About the role

  • Performance Manager leading Continuous Improvement initiatives at McCormick’s Hunt Valley Plant. Focusing on leadership, analytics, and driving employee engagement for operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and Coach effective JTE systems.
  • Coach direct reports and site employees and SMEs on methodology and tools: Basic performance data and trends, Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis, Loss Reduction Projects, Autonomous Maintenance
  • Lead and develop capability of Continuous Improvement team
  • Translate strategy into actionable information in a small group in a clear, concise, and professional manner.
  • Demonstrate effective Communication and direction setting to direct reports, plant leadership and Regional leaders on JTE progress
  • Engage in the design and implementation of the site systems, utilize team to drive improvement of systems
  • Maintaining integrity of site data through training, health checks, and change control.
  • Providing analysis and insights to key performance metrics like Process Reliability, Productivity, Yield and Scrap.
  • Creating and executing site Analytics strategy.
  • Establishing scorecard and KPI review processes based on the appropriate frequency and participants.
  • Driving data-based decision-making behavior at all levels
  • Owning Loss Analysis program to support site’s OGSM and budget targets
  • Helping prioritize loss reduction projects in collaboration with the site leadership team
  • Providing supporting data analysis and justifications for any technology improvements and capital expenditures and feasibility studies
  • Leading site Focused Improvement pillar

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related discipline is required
  • Minimum of 3 years working in manufacturing operations
  • Background in Total Productive Maintenance / Lean, Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness
  • Experience in a CPG preferred
  • Team and Operations Leadership experience preferred
  • Familiarity with creating reports using our current (and future) BI tools, e.g. SAP Hana, Tableau
  • Experience analyzing complex datasets, generating insights and building robust statistical models.
  • Should be comfortable working with structured and unstructured data.
  • Ability to analyze complex information in order to make judgments and decisions.
  • Interpersonal Skills - leadership, interactions, communication, influence
  • Ability to create people change plan for strategic initiatives.
  • Ability to be an influencer of large or high-risk change initiatives
  • Customer Focus: Create intra-plant collaboration (operations, functional areas, support areas)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
  • Wellbeing programs including Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
  • Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
  • Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans

Job title

Continuous Improvement Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$74,330 - $130,080 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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