Leader, Continuous Improvement Jobs

Position: Leader, Continuous Improvement
Location: Huntersville, NC
Role Description
The Continuous Improvement Leader is responsible for collaborating across the regional network and cross-functional teams, both internal and external business partners, to identify and resolve Supply/Demand related issues with goal to optimize the Supply chain network. The Continuous Improvement Leader will provide feedback and alignment with mid-long range planning processes and will be the checkpoint outside of S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning), for the supply chain and business leaders, to ensure improvement plans remain aligned to reality and allow for timely action.
Specific Responsibilities

• Investigating shortfalls, issues, and complaints in current business processes.
• Staying up-to-date with developments in management and process optimization.
• Analyzing company processes and procedures to determine areas of opportunities for process improvement and transformation.
• Facilitating small and large workshops with subject matter experts to develop and define process enhancement strategies.
• Ensure that decisions are communicated to each function/department/team to ensure that execution is taking place.
• Ensure decisions and policies are assigned to appropriate levels of organization to make decisions.
• Communicating ideas and opinions to other members of management.
• Training, mentoring, and guiding team members in new processes.
• Identify and highlight risks and opportunities to inform decision making in the S&OE meeting.
• Performing root cause analysis on supply chain elements disruptive to customer service.
• Collaborating with cross functional stakeholders to address and ease concerns in supply chain performance.
• Documenting and building training material process changes though presentations or training material

Education & Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain systems including but not limited to SAP & IBP.
• 3+ years’ experience in S&OE and/or S&OP implementations, ERP implementations, APO / IBP
• 5+ years’ experience leading or executing projects in a supply chain vertical or across the End-to-End Supply Chain
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Management or related technical field, MBA preferred

Required Competencies

• Availability to travel (less than 25%)
• Intermediate level skills developing analysis in Excel, PowerBI, and/or MS Access
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work with and connect with all levels of associates and executives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in successfully implementing best practices and processes in a demand and/or supply planning organization
• Strong Data management and manipulation skills
• Maintain tracking of attendees, action plan log, outcomes, and summaries of the meeting.
• Understanding of the requirements of Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Sales, and Finance
• Deep knowledge of — S&OE process, demand planning, supply and inventory planning, new products introduction, resource allocation, master production schedule (MPS) and distribution requirement planning (DRP).
• Ensure timely decisions and executions via a closed loop between S&OP and S&OE.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously
• Share and reapply best practices with other business units/regions.
• Broad understanding of interdependencies between functions (commercial, sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, and manufacturing) and the associated cause-and-effect relationships.
• Intermediate level skills developing presentations in MS PowerPoint

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, FoodSaver, Calphalon, Sistema, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer's, Yankee Candle, Graco, NUK, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Spontex, Coleman, Campingaz, Oster, Sunbeam and Mr. Coffee. Newell Brands' beloved, planet friendly brands enhance and brighten consumers lives at home and outside by creating moments of joy, building confidence and providing peace of mind. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.