Senior Manager Operational Excellence

The Senior Manager Operational Excellence role will lead site wide Operational Excellence strategy for Juice and dairy manufacturing units for our Peterborough plant in Ontario Canada. The incumbent will lead and mentor the entire operations team (including maintenance, quality & warehouse) to drive operational performance by establishing and executing continuous improvement model to deliver business objectives. This role works hand in hand with all departments to support, coach, mentor and lead operational improvement strategy to drive change and deliver business objectives, productivity initiatives and routines to drive excellence. This is an onsite role.

What You'll Do:

• Develop, align and execute multi-year Operational Excellence strategy for the site
• Train, coach and mentor employees, front line leaders and leadership team across the board to lay foundations for continuous improvement to drive excellence
• Establish, roll out and drive Operational Excellence routines to meet business objectives
• Serve as strategic and tactical leader/partner to implement and sustain site operating model to ensure standard manufacturing routines are suitability in practice
• Develop overall supply chain performance indicators and process effectiveness by monitoring and supporting key metrics and KPIs for overall site in alignment with corporate guidelines
• Develop & execute robust KPI owners coaching program to drive completion of gap analyses, identification and implementation of corrective actions, and verifications to ensure that gaps are closed
• Develop & execute coaching program to build Operational Excellence culture, roll out tools and methods to use, across the site to drive value and sustain those initiatives
• Implement continuous improvement mythologies, tools, forms and roll out site wide training to drive Continuous Improvement culture
• Work around flexible schedule to gain hands on experience on key improvement areas and drive change
• Lead supply chain/manufacturing effectiveness programs to ensure sustainable & efficient operations
• Identifies manufacturing process requirements, improvement opportunities and best practices for site, ensuring alignment with site operating model and corporate guidelines and drive those projects/activities
• Conducts workshops, focused improvement sessions with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize projects, define project requirements, scope, resources, team members, tasks, and project owners
• Lead OE council meetings to review project progress, drive completion and issue regular reports to effectively communicate progress, roadblocks, achievements, and follow-ups
• Develop effective collaboration with site management, outside network, cross functional teams and project/process owners to implement new processes or guidelines, determine improvements, identify and track savings, develop reports, and receive approval when/as required
• Accountable for effectively communicating and delivering site’s Productivity Initiatives targets
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and owner managing business process change for the site to ensure changes are reviewed holistically and put a process to measure effectiveness
• Partner with functional leaders in the ISO, GMP, FSSC, AIB, KORE and other internal audits and drive ownership of actions to drive improvements for development of procedures and corrective actions
• Travel to other sites in the Coca Cola system as needed, within and outside Canada
• Perform other duties as necessary and/or assigned

What You'll Need:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty required to meet business objectives on safety, people, quality, delivery, inventory & cost. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must have the ability and drive to trouble shoot problems with team/individually and be persistent until a solution is found to ensure process in place to continuously excel
• Must work in a safe manner and follow all safety procedures including use of safety equipment
• Must be willing to ask for assistance when the process is unclear
• Ability to work off shifts as needed
• Capable of influencing and develop relationship with operational leaders to drive change effectively and be change agent to drive site performance

Education and/or Experience

• 5+ years' experience in a manufacturing environment is required
• Operational excellence, continuous improvement experience in manufacturing environment desired
• Bachelor’s Degree required (Preferred; Engineering, Manufacturing, Food Science, Dairy Science, or Science)
• Ability to become subject matter expert and site’s go to person for continuous improvement needs
• Experience implementing continuous improvement methodologies
• Analytical, trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills to assess needs, understanding issues, and identify improvement opportunities
• Project management experience to drive projects, focused improvements and define future state
• Possess good understanding of overall manufacturing operations flow and variables
• Experience working under manufacturing operating models based on KPIs, Continuous Improvement tools, Quality Tools and Gap Closure Action Plans
• Leadership experience within complex manufacturing facilities
• Ability to implement fundamental TQM, TPM and other Lean Manufacturing principals across the operations
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience and success working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working in a 24/7 operations desired

Coca-Cola Limited is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We have a number of programs and policies in place to support this goal. If you require a disability-related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please contact our HR Shared Service team by calling 1-877-677-6774. Coca-Cola Limited will consult with all applicants with a disability who request accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure that the accommodation provided takes into account the applicants individual accessibility needs.

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Skills:

Continuous Improvement (CI), Dairy & Juice Manufacturing, Leadership, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Environments, Plant Operations

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.