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SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC Director, Continuous Improvement in MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Occupational Category: Please choose the most appropriate choice based on the Job Title and Description. Duties and Responsibilties of Job: At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We\'re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence.Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we\'ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter-from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between. Everything begins with passion, a legacy from the Saputo family, which offered tasty and quality cheeses to its community. Today, after more than 65 years, the company employs thousands of dedicated employees, proud of their role, who work day after day to deliver quality products to customers and consumers. To learn more, visit us at http://www.saputo.com/en/careers The Director of Continuous Improvement leads the divisional process improvement team, supporting manufacturing, utilizing the Management Operating System (MOS) and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Responsible for leveraging processes and executing process overhaul and/or upgrade programs for the division. In addition, the role will coach, train, communicate, audit and transfer best practices. This position reports to the Vice President, PMO and CI. How You Will Make Contributions That Matter * Lead short-term and long-term projects aimed at waste minimization, utility utilization, efficiency improvement, material handling and process improvements. * Develop sustainable projects and objectives in support of division-wide initiatives. Identify required resources in support of objectives and develop ROI calculation and strategies. * Perform data collection and root cause analysis to rapidly identify impactful improvement opportunities. * Lead problem-solving efforts to reduce inefficiencies, redundancies, improve quality and reduce shrink/waste/cost of poor performance. * Function as Division Process Improvement champion regarding tasks, projects, cost and yield improvement opportunities and operations. * Support R&D technical initiatives, packaging technical services support. * Able to architect the KPIs to measure productivity and identify gaps. * Partner with senior leadership and plant leadership teams in support of strategic growth plan activities and initiatives. * Coach and champion functions to identify and implement opportunities to improve program and process effectiveness in locations where mature MOS programs exist. * Install CI program (MOS and Lean Six Sigma) techniques and standards for facilities where program is not established. * Plan CI training program/tools for new CI team members. * Apply analysis to improve efficiencies and process capability. * Prepare and present oral and written presentations to internal/external teams. * Design, drive and perform operational analysis of business processes. Drive and track these projects to successful completion. * Document and institutionalizes using ROI analysis to support process improvements and long-term project benefits. * Identifies and leverages CI best practices across the organization. * Identifies key elements of process improvement and partners with process owners to deliver sustainable and sustainable change. * Develop, prepare and deliver metrics, project reports and related CI reports. * Prepare and present reports, results and data for the senior leadership and manufacturing plant leadership teams. * Provide Plant Manager level support as needed. * Coordinate and conduct regular and periodic audits of the Management Operating System. * Develop plant level MOS audit and corrective action toolkit. You Are Best Suited For The Role If ou To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjY3MTYyLjg3NzBAc2FwdXRvY29tcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20

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