Senior Director, Continuous Improvement

About Us:

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr. Director Continuous Improvement will lead the development and deployment of Barry-Wehmiller’s operating model, the BW Way, across the organization. This position will be focused on driving both short and long-term strategic goals driving a culture of Continuous Improvement while achieving year over year performance improvement.  As a key member of this team, this role will impact results and culture by establishing strong relationships with key stakeholders and leading the development of standards, institutionalizing management systems, and ensuring effective development of capabilities required to deliver on strategic objectives.  Develop strong problem-solving skill across the organization.

• Support cross-platform executive leadership through direct alignment to platform business objectives and strong integration with platform teams.  Support the development and execution of global commercial, operational and organizational strategies, and plans.  Own the global strategy deployment process.
• Lead and drive CI Roadmaps for assigned businesses.
• Coach, mentor, and train team members and leaders on continuous improvement methods based on Subject Matter Expertise. Ability to both formally train and "stop and teach" while at Gemba.
• Lead and coach multiple projects and Rapid Improvement (kaizen) events simultaneously through both a hands-on and influential approach.
• Build, activate, and optimize continuous improvement capabilities to support excellence in planning and execution of business goals.
• Create future state processes in conjunction with business unit and functional teams.
• Lead the implementation of the BW Way system across sites.
  • X-matrix alignment
  • Kaizen facilitation
• Operational Excellence-|BW Way talent development
  • Create a roadmap to developing Continuous Improvement Excellence talent throughout the organization.
  • Provide ongoing coaching and development.
• Identify and lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives using data to target and drive cost and lead time reduction.
• Champion process improvement, commercial excellence, and cross-facility collaboration to achieve optimized performance across our manufacturing footprint and the achievement of business goals.
• Analyze key metrics and apprise stakeholders of observed trends, inconsistencies, and opportunities.
• Help drive customer trust and business sustainability.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field highly preferred
• 12-15 years of related work experience driving continuous improvement in a high-performing organization ideally within the manufacturing or related industry
• Has led in the role of VP/Sr Director/Director of Operations across full supply chain and operations scope, owning results in P&L and Balance Sheet improvements.
• Be a strong communicator who can effectively lead and mobilize people through positive interactions.
• Have a strong global perspective with the ability to connect across cultures and navigate complex relationships.
• Have a demonstrated ability to lead through influence to drive higher levels of business performance.
• Possesses a strong financial acumen, able to collect, format, and analyze data related to complex Strategic Commercial Excellence initiatives with a full understanding of P/L impact. Ability to use this analysis tool to provide leadership with clear, concise solutions to business needs.
• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex business issues and turn vision and strategy into practical, actionable, and quantifiable plans.
• Proven Successful application of multiple CI tools: 80/20. Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Standard work, Visual Daily Management, Advanced Problem Solving.  Additionally has proven successful application of advanced CI tools like QFD; Kano; 3P; VOC/VOM; Hoshin Planning.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate Kaizen-type events to produce measurable improvements (Financial, Service, quality, etc.)

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