Responsible for leading the Operational Excellence Managers to transform the Southwest Operating Unit (SWOU) Supply Chain using subject matter expertise of business transformation concepts such as Value Stream Analysis and Improvement, Lean Thinking and Six Sigma.
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• Provide the knowledge, leadership and experience with Value Stream Analysis and Improvement, Lean Thinking and Six Sigma necessary to lead Supply Chain transformation and process improvement.
• Assess Supply Chain activities and identify opportunities to make improvements using business transformation concepts.
• Provide the project management and leadership necessary to implement the pilot and then the ongoing rollout of a new Supply Chain operating system.
• Interact with key Supply Chain and broad business leadership to develop the business process transformation vision and strategies that will enable best in class customer service while minimizing waste throughout the Supply Chain.
• Lead and drive business transformation initiatives and ongoing process improvement in the Supply Chain processes.
• Properly engage, collaborate and influence all functions in business transformation efforts to ensure the Supply Chain process improvement strategy is understood, and sufficiently supported by the appropriate stakeholders.
• Lead the implementation of standard processes where it makes sense for the business.
• Lead the training and sharing of knowledge with local Supply Chain teams to enable them to develop business transformation capabilities.
• Co-own responsibility for improving performance in key business metrics.
• Provide change management leadership to ensure we achieve and sustain our targeted performance levels.
• Model, lead and coach people on the culture change necessary to support and sustain business process transformation.
• Utilize the current quality system to standardize and sustain the performance improvement and improvement process.
POSITION ACTIVITIES AND TASKS
• Provide leadership in the development of the business process transformation vision and strategies.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain leadership to assess Supply Chain activities across the SWOU to determine the greatest opportunities for process change resulting in improved customer service and cost reductions.
• Contribute to the prioritization of business transformation projects and on decisions the projects to be implemented.
• Lead the Operational Excellence Managers who will design and lead pilots of major business process transformation.
• Develop project strategies, goals, and plans that enable the Supply Chain organization to improve internal operations and practices.
• Responsible for strategic Supply Chain business process improvement initiatives being understood, communicated, executed, and measured across the SWOU.
• Track and monitor effectiveness of management routines and metrics; recommend and implement changes as needed to ensure business objectives are met.
• NO direct profit responsibility. Scope of role will be responsible for utilizing business transformation and process improvement principles with the intent of reducing operational expenses and improving customer service, and driving a “problem solving/continuous improvement” culture.
• Implement regular management routines to drive execution, focus and results on all projects.
• Lead, guide and coach customer supply chain team and NABU supply chain team on:
• Lean Thinking principles
• Process improvement
• Process standardization
• Process simplification
• Collaborate and communicate best practices with other functional process improvement leads.
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EDUCATION LEVEL REQUIRED
Bachelor’s degree
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• 5+ years of experience in hands-on operational roles in supply chain management in a large consumer goods organization
• 3+ years of experience in leadership roles responsible for leading operations management/lead professional level people.
• 3+ years of experience with project management leading tool/process implementation across a supply chain.
• Strong experience with change management and influencing organizational culture change
• Six Sigma Certified Black Belt
EXPERIENCE PREFERRED
• Manufacturing, transportation warehousing, distribution and merchandising experience within the Coca Cola Enterprises system.
• Six Sigma Certified Master Black Belt preferred.
• 2+ years applying Lean Thinking principles in a manufacturing / distribution environment.
• Must be willing to travel as much as 70% of the time
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