Operational Excellence Manager

Build your Career with an Industry LeaderAs the global leader of premium labels MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. Backed by over a century of printing experience MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. Working for our team you can truly make a Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for driving our transition to a Lean culture in the plant ensuring a high level of commitment and excitement with Lean plant experts plant leadership and floor employees to exceed the business objectives. This role is fundamental in supporting and leading productivity improvements and loss elimination initiatives in the plant. Success is measured by the ability to actively engage our plant to achieve tangible results and to educate teams in waste elimination and Continuous Improvement (CI) using Lean Principles. We need someone with exceptional influence management skills and a proven record of successfully directing employees who are not direct reports. This role will report to the Plant work at MCC:Competitive CompensationGenerous benefits package including medical dental vision disability life insurance and 401(k)Paid Holidays: New Years Memorial Day Fourth of July Labor Day Thanksgiving Day after Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day plus two floating HolidaysResponsibilities:Knowledge of understanding of and compliance to all QODs that are associated with your job participate in Lean Quality Product Safety SQF (Safe Quality Foods) and Workplace Safety of CI/Lean tools processes and Kaizen events follow up on action items analyze and re-evaluate outcomes through hands-on reporting and communication of departmental key metrics related to continuous improvements and Environmental Health and Safety Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by utilizing Lean Principles to analyze systems and create action plans to improve Lean activities are linked to the business objectives and develop a site transformation plan in collaboration with the site management pre-event training preparation for events development and implementation of a communication plan post-event follow-up and auditing of results prompt delivery of supplies and materials and mentoring KPO team and apply financial drivers and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).Lead team to develop and maintain engineering competencies at the sites by coaching and mentoring to build Lean tools to all levels of the organization (Kaizen 5S TPM Set-up reduction Standard Work Visual Management SQDC boards MDI etc.).Work with a wide variety of corporate leadership department management site associates and outside vendors to drive improvement in Safety Quality production efficiency costs and loss overall support assistance direction and communication to management teams regarding CI and mentor Multi-Color manufacturing leadership in Lean techniques resulting in transformational and maintain the foundation for continuous improvement by ensuring the effective functioning of transformation activities aligned to a Lean Operating a culture of moving forward in a change environment and assuring buy-in and ownership at all best practices to drive results and capability to development overall program tracking for impact and cultural relevant duties as assigned by Director of Quality and Operational :BS - Engineering or Operations Management or equivalent experience is Six Sigma experience is or more years of experience in plant leadership with at least 2 years in a position responsible for driving Lean manufacturing initiatives in complex manufacturing change management skills and demonstrated experience changing a culture to a Lean successfully leading and directing employees who are not direct in being a change agent leading complex transformational experience in implementing complex Lean principles as they apply to multiple manufacturing success designing implementing communicating and meeting policy deployment goals including improved through-put shortened cycle time improved inventory turns and reduced supply chain in manufacturing the particular product materials or product type within the span of control of this problem solver technical troubleshooter skills self-starter communicator leading technical resources to successfully maintain production line equipment to achieve high levels of to work in an environment that encourages teamwork participation creativity openness honesty and mutual in special projects and performs other duties as experience participating in or leading more than 10 Kaizen least one (1) successful transformational experience where Lean was used as part of the catalyst and foundation for the change either in focused transformational leadership role or as part of the Senior Operating team driving the impact that translated to clear bottom line performance results with step-function Lean training from an academy organization either through direct consulting experience (e.g. Shingijutsu TBM) or via organizations with deep well-established lean operating systems (e.g. Toyota Danaher)In Plant:The physical demands require standing using hands to feel and touch; reach with arms and hands; talk and hear. This position requires frequent walking. Occasionally employee is required to climb or balance stoop kneel crouch or be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 vision requirements are close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.