Regional Operational Excellence Director Jobs in Arkansas

• Program or Project Management certification

• 5+ years’ project/program management, continuous improvement or change management experience required.

• Strong management skills with the ability to lead cohesive and productive teams.

• Bachelor’s Degree – Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Technical or Healthcare specialization required

• 3+ years’ supervisory experience as a manager preferred.

• Ability to interact with senior management on matters requiring coordination across organizational lines.

High degree of technical aptitude with a demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing processes, logistics flows, quality processes and shop floor management

Executing formalized talent management processes that ensure all employees have the best in market skills

Drive operational excellence principles such as constraint management, one-piece flow production, pull systems, workplace organization and setup reduction

Empowering experienced and entrepreneurial managers who have a customer-first focus at all levels.

Experience working in a TPS environment

Experience working in a mature lean environment

Proven ability to hire and manage a team of engineers, plan on-call rotation, implement incident and change management workflows

10+ years of experience in a leadership role focused on operational excellence, process improvement or business transformation

7+ years as a technical people manager

Good knowledge of fundamental SRE guidelines and strategies

Comfortable working in high-security / high-compliance environments, such as finance or healthcare

Experience with AWS and Kubernetes/Openshift

Strong business knowledge of processes in Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs. Hands-on experience in PV, Regulatory, and/or R&D required.

Participate as project manager for ongoing operational excellence and process enhancements, including updates to procedures and templates

Maintain high standards and levels of scientific and clinical knowledge in the assigned areas

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a ‘can-do’ team player mindset

Advanced meeting facilitation skills to achieve consensus among diverse stakeholder groups.

Experience with budgets and budgeting