Continuous Improvement Specialist

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our

Hybrid Work Model


Job Description

Position Purpose
- Drive Continuous Improvement Initiatives in providing value-add analytical and business intelligence support to all CHEP SC/3rd Party Operations functions.
- Utilize Lean Six Sigma principles to drive CI initiatives and operational excellence in order to improve safety and productivity metric, reduce waste and deliver cost savings.

Major/Key Accountabilities
- Drive the implementation of innovative and creative ideas, methods, and process improvements for all CHEP SC/3rd Party Operations.
- Promote operational excellence and a culture of continuous improvement, challenge the status quo persistently.
- Serve as a change agent, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and driving actions across various levels of the organization to ensure added value and the effectiveness of implemented processes and tools.
- Identify improvement opportunities, develop, and manage improvement plans, and lead improvement initiatives with SC champions and process owners. Identify gaps and design new processes, while improving safety performance metric, reduce waste, and save costs.
- Lead national implementation.
- Develop analyses and models for projects and continuous improvement of processes, working collaboratively across functions to develop optimal low cost/high value solutions as prioritized by Supply Chain leadership.
- Provide robust data analysis focused on cost reductions, process improvements, and strategic initiatives for the Canadian Operations and Supply Chain team.
- Drive continuous improvement training program within CHEP / 3PL operations, in collaboration with plant champions and OPEX team, provide training and coaching to employees on lean and continuous improvement methodologies to execute improvement projects.
- Analyze data using LEAN Six Sigma statistical data analysis methods.
- Conduct problem-solving, root cause analysis, Gemba Walks, KAIZEN events, and CI improvement workshops.
- Develop and analyze key performance indicators to monitor and track the impact and benefits of improvements in support of the company's objectives.
- Implement and develop necessary procedures, tools, flow charts, templates and online tools and apps.
- Drive best practice development and implementation.
- Conduct process maturity assessments and audits.
- Assists plants with various operational issues, SAP, Procurement and Coupa.

Qualifications
- Post Secondary education
- 3-5 years relevant work experience
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Good analytical skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to travel to sites

Experience
- Worked in a process driven situation where success depends on adherence to deadlines
- Inventory planning/control and logistics experience- Data analytics, Operations, Project Management- Safety Experience

Skills and Knowledge
- Good working knowledge of MS office (particularly Excel)
- Self-motivated and works well under pressure
- The ability to maintain a high level of accuracy with a high volume of output

Language

Essential: English Desirable: French

Titre du poste

Spécialiste de l’amélioration continue

Objectif du poste
- Réaliser des initiatives d'amélioration continue en fournissant des services d’analyse et de veille commerciale à valeur ajoutée à toutes les fonctions des opérations des SC et de tiers de CHEP.
- Utiliser les principes Lean Six Sigma pour mettre en place des initiatives d’amélioration continue et favoriser l'excellence opérationnelle dans le but d'améliorer les indices de mesure de la sécurité et de la de productivité, de réduire les pertes et de réaliser des économies.

Principales responsabilités
- Favoriser la mise en œuvre d'idées, de méthodes et d'améliorations de processus novatrices et créatives pour toutes les opérations des CS et des tiers de CHEP.
- Promouvoir l'excellence opérationnelle et une culture d'amélioration continue, remettre en question continuellement le statu quo.
- Servir d'agent de changement, pour favoriser une culture d'amélioration continue et superviser des mesures à différents niveaux de l'entreprise pour assurer la valeur ajoutée et l'efficacité des processus