Operational Excellence Manager

**Employee Type**:
Full time

**Location**:
ON Brantford

**Job Type**:
Supply Chain Continuous Improvement

**Job Posting Title**:
Operational Excellence Manager

**About Us**:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices 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 and develop their careers, 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 G **ain**:

- Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - DevelopU - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
- An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
- Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you’re eligible from your first day
- RRSP program with a 3 % employer match (with increased matches awarded based on service) and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
- Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, and 11 company holidays
- Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs.

**About the Role**:

- **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.**:

- **Serves as a strategic partner with the division continuous improvement leader to maintain alignment and compliance with the TreeHouse continuous improvement strategy and division/enterprise initiatives.**:

- **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.**:

- **Identifies supply chain process requirements, improvement opportunities and best practices for site, ensuring alignment with TreeHouse Management Operating Structure. Leads replication activities for the site.**:

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

- **Serves as a culture change agent by leveraging influential authority with employees and stakeholders to accelerate program deliverables that may cross geographic and/or functional boundaries. Models behavior expected of leaders in the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure.**:

- **Partners with site management and process owners to implement new processes or guidelines, determine improvements, identify and track savings, develop reports, and receive approval when required.**:

- **Assists with training and coaching others to build organizational self-sufficiency with continuous improvement methods and tools.**:
**About You**:
**You’ll fit right in if you have**:

- **Strong situational leadership skills to influence all levels of the organization within the plant location.**:

- **Capable of building strong relationships with Operations leaders in order to effect change.**:

- **High level of credibility and influence among hourly associates in site.**:

- **Self-starter to lead change and make independent and informed decisions.**:

- **Analytical, trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills to assess needs, understanding issues, and identify improvement opportunities.**:

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

- **Must have strong verbal and written communication skills to represent site continuous improvement activities.**:

- **Minimum 4 years plant-based manufacturing experience, previous project management experience and continuous improvement skills training.**:**Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away**

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