JOB in Long Island / Philadelphia, USA

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT MANAGER - Food Manufacturing

Job Function: Manufacturing Engineer/Technical

Industry: Mfg. -- All Other Manufacturing

Description:
Multi-plant, develop process improvement capability and support process improvement initiatives throughout the supply chain.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Enable and drive cost reduction activities throughout the cake supply chain by analyzing current performance using tools such as activity based costing and cost to serve to provide new insights.
• Investigating the extent and impacts of process variability and failures.
• Developing project plans with supply chain personnel.
• Assisting with root cause analysis.
• Develop organizational capabilities in lean management and established process improvement methodologies, such as deploy process improvement techniques and methodologies (IPM, Lean, Six Sigma) in the supply chain.
• Support plant IPM managers in developing process improvement capabilities in plants.
• Present process improvement results and opportunities, including requests for capital investment, to executive management.
• Manage outside consultants and vendors in support of process improvement activities.
• Position reports to the Director, Supply Chain Management.
• Travel up to 75% to locations in the northeast US.
• Bonus, relocation
• Position may also be based in Long Island, New York.

Salary Range: $85000-100000

Requirements:

• Minimum Formal Education: 4-Year Degree, MBA is a plus
• Experience in BSIE Industrial Engineering or operations management.
• 10+ years experience in process improvement and optimization.
• Familiarity with commonly used process control and improvement techniques (lean, SPC).
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and driving cost reduction activities. Excellent communication skills and strong business acumen.
• Familiarity with management accounting concepts (standard cost, throughput accounting).
• SQL, Access or other database experience is a strong plus.

Job location: Food Management Search, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Contact: Joe Cresci
E-mail: recruiters@foodmanagementsearch.com
Web: http://www.foodmanagementsearch.com/index.cfm