Director, Operational Excellence

About Silgan Dispensing:

Silgan Dispensing is a global manufacturer of packaging solutions that help brands enhance lives. Our broad portfolio of trigger sprayers, pumps, fine mist sprayers, and closures are used by iconic brands for personal care, beauty, fragrance, home, garden, and healthcare markets.

Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, the Silgan Dispensing team includes approximately 6,000 employees across North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. We are proud to have created a diverse workforce that is innovative, sustainably focused, respectful, inclusive, driven to excel and customer-oriented - held together by the belief that we are best when we work as One Team.

Our culture of engagement, collaboration and accountability is what enables us to be the dispensing partner brands rely on to grow their business.

Position Description:

Reporting to the North America Vice President, this position will lead a team of OpEx Managers to build and execute the Operational Excellence strategy: establish a sustainable operating structure, build a culture of continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies in business processes, implement performance optimization strategies and excellence through data-driven analysis, leverage process improvement methodologies (ex. Kaizen), reduce conversion costs, and optimize overall performance to meet customer demand.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Hands on leader capable of adapting to the needs of the team; from strategy development to tactical execution
• Benchmark continuous improvement vs. best practices and new developments across industries
• Spearhead industry awareness and adoption, using digital technologies, information flows and intelligence to build a more resilient factory of the future.
• Serve as an expert resource to our operating business units needing in-depth knowledge on continuous improvement tools
• Drive Operational Excellence best practices, such as daily management, standard work, 5S workplace organization and effective problem solving
• Drive NA site harmonization and flexibility to maximize asset utilization, reduce risk and optimize overall performance
• Act as an evangelist for Pull Systems and different operational approaches to improve On-Time Delivery and Inventory Turns
• Facilitates Kaizen events within the organization and provides coaching to others on the Kaizen process
• Cross-functional capability with ability to think/work holistically
• Skilled in motivating, inspiring, and leading multidisciplinary teams toward common goals.
• Expertise in managing change, implementing new strategies, and adapting quickly to evolving scenarios.
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions and handle high-pressure situations (Flexibility)

Qualifications:

• +10-years of leading manufacturing teams with +5-years of multi-site/department experience deploying OpEx tools
• +5-years in high-speed manufacturing processes (low mix/high volume environment)
• Lean professional; Green Belt or Black Belt certifications
• Engineering degree

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Silgan Dispensing is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.

Silgan is a drug-free workplace.