Senior Lead OBD CI Project

Job Title: Senior OBD Continuous Improvement Project Lead

Role Summary:

The Sr OBD Continuous Improvement Project Lead fills a critical role in leading the development of US Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Projects of varied scope and complexity. With minimal supervision, this position will develop a portfolio of strategic continuous improvement projects across the US Supply Chain to develop a multi-year project pipeline. The individual will be collaborating with multiple functions to develop operational solutions, provide recommendations to leadership, and establish and implement execution plans for margin expansion and network optimization solutions. They will leverage supply chain knowledge and technical skills to drive solutions in a dynamic business environment.

Key responsibilities of the Sr CI Project Lead include:

• Leads the formulation, evaluation, strategy setting, and presentation of US Supply Chain margin improvement solutions and alternatives with a focus on product and process improvement and network sourcing projects
• Develops and presents project business feasibility assessments including project financial analysis, supply chain feasibility and risk assessment

• Develops capital projects through completion and serves as a project leader during capital project development and approval.
• Serves as Program Manager for complex continuous improvement projects including managing project timelines, interdependencies, risk analysis and contingency planning
• Supports the US Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Business Process
• Demonstrates and develops supply chain experience to understand and ultimately provide robust operational solutions.
  
  

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Development

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   • Lead cross functional teams in the development of supply chain margin improvement and network solution projects with sound technical solutions
   • Develop project business feasibility assessments including project scope, budget, resource requirements, schedule, end-to-end supply chain feasibility, risk assessment and financial analysis
   • Develop capital projects through completion and serves as a project leader during capital project development and approval.
   • Present project business cases and make recommendations for project initiation
     
     
   
   
   
   

Project/Program Management

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   • Provide continuous improvement project/program management to identify project interdependencies and resolve conflicts to ensure projects are completed on schedule
   • Collaborate with multiple business case owners to manage project interdependencies and adjust scopes and milestones as needed based on key project criteria.
   • Manage projects through both commercial and capital governance processes.
   • Efficiently align all key stakeholders on critical decisions and keep them abreast of changes as projects progress
   
   
   
   

Supply Chain Cost Optimization

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  • Collaborate with Supply Chain Planning and Strategy teams to identify opportunities to reduce costs through network optimization, insourcing and manufacturing automation
  • Lead cross functional value stream mapping and ideation sessions to develop a strategic, multi-year portfolio of continuous improvement projects
  • Support different budget areas to develop business cases for cost optimization projects, shepherd capital projects through governance, and provide assistance to bring projects through commercial governance.
  
  
  
  

US Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Business Processes

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  • Support development of CI pipeline improvements and maintenance
  • Support updates and improvements to CI business processes
  • Lead Supply Chain CI meetings to determine the health of the CI pipeline, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure accuracy of CI reporting
    
    
  
  
  
  

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:

• Working knowledge of US manufacturing operations, core technologies/processes
• Strong planning and project management skills
• Experience leading product/process change or development projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience developing project business feasibility assessments
• Effective time management/prioritization skills. Must be able to handle numerous projects at one time
• Strong presentation skills; experience interacting with senior level leadership
• Analytical and data analysis skills
• Technical project Management
• Knowledge of costing
• Experience with business process systems (SAP, Accolade, PDM, etc.)
• Up to 20% travel to US manufacturing and vendor locations

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: