Continuous Improvement Manager III

McCormick & Company Incorporated a global leader in flavor is seeking aContinuous ImprovementManager IIIreporting to the Plant Manager. This individual will work at the Dallas Plant located in Irving Texas.

McCormick & Company Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 13000 employees worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company with over $5 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories we manufacture market and distribute spices seasoning mixes condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including ecommerce retail food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick Frenchs Franks RedHot Stubbs OLD BAY Lawrys Zatarains Ducros Vahin Cholula Schwartz Kamis DaQiao Club House Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day no matter where or what you eat or drink you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is A World United by Flavorwhere healthy sustainable and delicious go hand in hand.

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits programs and services. Benefits include but are not limited to tuition assistance medical dental vision disability group life insurance 401(k) profit sharing paid holidays and vacations.

The Continuous Improvement Manager III is responsible for providing leadership direction and functional expertise to the Plant to implement a world class Continuous Improvement Program. This position leads the JTE (Journey to Excellence) strategy focused on building Employee capability and driving Employee engagement through implementation of highperformance work systems to achieve exceptional business results. Coaches Leadership teams and ensures that JTE systems and problemsolving methodologies and tools across Plant are aligned to create common objectives for all departments and achieve plant/facility goals. This position will be responsible for leading and developing the systems such as Loss Analysis Visual Factory and deliver big scale savings projects for Yield S and PR.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and execute the Site Journey to Excellence (JTE McCormick term for Continuous Improvement) Masterplan.
• Lead and support JTE Steering team Plant Pillar and Loss Reduction Team assessments audits and training.
• Connect Plant Leaders to JTE methodology and progress.

• Develop deploy and own standards and training materials for various Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Organizational Effectiveness (OE) Systems such as Daily Direction Setting Loss Analysis Pillar activities and Employee Development.

• Provide coaching to Site PLT Team Managers functional support and technicians.

• Coach and/or lead Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) pillar work to build loss elimination Employee involvement and capability such as a reduction in minor stops and changeover time via Focused Improvement pillar tools like 5Why 7Step FI and SMED.

• Coach and/or lead Autonomous Maintenance (AM) pillar activities to improve Process Reliability and improve productivity.

• Own the CCI and Employee Engagement measures for the site.
• Lead development of the annual OGSM CCI Plans (includes Process Reliability Productivity Yield S etc. and Employee Engagement plans.
• Provides coaching on leading a culture change within Plant to build people capability to eliminate losses.
• Sharing and reapplying best practices in the areas of resources tools and expertise relating to process improvement/cost avoidance/cost reduction initiatives
• Communication to Plant and Regional leaders on JTE and JTE systems progress.
• Merge business questions/needs with available data to provide datadriven insights
• Lead and coach/develop others in setting direction strategy and executing problemsolving
• Communication to Plant and Regional leaders on JTE and JTE systems progress

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years working in manufacturing operations
• High level of mastery in Total Productive Maintenance Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness
• Experience in a CPG preferred
• Team Leadership experience preferred

Interpersonal Skills:

• Provides mentoring coaching and leading skills development.
• Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide and influence others.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear concise and professional manner.

Other Skills & Competencies:

• Understanding of the latest developments in the industry.

Dimensions

• Analyze site spend that includes Manufacturing Planning and Procurement.
• Some direct reports e.g. Training Manager and Process Engineer.
• Collaboration with Regional Leaders on driving global design and standardization and regional prioritization.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future. You must be lawfully authorized to commence work upon being offered employment.

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