Process Improvement Manager

3 weeks ago

Brooks AB, Canada JBS Food Canada Full time

With approximately 3,300 employees, JBS Food Canada ULC (“JBS Canada”) is one of Canada's largest beef processors. Consisting of four locations—the main processing facility located in Brooks, Alberta, where approximately 4,200 head of cattle are harvested and processed daily; the Head Office and a case ready plant, both based in Calgary, Alberta; and JBS Ontario, a case ready plant located in Belleville, Ontario. The JBS Canada facility in Brooks has the capacity to produce products ranging from boxed beef primals, ground beef, beef trimmings, beef by-products and hides which are shipped across Canada and worldwide. At the multi-protein Mountain Creek Farms case-ready facility in Calgary, JBS Canada produces value-added products including marinated, portion sized, multi-pack options, kebabs and much more. JBS Ontario in Belleville produces fresh meat and seafood products for leading retailers in Canada.

At JBS Canada, our people are our greatest asset. We are very proud to have a team of high achieving, engaged employees. We are currently seeking a Process Improvement Manager to join our JBS Team.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Process Improvement Manager is the champion and thought leader for influencing the continuous improvement culture and a culture of business agility across the plant production. This role is responsible for driving continuous improvement programs and end-to-end agile execution of projects and programs by engaging and working with employees at all levels of the organization. He/She must identify the issues related to process improvement; implement, adopt, and adapt to that change; and be successful in the change. Success is measured by the ability to actively engage teams to achieve measurable results and to educate and enroll others in waste elimination and continuous improvement. This position is located in Brooks, Alberta

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • In partnership with Senior Leadership, define prioritized process improvement initiatives complete with actions plans, resource models, project milestones and success metrics.
  • Manage the deployment and training of the production team on new projects.
  • Develop new and maintain existing courses assigned to you
  • Champion Lean Principles and practices across the organization fostering a deeper understanding and adoption of these core principles.
  • Train and coach leaders and operations teams in the use of the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies (5S, PDCA, SDCA)
  • Work with Organizational Managers and key stakeholders to design and develop best practices and processes that utilize resources across various value streams. Responsible for consistency and operation continuity of Lean Production Principles.
  • Anticipate and plan for process integration initiatives that support the underlying business objectives. Creates process change by integrating new processes with existing ones and deploy these new improvements to the operations teams.
  • Facilitate teaching in both the classroom and production environments.Serve as a role model for excellent instructional training and development of these capabilities in others.
  • Function as Work Process Improvement pillar owner
  • Develop and oversee, policies, systems and procedures necessary to support cost reduction and system utilization goals (KPI’s).
  • Help to ensure reliability systems are developed to be as robust as safety, quality and environment systems
  • Promote the lean Everyday Ideas Program through emails, articles, posters, videos, etc.
  • charts, graphs and presentations to communicate business process, waste and improvements for a process
  • Assists with developing and providing timely reports to all stakeholders
  • Develops comparative data from other JBS Business Units to target performance improvement opportunities in Canada
  • Must have a working knowledge of 5S, Continuous Flow Production and writing process control documentation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science or related field and three or more years of progressively responsible positions in a beef processing facility, including implementing process improvement projects and demonstrated hands on training delivery.
  • Exceptional written and verbal skills
  • Ability to understand and perform qualitative data analysis
  • Outstanding interpersonal, teaching and leadership skills
  • Role model for change and a champion of lean production principles
  • Ability to influence across departments and various levels of leadership
  • Strong background in problem solving, planning and organization.
  • Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office applications including Power point and Excel (know how to use the functionality macros)
  • Lean and/or Six Sigma certification required( Green Belt or Black Belt ) at a level to successfully continue to advance the culture of continuous improvement
  • Valid driver license required
  • Able to travel internationally.

FULL TIME PERMANENT POSITION

Please note that Applicants will be asked to complete a pre-hire medical and drug and alcohol test. Any offer of employment to the Applicant will be conditional upon passing satisfactory completion of the medical and passing the drug and alcohol test. A Criminal Record check will also be performed upon meeting all hiring criteria.

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