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The Process Excellence Program Director leads the process excellence and operations excellence space for all of Schreiber U.S.  This position reports to the VP/Director of Engineering/Operations.  This position will manage and oversee the projects, activities, and team development of the process excellence team to achieve corporate priorities and provide technical leadership in the application of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.  Primary focus and accountability is with our US manufacturing network however there is some occasional support required for all of our US business operations areas.  This position will provide people and program leadership, strategy development and implementation, budgeting, consulting, and standards development that optimize the space involving people, processes, and our production lines with a heavy bias towards to people and processes.  This position has heavy cross functional interaction within the manufacturing, IT, engineering, supply chain and supplier parts of the business.  Manufacturing is Process Excellences primary internal customer.

What you'll do:

• Build, lead, coach, mentor, and develop a high performing process excellence team reinforcing sound operations excellence principles while instilling a culture of accountability, results, continuous improvement, and people first.
  Support an increased understanding and application of more advanced tools as needed to solve complex and/or cross-functional problems while improving process and leadership capability.
• Provide strategic process excellence program leadership across all US sites through continuous process improvement, benchmarking, and best-of-the-best processes.
  Develop systems and strategies that result in the understanding and application of basic tools of process excellence in daily work throughout the company with focus on measuring processes, identifying variation, and taking appropriate action to reduce variation and eliminate waste.
• Supporting operations improvement efforts and identifying opportunities to reduce labor and improve product quality, production efficiency, service, and process capability through the application of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Manufacturing Excellence principles, tools, and methodologies.
  Identify opportunities and deliver measurable improvement to Schreiber profit. Act as a center of excellence for cross-functional or other teams as they apply tools of process excellence to improve results in the critical areas of the business targeted by those teams.
• Coordinate process excellence training and development programs including black, green, and yellow belt programs; teach, mentor, and guide; monitor developmental progress of partners and development plans for improving performance.
  Develop process excellence standards for application of tools, methods, and measurement systems.       
• Establish measurement criteria and processes for providing specific feedback and improvement opportunities to leaders on an ongoing basis company wide. Provide guidance to and auditing for project teams to ensure conformance with relevant standards and commitments; provide regular periodic reports to management regarding project/program status.
• Lead process improvement initiatives by engaging and influencing partners at all levels of the organization. Execute initiatives that deliver tangible business results through the application of Lean and Six Sigma principles, methodologies, and tools.  This includes, but is not limited to, our maintenance, reliability, manufacturing engineering, controls & systems, and capital deployment teams.
• Ensure the development, capture, visualization, and review of category-wide operations KPI’s. Leverage data science and data analytics to perform analysis. Leverage the team analytical skills for evaluating information carefully to identify and solve complex problems.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, Master’s degree preferred.
• 12+ years’ experience in engineering or related area
• 8+ years’ experience working as a Black Belt and/or Lean Practitioner or similar role
• Certified Master Black Belt strongly preferred.  Black belt will be considered with strong, demonstrated history of results and leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching the principles of quality management and process 
• Demonstrated experience working hand-in-hand with leaders and teams to address business issues and improve business results.
   

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. That means in addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 10% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 18% in retirement savings annually!
• Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Earn $ for focusing on your health. Get up to $1,200 for your health savings account each year, plus get reimbursed for fitness membership, equipment or classes.
• Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.

Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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