Continuous Improvement Manager
Goodman Fielder
- Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Longburn, Manawatu-Wanganui
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Take ownership of the project roadmap and tracker ensuring projects are delivered as to the plan
- Calculate and report on ROI on improvement projects including forecasting future cost savings
- Take a hands-on approach to identify improvement projects through interacting with the team at site
- Identify opportunities to reduce unplanned and planned down-time of lines utilizing OFS data
- Conduct Root-Cause Analysis of losses including providing commentary and suggestions for improvement through project presentations
- Proven experience in designing and executing CI projects
- High level of comfort with data manipulation and good Excel skills (v-lookups, Pivots)
- SAP experience would be useful
- Strong stakeholder management experience and an ability to gain buy-in for projects
- An understanding of manufacturing principles (Lean, 5Ss); experience in food/dairy manufacturing would be useful but not essential