Operational Excellence Manager - Richmond, United Kingdom - TreeHouse Foods

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About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program
• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About the Role:Reporting to the Plant Manager, the successful candidate for the Operational Excellence Manager serves as the Richmond Hill site's continuous improvement leader, charged with implementing/sustaining the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure (TMOS). The Operational Excellence Manager leads projects to review supply chain processes and related areas by applying advanced continuous improvement principles and practices to improve products, quality, efficiency, financials, operations, and related areas. Responsibilities may include participating with management to prioritize project initiation, developing project objectives, facilitating teams, leading the implementation of project results and tracking project results.

• Serves as a both tactical and strategic partner with the site leadership team and process owners to implement/sustain the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure and ensure standard manufacturing processes are in place.

• Monitors and supports key metrics and KPIs for overall supply chain performance and process effectiveness within the site. Supports/coaches KPI owners in completion of gap analyses, identification and implementation of corrective actions, and assessment to ensure that gap is closed

• Leads a portfolio of projects and team(s) in the review and analysis of moderate to large supply chain processes to ensure efficient and effective operations.

• Participates with management to leverage site data to prioritize projects, define project requirements, scope, resources, team members, tasks, and project owners.

• Acts as the primary owner for identifying the need for change/improvement and is the point person for managing business process change for the site.

Important Details: This is a full-time permanent role which operates from 8:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through FridayAbout You:You'll fit right in if you have:

• Minimum 2 years plant-based manufacturing experience, previous project management experience and continuous improvement skills training.

• Capable of building strong relationships with Operations leaders in order to effect change.

• Able to design, develop, and deploy improvement strategies that support TreeHouse, divisional, and site strategic objectives.