**Job Title:** Operational Excellence Specialist
As a key member of the Site Operational Excellence Group, you will report to the Senior Manager of Operational Excellence. The mandate of this group is to enable teams and business functions to improve operations and reduce waste by enhancing reliability and efficiency through the application of Continuous Improvement tools, techniques, and methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
* Perform analysis and diagnostics to identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations to leadership.
* Coordinate idea generation, project identification, prioritization, and overall selection, ensuring that projects are integrated with business strategies.
* Support the design and delivery of Lean/Six Sigma projects as part of a cross-functional team.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
You must have a Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering subject area, along with a minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience. Experience in Project Management is also required.
Preferred qualifications include Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent, as well as exceptional data analysis skills and proficiency in Microsoft PowerQuery, Spotfire, or developing SQL queries for data analysis.
Benefits:
As an Operational Excellence Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work in a matrix environment with site, divisional, and corporate executive leadership. You will also have the chance to develop standards (labor/machine) and perform resource modeling.
Others:
You will be responsible for training all levels of the organization on OE principles and methodologies through our OE Training Program. You will also coach and mentor Project Sponsors, Black Belts/Green Belts candidates on the proper use of tools, improvement processes, and deployment issues.
Encourage an OE culture by influencing and empowering employees to see opportunities to apply techniques and tools in everyday work activities.