Senior Project Manager, Operations Excellence

KIK Consumer Products • Sandy Springs, GA

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About The Position

KIK’s Household division is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Operations Excellence to drive transformation and continuous improvement initiatives within and between our plant sites. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional project teams to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency, while reducing cost across our North American manufacturing footprint. The Senior Project Manager OPEX will be adept at assembling data into a presentable format, eliminating roadblocks, driving results, and producing quality work.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
• Bachelor’s degree required, Masters degree and or Project management certification preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, planning, and capital management projects
• Strong organization, interpersonal and presentation skills, and a history of success supporting complex projects
• Must be willing to travel 25%

Nice To Haves

• Supply Chain and/or Manufacturing consulting experience preferred
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen or related certifications preferred
• Experience in equipment/ maintenance projects preferred

Responsibilities

• Drive disciplined execution of the Operations Transformation cadence
• Lead and maintain the weekly operational transformation cadence to ensure disciplined execution across initiatives.
• Ensure timely preparation of materials for weekly workstream meetings, SIOP and Business Unit leadership meetings, ELT monthly reviews, and other transformation governance forums.
• Create and manage initiative pipelines, proactively identifying and removing roadblocks to ensure initiatives are completed on time and within budget.
• Gain and leverage deep organizational knowledge and resourcefulness to develop and implement sustainable operational solutions.
• Manage and support Workstream Leaders and Initiative Owners to meet deadlines while maintaining high-quality deliverables.
• Facilitate status meetings, including coordinating logistics, maintaining project plans, and updating progress reporting.
• Partner with initiative owners to develop mitigation plans that address risks and resolve issues impacting delivery.
• Provide transparency through project and data visualization tools
• Utilize the Maestro project management platform to track initiative progress across all stages of execution.
• Develop subject matter expertise in Maestro and train project teams on effective system use for both project and daily operational management.
• Partner with the Manager, Operations Analytics to define reporting requirements and develop dashboards (QLIK, Power BI etc.) and reports that provide actionable insights.
• Provide guidance, oversight, and coaching to the Operations Analytics Manager to ensure high-quality analytics and reporting output.
• Develop annual operational improvement plans
• Conduct Pareto analysis of plant downtime and root causes to identify capital investment opportunities for the following year.
• Identify and document operational challenges from the current year and develop countermeasures to inform next year’s operational planning.
• Integrate project and program learnings into daily and monthly Household Business Unit operating processes and management cadence.
• Partner with senior leadership to address strategic operational challenges
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Workstream Leaders requiring support to advance key initiatives.
• Apply a constructive “challenger” mindset to align stakeholders, remove barriers, and coordinate solutions with business unit leadership, functional capabilities, plant teams, and workstream leaders.
• Develop executive-ready materials for Steering Committee meetings and other leadership forums in collaboration with the VP of Supply Chain and senior executives.
• Capture, track, and ensure completion of action items from Steering Committee and Household leadership team reviews.

Benefits

• KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match.
• KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level