding and practical application
Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Lean Sigma methodologies providing guidance and support as necessary
Mentors and trains staff at all levels on Lean Sigma principles and practices to foster a culture of continuous improvement
Facilitates workshops and meetings to drive continuous improvement efforts
Supports change management processes during the introduction of Lean Sigma tools methods and initiatives
Overcomes resistance to change by demonstrating the value of process improvements and engaging employees in the transformation journey
Monitors project progress and ensure alignment with organizational goals
Reports on project outcomes and key performance indicators to stakeholder
Prioritizes and manages multiple projects simultaneously ensuring that timelines budgets and resources ae effectively aligned with the facilitys operational goals
Develops and implements strategies for eliminating bottlenecks reducing cycle times and improving throughput
Works closely with department leaders to identify critical areas for improvement and implement actionable solutions
Analyzes data to identify trends root causes and improvement opportunities
Creates an environment which enables success including goals measures coaching and communication among others
Completes required administrative tasks (e.g. timecard approvals time off approvals expense reports etc.
Addresses performance gaps employee questions and concerns and partners with HR as needed for resolution
Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

Masters degree in related field with 11 years of experience; OR
Bachelors degree with 13 years of experience;
10 years of people management leadership & team management experience
3 years Lean Sigma leadership experience
7 years experience in GMP manufacturing
Experience in process improvement and project management.
Experience in a similar role preferably within GMP manufacturing environment
Working knowledge of Lean management principles and Six Sigma methodologies
Experience and proven track record for designing and implementing a Lean Sigma program

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Strong analytical skills with proficiency in statistical software.

Preferred Requirements:

Proven track record of successful process improvement initiatives
Experience in leading crossfunctional teams

Physical and Work Environment Requirements:

Will work in environment which may necessitate respiratory protection.

May work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program.

Ability to discern audible cues.

Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time up to 60 minutes.

Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time up to 240 minutes.

Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include wrists hands and/or fingers.

Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 pounds.

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Fujifilm is committedto providing equal opportunities in hiring promotion and advancement compensation benefits and training regardless of nationality age gender sexual orientation or gender identity race ethnicity religion political creed ideology national or social origin disability veteran status etc.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to our HR Department .