What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Improvement Leader position at Sealed Air Corporation?
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 2023, Sealed Air generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2023 and had approximately 17,000 employees operating out of 46 countries/territories and distributing products in 115 countries/territories around the world. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
Job Description
The Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for applying continuous improvement and lean manufacturing methodologies throughout the organization/ value streams and acts as a lean champion, driving Lean culture throughout the organization.
- Implement Lean within the manufacturing production and supporting supply chain operations
- Provide intensive training for production teams and culture change within the organization
- Teach, demonstrate, and coordinate Lean activities and implementation on the shop floor such as Kaizen, SMED, Kanban, Material Conveyance, Production flow, Value Stream Mapping, Takt time analysis, Problem-Solving, Standardized work, 5S, Visual Management, Error-Proofing, 5S, TPM, Scheduling, etc.
- Assist value streams in sustaining gains achieved in Lean efforts, ensuring consistent application of Lean methods, and supporting the creation and implementation of best practices
- Lead value streams in Lean improvement and Hoshin plan development, ensuring alignment in all KPI
- Manage follow-up of multiple projects using project management software and A3 (8D) problem solving
- Lead Kaizen events as and where needed
- Set Lean reporting (projects and financials) system, and report regularly to direct and functional management
- Exchange experiences with Lean organizations in other areas
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree or higher in Engineering - Chemical, Industrial, Electrical or other related specialty
- Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant manufacturing work experience
- Black Belt is preferred
- Hands-on and has strong experience in production management with Lean implementation
- Strong leader who has proven experience convincing an organization to do the move toward Lean
- Advanced Training in Lean methodologies, 5S, SMED, VSM, Kaizen and other continuous improvement methodologies
- Good understanding of financial measurements and goals in the Lean/Flow throughput world
- Solid project management skills, team leadership skills, and excellent communication skills
- Process improvement experience with demonstrated successful results driven application of the concept
- Demonstrated success in leading and driving sustained change on the shop floor
- Experienced in training, facilitating, and coaching of Lean concepts to all levels of an organization
- Has led/participated/directed 50 kaizen events on the shop floor and the ability to regularly work on the manufacturing floor and outside
Requisition id: 49482
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.
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