Loc:Sylmar clifornia

MANAGER's Comments:-Grocery Industry Experience is a MUST

JOB DESCRIPTION :

• The Director Continuous Improvement, will lead the organization in achievement of efficiency and effectiveness savings.
• Serving as member of the Leadership Team and drive a continuous improvement mindset within the organization.

• Lead the company’s (all districts, total org.) cost savings program to meet annual targets.
• This includes working with executive team, store operations and others to build a robust idea pipeline, validate ideas, coach teams and execute projects.
• Oversee and direct continuous improvement activities for store operations, to include warehouse and transportation operations.
• Communicate progress through all levels of the organization•Identify and implement improvements and track and monitor project progress.
• Develop methods to increase productivity, decrease costs, maintain caliber and consistency in current procedures and discover new procedures.
• Support, guide and train other personnel in formulating and implementing process improvement initiatives
• Review process designs for production possibility and initiate improvement actions as necessary.
• Establishing and maintaining KPIs related to continuous improvement, including those that demonstrate an optimal and achievable plan.
• Helping remove roadblocks for teams pursuing continuous improvement.
• Leveraging lean office and ‘best in class’ problem solving so that maximum value is returned to customers.
• Accountable for deploying and coaching Lean practices, Kaizen, and Six-Sigma processes across all levels of the organization to deliver business results.
• Identifying organizational inefficiencies and leads activities using cross-functional resources to deliver business results
• Leading development of a robust continuous improvement tracker that captures key information, uses workflow for visibility to new ideas and initiatives and provides on-demand, easy to use reporting.
• Benchmarking and best practice sharing across the organization.
• Supporting implementation of improvements for process efficiency, quality and control KPIs.
• Partnering with internal and external customers, at all levels to identify trends, propose strategies, and resolve performance issues.
• Promoting a customer-centered, culture serving, to internal/external customers, striving to exceed customers’ needs, requirements, and expectations.
• Contributing to a team environment that is focused on high performance and operational excellence, as well as a hunger to learn and succeed in Continuous Improvement.
• Knowledge and Skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Deep analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong negotiation and decision making skills
• Sense of urgency and ownership of resolution, meeting established performance objectives and customer commitments
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to partner with key internal/external customer to drive change & continuous improvement Strong business acumen and leadership skills
• Ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment Solid time management skills

• Bachelor’s degree Extensive years of related experience
  
• Experience presenting results to an executive team
• Experience working in a process or data driven environment
• Prior experience in a continuous improvement leadership role
• Preferred Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Master Black Belt Certified Supervisory
• Responsibility Responsible for the direction, supervision and interaction with everyone involved in the continuous improvement department.