Operational Excellence Specialist

4 weeks ago


Dodge City, Kansas, United States Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Full time
Job Summary:

At Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. As a global leader in animal health, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Your Role:

This role leads and participates in cross-functional teams, focusing on continuous improvement projects on the shop floor aligned with company priorities. Responsibilities include identifying, implementing, and tracking process improvement projects. This role actively champions a culture of lean continuous improvement on the shop floor and throughout the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish a culture of continuous improvement within the organization by implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies and other best practices.
• Drive operational excellence initiatives to optimize workflows, eliminate waste, and enhance overall productivity.
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions using kaizen, 5S standard work, waste elimination, process improvement projects, training to improve shop floor execution.
• Champion implementation and adoption of digital tools and platforms to streamline processes, reduce costs, and improve decision-making capabilities.
• Participate in site projects as necessary.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree, shop floor supervisory experience or lean implementation experience preferred with minimum 2-3 years of experience in continuous improvement or operations
• Influential change agent who will engage all organizational levels and lead sustained improvement.
• Competent in project planning, execution, post implementation support
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary to successfully ask the right critical questions and present, coordinate and implement his/her plans and procedures.
• Shop floor focused problem solving and operation driven solutions
• Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lean green belt certification preferred.

Elanco Benefits and Perks:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose. Some highlights include:

• Multiple relocation packages for eligible positions
• Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
• 8-week parental leave
• 9 Employee Resource Groups
• Annual bonus offering
• Up to 6% 401K matching

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status

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