Operational Excellence Specialist

Your Job

The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in utilizing data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that drive strategic decision-making aligned with the company's goals.

The To Be Determined will focus on data that leads to transformational change opportunities across various departments.

The role requires a strong emphasis on analyzing production costs to identify areas for cost reduction and driving continuous improvements.

The operational excellence specialist will support the team in making data-driven decisions that optimize production processes, enhance overall performance, and improve key performance indicators (KPIs).

Sharing data-driven insights, lean principles, and best practices with team members to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation is also a key aspect of this role.

Our Team

Our team is a dynamic and innovative group dedicated to enhancing efficiency and productivity.

We collaborate to improve processes and deliver solutions.

Focused on removing non-value-added activities and automating operations, we strive to shift our organizations focus to high-value activities, ensuring continuous improvement and operational excellence.

What You Will Do

• Assist in the development and ownership of annual operating plans, particularly focusing on KPI improvement and cost reduction.

• Compile data and generate reports to support decision-making and operational improvements including financial executive review PowerPoints and presentations.

• Support improvement project leaders with problem-solving, financial analysis, and savings forecasts, as well as enhance and maintain the Manufacturing Operating System (MOS).

• Develop training material and train employees on the Manufacturing Operating System (MOS) and Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.

• Work with operations and Finance business partner to define project strategies and develop business cases for strategic project initiatives.

• Support manufacturing project leaders with calculations and analysis of KPI improvements & project savings forecasts.

• Analyze production costs to identify areas for cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Implement cost-saving initiatives and track their effectiveness.

• Drive significant cost reductions and efficiency improvements.

• Enhance team capabilities by training and developing employees in Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.

• Support strategic planning and execution through robust financial & KPI analysis.

• Provide timely and accurate operations and financial executive review PowerPoints and presentations.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Proven experience in data analysis, preferably within a manufacturing environment.

• Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and statistical software.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams in continuous improvement initiatives.

• Experience teaching and impl...