Operational Excellence Manager

Employee Type:
Full time

**Location**:
ON Richmond Hill

**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 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**:
Position Summary:
About the TreeHouse Foods Team:
TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer and distributor of private label packaged foods and beverages. Our teams support a network of approximately 40 production facilities across The United States, Canada and Italy. At TreeHouse Foods, we are building a performance-based culture and investing in people and talent. We respect the contributions and ideas of all of our employees, and we support their personal and professional growth. We are seeking knowledgeable, team-oriented individuals that have a strong work ethic to join our team at Richmond Hill, a manufacturing facility producing private label broth products using aseptic packaging. We hope you’ll consider being a part of our future

Position Responsibilities:
- 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.- 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.- Serves as a culture change agent by leveraging solid working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to accelerate program deliverables that may cross geographic and/or functional boundaries.- Leads meetings to review and examine project completion, obstacles, problem resolution, timelines, recommendations, and conclusions. Issues summary reports on regular basis.-
- Assists with training and coaching others to build organizational self-sufficiency with continuous improvement methods and tools.- The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list of all tasks. Additional tasks and duties may be assigned from time to time as necessitated by business needs

Qualifications and Requirements:- Minimum 2 years plant-based manufacturing experience, previous project management experience and continuous improvement skills training.- 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- Must have a bias for action and a track record of delivering results.- Self-starter to lead change and make independent and informed decisions.- 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.

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