Mgr, Operational Excellence
Requisition ID:
72106
Date:
Nov 13, 2025
Location:
Walker, Michigan, US
Department:
Operations
Description:
At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun. A name started our story. How will yours help write our future?
There's no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.
We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.
**_This is an onsite position requiring the team member to be onsite 5 days a week. Relocation assistance may be provided for this opportunity._**
**Job Summary**
In this role you will coordinate business unit lean savings, goals and objectives through the use of statistical techniques by planning, scheduling, and executing process projects. You will communicate project status, and define and shape strategic planning efforts, including critical goal and objective development that identifies and improves critical processes necessary to achieve annual targets, including waste reduction to drive technical and operational improvement.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
+ Participate in the development and support of the West Business System (WBS), with the goal of sustaining operational standards on the site
+ Create strategic plans to eliminate waste within the business unit by utilizing lean processes, key performance indicators, metrics, cost savings, best demonstrated practices and enterprise resource management
+ Develop robust, capable systems necessary to achieve the strategic goals and objectives and drive excellence through the manufacturing operations; assure that production processes are repeatable and capable of meeting specifications, by ensuring the consistent and uniform application of OPEX tools
+ Provide leadership on lean thinking and lean processes to ensure established goals and objectives are met and provide methods to monitor processes to assure they remain in control
+ Assist in the training and guidance for lean champions and team members to develop and implement Lean action plans and transfer lean initiatives to other West plants
+ Sets up and/or participates in continuous improvement events related to establishing a process or process improvement
+ Ensure that workplace process improvements are visible, that savings are tracked, validated and posted
+ Review control charts/data generated from facility processes to assure they are in a state of statistical control
+ Manage capital and non-capital projects to improve capacity, quality, efficiency, utilization and safety at the lowest cost. Manage projects by maintaining project timelines and continuously evaluating actual project costs with budgeted costs so projects will be completed on budget and in a timely manner
+ Collaborate with QA and Engineering to set up and conduct capability studies, designed experiments, sampling programs, process validations, etc. to evaluate the manufacturing capability of products/processes and provide input, analysis and actions related to the data generated from these studies
+ Assists with facility/supplier audits and meetings, as required
**Education**
+ Bachelor's in Engineering or Statistics concentration; or recognized equivalent
**Work Experience**
+ 10+ years of experience
+ 5+ five years' experience in a manufacturing/production environment.
+ Must possess a Six Sigma Green Belt certification and have at least five (5) or more years of experience demonstrating and using Six Sigma/Lean tools and methodologies.
**Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
+ Medical Device industry experience
+ Six Sigma Black Belt certification
+ Must have good interpersonal/leadership skills and be able to interface with all departments and team member levels.
+ Must have excellent organizational, interpersonal and problem-solving skills and be able to interface with employees in all levels of the organization.
+ Excellent computer skills required including SAP, all MS Office applications, Mini-tab and other statistical software programs.
+ Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
**Travel Requirements**
+ Minimal travel required.
**Physical and Mental Requirements**
+ Medical Device manufacturing requires strict adherence to standards. Working environment is a manufacturing facility, which houses plastic injection molding machines. Must tolerate fumes and particulate generated from various plastics. Work areas are equipped with adequate lighting, cooling/heating and equipment that are in a good working condition. Must work constructively in an environment that may be stressful due to competing resources while at all times maintaining company confidentiality.
West embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We foster an environment where all individuals are safe, treated fairly, valued and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Where permitted by law, employment with West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or any of its subsidiary or affiliate companies, is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of post-offer background screening and/or drug screening.
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