Senior Manager, Operational Excellence
26 days ago
La Puente
Job Description Add Flavor to Your Career and Life – Explore New Opportunities at Lee Kum Kee! Ready to bring fresh energy to your career? At Lee Kum Kee, we’re committed to your growth, offering a place where creativity and innovation thrive. If you're eager to make an impact and advance your career, apply today and start adding flavor to your professional life! ABOUT THE COMPANY Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 200 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century-long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards. Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 300 employees. We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success! BENEFITS • Medical, dental, life insurance covered by the company, • 401(k) retirement plan with company match, • Two (2) weeks vacations, • Ten (10) paid holidays POSITION SUMMARY The Sr Mgr Operational Excellence drives performance improvement in LKKUSA Operations. The SrOE Manager builds effective operating systems, tools and culture throughput the mfg organization. They do this by implementing the Lee Kum Kee Operating System (LOS) and ensuring continuous process improvement to achieve site short/long term business imperative. The Sr. Manager OE coaches the manufacturing team on all methods to improve operational performance. They represent the factory in the cross site and cross functional global OE community to share knowledge and improve performance throughout the company. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Maintain and develop a platform for a result-oriented, customer driven, team work-focused enterprise with modern management systems., • Work with the Plant Manager and leadership team to identify and develop clear improvement objectives in Safety, Quality, Service and Cost, • Deploy the LOS to ensure sustainable delivery of these objectives., • Serve as the LOS expert, teaching and developing the team on the lean journey., • Measure and adjust LOS deployment based on KPI’s to assure constant development, • Develop a comprehensive understanding of site performance, including losses, cost, OEE etc, • Serve as PMO facilitator in COGS management initiatives to assure project identification, process management, project reporting and goal accomplishment., • Develop a deep understanding of OEE, loss and cost drivers., • Serve as process expert for cost optimization model., • Coach the loss elimination teams and introduce lean tools as appropriate., • Develop a comprehensive plan to drive a performance improvement culture., • Fully engage leadership team in embracing a performance culture., • Build the LOS capabilities throughout the organization, including daily problem solving, team activities and routine ways of working, • Help to develop and support a network between LKK operations to assure best practice sharing and implementation. Help create an LOS playbook for shared use among plants., • Lead continuous improvement activities projects and masterplan for the US operations., • Lead or co-lead the implementation of the factory digital transformation strategy., • Work with the CAPEX team in design for efficiency and master planning initiatives., • Drive the implementation of key improvement projects related to Safety, Quality, Service and Cost., • Proactively search new market trends, new technologies, and innovations to increase manufacturing capacity and perfomance., • Partner with HR function to develop an integrated talent management system to build, and develop a team with over several hundred members in multi-locations while complying with regulations and policies., • Other duties, responsibilities, and projects may be assigned. COMPETENCIES • Autopilot Leadership, • Innovation Management, • Problem Solving, • Drive for Results, • Managing & Measuring Work SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position currently does not have direct reports. The successful candidate will work with leadership to build an appropriate network and/or team. This position must carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies and applicable laws. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. 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. • EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE, • A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field., • Minimum of 5 years experience working in a production facility (food preferred)., • Training or certification in Lean Manufacturing; 6 Sigma or other relevant training is preferred., • Able to apply various Lean tools to improve efficiency and productivity. Practical experience in generating VSM, TPM, SMED and its related improvement process is required., • Change Management skillset., • Demonstrated skills managing through influence across function, with excellent communication and influencing skills, • Leadership attributes: self-motivated, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and ability to make recommendations and influence targeted customers., • Knowledge or experience in Digital factory implementations is a plus, • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions., • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables., • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents., • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community., • Ability to effectively present information to groups, • Ability to effectively facilitate team meetings and discussions, • LANGUAGE SKILLS, • Bilingual (English and Cantonese/Mandarin) skill is highly desirable for the position., • Communicate in writing and verbally clearly, accurately and with impact., • MATHEMATICAL SKILLS, • Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry., • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations., • Required to stand, kneel, walk and sit when performing essential job functions., • Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and/or reach with hands and arms., • Required to climb or balance; stoop, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell., • Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds., • Specific vision ability is required including close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus., • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate., • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; explosives; risk of radiation; and vibration. It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.