Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement Specialist

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement Specialist

This role leads and participates in cross-functional teams, focusing on continuous improvement projects aligned with company priorities.

Responsibilities include identifying, implementing, and tracking process improvement projects.

This role actively champions a culture of lean continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Your Responsibilities:


* Responsible for implementing lean initiatives utilizing lean methodology covering Operations, management, and people systems.


* Identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions using process improvement tools, relevant metrics, and improvement objectives to create cost savings through direct expense reduction or process improvement savings.


* Responsible for analyzing data and creating analytical dashboards for trend analysis.


* Identification and creation of appropriate measures for tracking success through the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI).


* Participate in site projects as necessary.

What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Qualifications):


* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Advanced degree, or professional designation a plus.


* Minimum 2-3 years of experience in continuous improvement or industrial engineering or operations.


* Influential change agent who will engage all organizational levels and lead sustained improvement.


* Competent in project planning, execution, post implementation support, while having the ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously.


* Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary to successfully ask the right critical questions and present, coordinate and implement his/her plans and procedures.


* Problem solving includes critical thinking, statistical analysis and ability to focus.


* Lead or support teams in a limited project size capacity or cross-functional project team.

What Will Give You the Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):


* Lean green be...