Sealed Air Corporation
Regional Operations Excellence Lead
Sealed Air Corporation, Arlington, Texas, United States, 76000
Overview
Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Summary:
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Supply Chain Operations, the Regional Operational Excellence Leader is responsible for working closely with regional plant leadership and cross-functional teams to diagnose and resolve issues impacting operational performance. Examples of these issues include rate, yield, crewing, and quality challenges which have a material impact on FPMP and/or Supply Chain performance.
This role will be located at our Grand Prairie, TX site with travel (up to 50%) to other sites as needed.
Specific day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Performing “Deep Dive” analysis into operational issues to identify root causes alone and in partnership with plant resources including engineering and OpEx teams
Helping facilitate and promote plant to plant OpEx best practices
Providing insights to senior leadership for operational improvement opportunities
Resolve operational challenges
Performing data analysis using SAP, Power BI, and various support programs to analyze key business metrics and identify opportunities to increase performance
Identifying opportunities and supporting plants in transforming the opportunities into executable action plans
Supporting performance improvement initiative pipeline growth and health
Participating in financial management calls, taking action and leading investigations as applicable
Reviewing monthly trends and understanding categories which are over/underperforming
Leading regional operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts and providing guidance on methodologies to use
Partnering with Supply Chain Operations leaders to ensure improvement efforts are completed in a timely manner
Directly leading and/or participating in kaizen events and other continuous improvement efforts
Teaching, demonstrating and coordinating lean implementation efforts on the manufacturing/production floor such as Kanban, Material Conveyance, Production flow, Super Market design and deployment, Value Stream Mapping, Takt time analysis, Problem-Solving, Standardized work, Set-up reduction, 5S, Visual Workplace, and Error-Proofing
Assisting plant Lean teams in sustaining gains achieved in Lean efforts
Supporting management team in identifying and implementing best practices
Qualifications
Education, Experience and Formal Training/Certifications:
5+ years of experience of directly relevant experience within a role focused on Operational Excellence and/or Continuous Improvement
Prior experience in a similar role within Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations
Prior experience leading operational excellence and/or continuous improvements efforts across multiple plant locations within a region
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
Knowledge of financial measurements and goals in a fast-paced business
Strong data analytics capability with working knowledge of Power BI
Demonstrated success in leading and driving sustained changes on the manufacturing/production floor
Demonstrated success leading and/or kaizen events focused on Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations
Ability to teach, coach and lead advanced training in Lean methodologies, 5S, SMED, VSM, Kaizen and other continuous improvement methodologies
Ability to communicate effectively across all levels within the organization
Ability to travel within the US up to 50% travel (as applicable)
Requisition id: 51169 Relocation: Yes
Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver\'s License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.
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Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Summary:
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Supply Chain Operations, the Regional Operational Excellence Leader is responsible for working closely with regional plant leadership and cross-functional teams to diagnose and resolve issues impacting operational performance. Examples of these issues include rate, yield, crewing, and quality challenges which have a material impact on FPMP and/or Supply Chain performance.
This role will be located at our Grand Prairie, TX site with travel (up to 50%) to other sites as needed.
Specific day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Performing “Deep Dive” analysis into operational issues to identify root causes alone and in partnership with plant resources including engineering and OpEx teams
Helping facilitate and promote plant to plant OpEx best practices
Providing insights to senior leadership for operational improvement opportunities
Resolve operational challenges
Performing data analysis using SAP, Power BI, and various support programs to analyze key business metrics and identify opportunities to increase performance
Identifying opportunities and supporting plants in transforming the opportunities into executable action plans
Supporting performance improvement initiative pipeline growth and health
Participating in financial management calls, taking action and leading investigations as applicable
Reviewing monthly trends and understanding categories which are over/underperforming
Leading regional operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts and providing guidance on methodologies to use
Partnering with Supply Chain Operations leaders to ensure improvement efforts are completed in a timely manner
Directly leading and/or participating in kaizen events and other continuous improvement efforts
Teaching, demonstrating and coordinating lean implementation efforts on the manufacturing/production floor such as Kanban, Material Conveyance, Production flow, Super Market design and deployment, Value Stream Mapping, Takt time analysis, Problem-Solving, Standardized work, Set-up reduction, 5S, Visual Workplace, and Error-Proofing
Assisting plant Lean teams in sustaining gains achieved in Lean efforts
Supporting management team in identifying and implementing best practices
Qualifications
Education, Experience and Formal Training/Certifications:
5+ years of experience of directly relevant experience within a role focused on Operational Excellence and/or Continuous Improvement
Prior experience in a similar role within Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations
Prior experience leading operational excellence and/or continuous improvements efforts across multiple plant locations within a region
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
Knowledge of financial measurements and goals in a fast-paced business
Strong data analytics capability with working knowledge of Power BI
Demonstrated success in leading and driving sustained changes on the manufacturing/production floor
Demonstrated success leading and/or kaizen events focused on Supply Chain or Manufacturing Operations
Ability to teach, coach and lead advanced training in Lean methodologies, 5S, SMED, VSM, Kaizen and other continuous improvement methodologies
Ability to communicate effectively across all levels within the organization
Ability to travel within the US up to 50% travel (as applicable)
Requisition id: 51169 Relocation: Yes
Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver\'s License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.
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