Director, Operational Excellence & Strategic Initiatives

At Greene Tweed youll find the cutting-edge technology world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities youd expect from a multi-national industry leader. Youll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions moves decision making to the point of impact and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions explore career opportunities with Greene Tweed.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional operational improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations with a focus on critical KPI performance including productivity on-time delivery Cost management staffing effectiveness site performance and improved standardization and collaboration across sites.
• Serve as a trusted execution partner to the COO by managing analytical and transactional activities that support strategic and operational priorities.
• Define project scope organize workplans schedule meetings identify appropriate project team members track milestones and drive follow-through on commitments.
• Establish and manage project governance KPI tracking dashboards operating reviews and accountability mechanisms to improve execution discipline.
• Mine extract manipulate analyze and synthesize operational financial labor quality safety supply chain headcount and engagement data to identify trends risks opportunities and recommended actions.
• Develop executive-ready presentations summaries dashboards and other content that organize complex information in a clear concise and compelling format.
• Support organizational change recommendations related primarily to process ownership and organizational structure; periodically lead implementation of approved changes.
• Partner with and support continuous improvement or other enterprise-wide improvement projects driven by the Transformation Management Office (TMO) including Lean Six Sigma Kaizen value stream mapping and standard work as appropriate to business needs.
• Partner with site leaders functional directors HR Finance and other key stakeholders to align priorities and accelerate results.
• Operate independently while building alignment influencing decisions and driving accountability with manufacturing site leaders and functional directors.
• Handle senior-level financial staffing operational and limited confidential employee information with appropriate judgment discretion and confidentiality.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelors degree required; degree in business operations engineering supply chain finance or related field preferred.

Skills and Experience:

• Lean Six Sigma or comparable continuous improvement certification is strongly preferred.
• Experience in change management methodologies such as Prosci is strongly preferred.
• 810 years of progressive experience in operations program management operational excellence manufacturing supply chain business operations or a related discipline.
• Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred particularly in a multi-site operating environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects manage multiple competing priorities and drive execution through influence rather than direct authority.
• Strong analytical capability including the ability to extract manipulate interpret and present data from varied sources.
• Proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Excel; experience building and managing internal and external dashboards KPI reporting and data visualization tools is required.
• Experience preparing executive-ready materials business cases recommendations project updates and operational performance summaries.
• Ability to travel globally including to domestic and international manufacturing sites as required (approximately 4-6 times per year).

Required Minimum Qualifications

• This position requires U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). A U.S. Person includes U.S. Citizens U.S. Nationals lawful permanent residents and workers granted refugee or asylum status in the United States.

Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.

Job Environment:

Physical Requirements:

Standing Rarely (0-15%)

Sitting Frequently (46-100%)

Lifting Up to 10lbs without assistance

Carrying Up to 10lbs without assistance

Walking Occasionally (16-45%)

Hearing Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)

Vision Clarity of vision with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements:

Problem Solving Frequently (46-100%)

Making Decisions Ability to make decisions that have a significant impact

Supervise Frequently (46-100%)

Interpret Data Frequently (46-100%)

Organize Frequently (46-100%)

Read/Write Frequently (46-100%)

Communication Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

High Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)

Low Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)

Noises Moderate (business office with computers printers and light office noises)

Fumes Exposure Rarely (0-15%)

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance flexible spending accounts health savings account 401k savings plan life and disability insurance tuition assistance and more to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion gender national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal law.

If you require an accommodation during the interview process please contact the HR Service Center at .

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal state and local laws.

NOTE: Greene Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene Tweed and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.