Operational Process Excellence Manager

Owensboro, KY

Posted: 01/23/2026 Industry: Scientific Job Number: 26-00030

Job Description

Operational Process Excellence Manager

Duties:
  • Deployment of a continuous improvement methodology within the affiliate, aiming to enhance people capabilities, achieve significant performance improvements, and drive innovation by increasing organizational reliability and agility.
  • Deployment and Integration: Ensure the integrated and collaborative deployment of strategy to increase engagement and ownership, delivering value through the adoption and improvement of best practices in a standardized and systematic way.
  • Supply Chain and Digital Journey: Lead the end-to-end supply chain and digital journey at the site according to phase progression.
  • Communication Strategies: Define and implement internal communication strategies and plans, ensuring both top-down and bottom-up communication approaches in line with the company's objectives.
  • Ensure full compliance with local legislation and company policies and practices.
  • Adhere to all Environment, Health, and Safety (Sustainability) rules, policies, and practices.
  • Ensure safety instruction, traineeship, and knowledge assessment for subordinates as required by applicable legislation.
  • Promote a safety-first mindset by demonstrating consistent behaviors and leading by example.
  • Ensure the execution of OPEN+ tools, concepts, methodology and team engagement in sustainability programs.
  • Ensure alignment with global operating standards, promoting sustainable knowledge sharing on continuous improvement tools and methods, standard work processes, daily management systems, and pillars.
  • Lead the implementation and deployment of Lean manufacturing according to the defined region/cluster strategy to establish an integrated operating system.
  • Represent the affiliate in region/cluster meetings and workshops, ensuring challenges, priorities, and initiatives are integrated into the region/cluster plans.
  • Ensure overall accountability and governance of loss elimination deployment and its sustainability within the affiliate.
  • Develop the affiliate s strategy and roadmap in line with region/cluster plans to achieve continuous improvement.
  • Assess the organization and processes to develop efficient and effective plans.
  • Continuously review best practices and adjust affiliate plans to maximize people engagement, drive innovation, and increase organizational agility to deliver business results.
  • Ensure best practices are recognized, shared, and adopted into affiliate standards.
  • Ensure a proper organization structure, including a robust career path to meet objectives and plans.
  • Maintain a pipeline of talent to support continuous improvement efforts and sustain expertise and capabilities.
  • Support organizational leaders in driving the continuous improvement culture.
  • Coordinate training activities related to initiative deployment.
  • Develop and manage internal communication strategies and systems to ensure alignment with company strategies, objectives, values, and behaviors at the affiliate level.
  • Lead and develop the internal communication community to ensure effective use of communication tools and channels.

Experience Needed:
  • Bachelor s or Master s degree.
  • 5 years of experience in Manufacturing, Quality/LEAN, Product Development, Supply Chain, or other relevant departments.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in managing others. Change Management preferred
  • Knowledge of integrated operating systems, lean/continuous improvement methods and tools, manufacturing processes, quality and PPMD processes, company sustainability practices and standards, supply chain processes, and practices and processes.
  • Six Sigma Black or Green Belt Certified preferred

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Marion Bowden

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