Focused Improvement Lead - ZSP - Zeeland, MI

Focused Improvement Lead - ZSP - Zeeland, MI, US, 49464 We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Dive into a pivotal position at Reckitt, where you'll craft the future of sustainable packaging. As a Focused Improvement Lead, you'll integrate innovation with strategy, leaving your mark across a tapestry of brands. This role isn't just a job - it's a journey across different sites, a learning odyssey that enriches your professional canvas while steering our markets towards greener horizons.

Your responsibilities

• Partners with site leadership and function leaders to develop future state vision and strategy, develops and maintain the site FI / RPS roadmap, and continually re-assesses the site's needs.
• Develops, coaches, and mentors site leadership, production, and support staff to actively advance the knowledge, application, and coaching of FI & RPS methodology, tools, and techniques.
• Responsible for the successful development and execution of FI & RPS projects that involve the following tools: OEE, TPM, SMED, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Material Flow, etc.
• Oversees the overall maintaining and reporting of productivity progress to various business leaders
• Collaborates with finance to determine optimization targets, aligning with Site Director and Factory Leader on the targets by area and communicates targets to area owners.
• Leads the collaboration effort between area owners and the continuous improvement engineers to coordinate projects that investigate cost reduction, material usage improvements, and cost optimization
• Identifies the project team, communicating efficiently across management levels and escalating in a professional and timely manner when necessary.
• Responsible for updates to all project champions, monitoring components of activity to ensure project deliverables are met within scope, resource, time, cost and quality.
• Developing and monitoring risk management plans, resolving any issues during the project life cycle and ensuring the agreed deadlines are achieved on time in full.
• Influencing a wide range of people, internal and external to Supply Chain.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of multi-functional supply chain experience
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks to meet or exceed deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment
• Project management experience. Preferably in a multi-functional or multi-national environment
• Excellent communication skill at all levels of the organization
• Ability to drive change at all levels of the organization. Demonstrates initiatives, ownership, and accountability across the organization.
• Demonstrated capability to coach and lead others in the application of continuous improvement, LEAN tools, and TPM Pillar deployment.
• This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $85,000.00 - $127,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact [email protected]. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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