Performance Excellence and Continuous Improvement Specialist

6 days ago


Decatur, Illinois, United States ADM Full time
Job Summary

The Performance Excellence and Continuous Improvement Practitioner role is designed to drive business growth and improvement through the implementation of the Performance Excellence System (PE). This role is responsible for coaching and guiding locations in the deployment and sustainment of the PE Pillar system, as well as training and mentoring Performance Excellence Leaders.

Key Responsibilities
  • Align with strategic objectives and execute PE to accomplish them
  • Provide advanced coaching on problem solving using data and analytics
  • Assist locations with root cause analysis, systematic problem solving, and implementation of sustainable countermeasures
  • Implement sustainable countermeasures using Kaizen methodology of rapid improvement
  • Perform education for location pillar teams and steering committee
  • Train teams to utilize tools and methodologies aligned to PE
  • Audits/coaches the Site Steering Team as well as KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), Pillars, and key projects
  • Ensures visibility of KPIs, trend management
  • Provides/share foundational best-practices with alignment to the system across plants
  • Ensures the Plant Colleagues satisfaction through the execution of the standard visits to transfer performance system knowledge
  • Track and review ROI (Return on Investment) of the site implementation to deliver hard cost savings
  • Ensures Site program minor blockers are highlighted and communicated with site Specialist and Site Leader
Requirements and Experience
  • Manufacturing background either as a department manager or a plant manager
  • Systematic problem solving skills related to manufacturing performance
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
  • At least five years of manufacturing/processing and/or Continuous Improvement experience, at least two of which have been as a department or plant manager
  • Experience with data analytics tools such as Pi Vision, Pi Asset Framework, Red Zone Augmentir, Shift Connector or equivalent data handling and management software used within the manufacturing environment
  • Experience in continuous improvement system such as ADM Performance Excellence, Lean Manufacturing or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

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