Site Continuous Improvement Leader

At DuPont, we are working on things that matter; whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. 

If you would like to be a part of a premier multi-industrial company that is delivering sustainable solutions that bring real purpose and value, of a company with collaborative spirit because it believes that we work best when we work together as a team and values the diversity of thought, then DuPont is the company for you!

We are excited to share that on May 22, 2024, DuPont announced plans to separate(1) into three industry-leading, independent publicly traded companies. This strategic move will create focused businesses with distinct investment profiles. We believe the proposed separations will create opportunities for all three future companies to better serve their customers and unlock long-term value for stakeholders. This process is expected to take 18-24 months from the date of announcement to complete. We are committed to supporting our employees throughout this transition and ensuring a smooth and successful separation process. We look forward to welcoming new talent who are interested in contributing to the continued success and growth of our evolving organization.

WHY JOIN US?

Our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter! 

Have the Opportunity to chart your own course, challenge yourself, and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career. We reward employees with competitive pay and incentives to recognize skills, competencies, and contributions to business results. 

Get to Experience a collaborative environment where teamwork is celebrated with flexibility that enhances balance and an inclusive atmosphere that is welcoming to all!

Get to know our Purpose and make it yours by bringing innovations to market that improve the world, share a commitment to sustainability that makes our planet better and give back to communities in which we work and live.

Plant Continuous Improvement Leader is a Change Leader role focused on improving operational performance and capability within the plant by implementing and strengthening Lean, Six Sigma and Agile practices to enable continuous improvement and future digital enhancements. Partners with the Plant Leader and Business Integrated Operations CI Leader to prioritize work, identify methodologies and staffing as needed. Collaborates with other sites to ensure leveraging of ideas, tools and methods.

Your key responsibilities:

• Collaborates with plant leadership to establish a common view of the current state of operational maturity, the key opportunities for improvement (margin, EBITDA, and operational maturity); Develops and maintains a plant Operational Excellence Roadmap aligned with the line of business strategic objectives
• Leads plant Program Management Office (PMO) including the pipeline for opportunities, a plant leadership / LOB decision board, performance monitoring of initiatives, and benefit validation in OTT 
• Leads integration and planning of the plant implementation/rollout of the Dupont OpEx Framework according to the roles and responsibilities defined in the Deployment model playbooks
• Leads/coaches improvement projects from opportunity definition (data analysis, voice of the customer, problem definition) to realization and financial validation through the application of DuPont’s Industry 4.0 Operational Excellence approach (combining Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile)
• Facilitates workshops and different types of learning methods beyond "classroom" to mentor plant leadership and team members in Operational Excellence techniques and approaches (examples: 5S, SMED, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, online training through OpEx Academy)
• Monitors success of development/implementation plans to help employees turn training into action and sustain results
• Partners to identify improvement projects across multiple functions/plants and drafts charters for improvement projects with clearly defined benefits, scope, resource requirements, and project plans with milestones and timelines
• Engages in network meetings for learning/success sharing among peer groups 
• Shares and trains on new approaches, tools, concepts, and processes to the plant in concert with the larger CI network
• Serves as a local champion for impact tracking and validation.

Your qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Information Technologies 
• 10 years minimum relevant experience 
• Contin