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R10039945 Vice President of Business Process Improvement & LEAN Transformation (Open)
Location:Lawrenceville, GA - Sever Rd - Management - Dry-iceAugusta, GA - Laney Walker Blvd. - Filling industrial - Dry-ice, Dallas, TX - LBJ Office - Sales, Denver/Commerce City, CO (ADI) - Dry-ice logistics, Hopewell, VA - Dry-ice logistics, Hopkinsville, KY - Pembroke - Filling industrial - Dry-ice, Houston, TX (ADI) - Dry-ice logistics, Star, MS - Filling industrial - Dry-ice
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
Are you the type of Operations Professional who leads from the front? Do you have experience managing multi-million dollar budgets? Do you have a passion for helping develop your team to be the best they can be? If you just answered yes to these questions, we may have the role you have always dreamed of!
Airgas Dry Ice, the largest producer of Dry Ice in North America, has a unique opportunity for a Vice President of LEAN Transformation & Business Process Improvement to join our team. In this role you will transform our operations by building on our culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence and instituting processes, procedures, and new technology to eliminate waste, gain efficiencies, and deliver an ever-evolving and improving customer experience. This is done by putting the right people, processes, and procedures in place to support the strategic direction and initiatives of this coast to coast organization. Through your leadership, we will establish and execute initiatives for improving:
Quality Control and reduction/elimination of defects, product inconsistencies, and contamination potential. (Defects QC/QA)
Reduction of raw material losses in the manufacturing process of finished goods (Over-production, Over-processing & Inventory Management)
Reduction of material handling losses in the value chain from finished goods production to the point of sale (Waiting, Transportation, & Motion) -["Scrap & Shrink"]
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) & streamlining of process flows and optimized/efficient output.
Total productive Maintenance (TPM) & ensuring that the equipment we use to manufacture, package, and transport our products is operating at the highest levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and output as possible.
Design, Engineering & Implementation of new manufacturing & packaging technology
Visual Factory Management & 5S
Critical Responsibilities also include:
Direct the execution of our Investment Strategy to institute new production and finishing technologies into our manufacturing environment
Execution of capital improvement projects to ensure they are designed, engineered, organized, submitted/presented for approval, and implemented on time and at/under budget
Management of our carbon emissions reduction initiatives and reporting (ESG)
Development of measurements, metrics, goals, and tools to track and improve On-time/in-full fulfillment of each customer order
Streamline back-office processes for PO & Invoice processing, data management and organization, and reduction of administrative waste.
All of these are critical areas for this key position in the organization.
The VP will interface with the leadership team and key department leaders to apply LEAN systems and principles of operating across the business comprised of 56 retail and distribution locations and 15 manufacturing facilities that service clients in both B2C and B2B environments. He/she will work to build a cohesive inter-departmental dynamic with the Distribution Production, Safety & Compliance, Finance, Sales, and Human Resources departments.
What will I be doing?
Reporting to the Company President, this VP will function as a key member of the Company's Leadership Team.
The VP will partner with the VP-Distribution Operations, VP- Manufacturing Operations, and the VP-Finance (and the other members of the team) to help determine how to consistentl increase revenues, improve profitability, increase customer satisfaction, and drive stability across the distribution platform.
He/she must function as a true leader and team builder. The VP will be held accountable for building a productive & cohesive teamwork environment between departments that grows through a heavy focus on continuous process improvement, efficient resource utilization, and constructive communication to help the company meet its safety and efficiency deliverables.
The VP will oversee all aspects of operational, budgetary and personnel management to meet the objectives and deliverables outlines above.
The VP will have direct supervisory responsibility over: