Continuous Improvement Lead Glanbia Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey MWC is a joint venture between Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. The Opportunity Lead the implementation and education of the Glanbia Performance System (GPS) to ensure that all plant employees have the tools and knowledge to improve and sustain a zero loss work culture that drives out injuries and ensures products are safe and meet quality specifications. Provide leadership to engage the plant in successfully progressing through the GPS phases and ensure delivery of our annual GPS saving goals. Develop organizational capabilities through culture change driven by GPS. Ensure GPS is fully integrated across organization to create “World Class” facilities. Essential Functions <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Partner with site leadership to drive improvement in all plant True North measurements utilizing Focused Improvement, AM, UAM, and other GPS tools and processes. Partner with pillars across the site to ensure effective tools and processes to measure results in all pillar areas.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Create and maintain robust plant communication tools and processes across the facility for all GPS activity including daily review boards, measurement boards, team progress boards and charts, etc.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Facilitate the development of annual plant GPS pillar work plans.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Continually conduct robust reviews and audits of site pillar plans and work streams to ensure a high level of pace and activity.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Support GPS Boot Camp training events and work to develop the expertise, skill, and knowledge necessary to plan and execute boot camp trainings, facilitation, and report-outs</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Partner with the site T&D Pillar to identify GPS training needs for the plant and to deliver training solutions on GPS tools and processes to address plant needs and to ensure pace and process rigor.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ensure that all plant employees have opportunities for engagement and ownership in GPS programs and activities</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Act as the champion and subject matter expert for Root Cause Analysis. Ensure that all teams understand and continually drive to root cause. Be involved with and lead troubleshooting and problem solving exercises</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Partner with Daily Operations to sustain daily review and communication process through continual coaching and auditing of daily review processes across the plant.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Champion One Right Way initiatives including education, centerlining and rate-lock, standard work documents and systems. Partner with the T&D pillar team and with positional trainers to ensure that One Right Way processes are followed and that documents are updated and trained out properly.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Personally lead teams utilizing GPS processes</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Provide leadership and direction to all employees through direct and indirect leadership and coaching.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ensure plant meets stretch savings goals.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ensure troubleshooting capabilities or developed with all operators and maintenance personnel through teaching, coaching, and partnering on the use of GPS tools and processes</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Partner with the Maintenance Department to develop preventive maintenance schedules and make decisions regarding emergency maintenance</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Work with the plant Safety pillar team to ensure full application and measurement of GPS tools. Perform audits to ensure that the Glanbia injury and near miss review process is applied properly for all safety incidents.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Other duties as assigned </li> </ul> Qualifications <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Requires a Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Understanding of GPS and similar continuous improvement methodologies.</li> </ul> Where and how you will work The opportunity will be based in St Johns, MI. What we would like to offer you! The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K. About Glanbia Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

Continuous Improvement Lead (St Johns, MI, US, 48879) @ Glanbia PLC

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