Continuous Improvement Manager

Con más de 6 mil millones de dólares en ventas anuales, McCormick fabrica, comercializa y distribuye especias, mezclas de condimentos, condimentos y otros productos sabrosos a toda la industria alimentaria: puntos de venta minorista, fabricantes de alimentos y empresas de servicios de alimentación. Creamos sabores diferenciadores que los consumidores prefieren con una calidad, ciencia, innovación y servicio inigualables. Todos los días, sin importar dónde o qué coma, puede disfrutar de alimentos con el sabor de McCormick. Como empresa reconocida por su compromiso excepcional con los empleados, McCormick ofrece una amplia variedad de beneficios, programas y servicios. Los beneficios incluyen, entre otros, asistencia para la matrícula, atención médica, dental, de la vista, por discapacidad, seguro de vida colectivo, participación en las ganancias, días festivos pagos y vacaciones.

Position Overview:

Under the general direction of the CI Director, provide strategic leadership and coaching for the CI/TPM function within North American high performance plants/facilities. Has overall accountability for the performance of the function within a subset of the facilities and the impact on the larger operating unit. Coaches and leads team managers and/or staff to achieve exceptional business results through the development of people and continuous improvement of manufacturing and supply chain processes. Coaches members of facility leadership teams and ensures that CI/TPM strategies across functions are aligned to create common objectives for all departments and achieve plant/facility goals. Manage and develop direct reports as required. Manages the comprehensive continuous improvement function to deliver savings and improve business results via a formal Loss Analysis program. Manages cost optimization process and productivity improvement initiatives and serves as the general spokesperson for overall program results. The position may include the management of teams, committees, equipment, resources, and any other necessary tools to deploy appropriate improvement activities. Coach and/or lead Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) pillar work to build loss elimination capability, such as a reduction in minor stops and changeover time via Focused Improvement pillar tools like 5-Why, 7-Step FI, and SMED. Coach and/or lead Autonomous Maintenance (AM) pillar activities to improve Process Reliability and improve productivity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and administration of a cross-functional team tasked with identifying projects necessary to meet/exceed identified goals for cost reduction, cost avoidance, productivity improvement, and process improvement; manage project teams to ensure delivery of planned results.
• Drive integration of cost improvement activities into the way all functional employees conduct their activities in order to obtain cost avoidance, cost savings and productivity improvements.
• Management of cross-functional OGSM/metric alignment to assure organization-wide coordination and participation.
• Application of TPM tools to build capability and eliminate losses, including but not limited to FI, AM, Administrative & Support, and Early Equipment Management pillar tools; lead or serve as key member of site TPM pillar teams.
• Sharing and reapplying best practices in the areas of resources, tools and expertise relating to process improvement/cost avoidance/cost reduction initiatives.
• Creation and delivery of a comprehensive continuous improvement scorecard.

Required Qualifications:

• Completed bachelors’ degree in Technical Discipline, Engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of functional/leadership experience in Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing Environments.
• Proven experience as people leader/manager.
• Experience working with operational/unionized employees.
• Demonstrated significant and relevant Continuous Improvement skills (TPM, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, etc).
• Detailed understanding of how all areas of a manufacturing plant interact to contribute to the business.
• General understanding of the manufacturing/productive industry.
• Basic commercial awareness as it relates to competition but only requires limited understanding of the latest developments in the industry.
• Green / Black belt certification, preferred.
• PMO certification, preferred.
• Strong communication and diplomacy skills to guide and influence others.
• Ability to influence upwards.
• Leadership of exempt Team Managers or equivalent to achieve common objectives.
• Strong cross-functional strategic leadership, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
• Fluent/Advanced English (spoken and written).

McCormick & Company es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y acción afirmativa. Todos los solicitantes calificados serán considerados para el empleo sin importar su sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, origen nacional, discapacidad, condición de veterano protegido, edad o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley. Como política general, McCormick no ofrece patrocinios de visas de empleo en el momento de la contratación o en el futuro.