Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

PA Hanover

Job Type:

Supply Chain Continuous Improvement

Job Posting Title:

Operational Excellence Manager

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain: 

Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:  

Partner with the site Plant leadership Team to deliver the site’s Annual Operating Plan (AOP) commitments and maintain flat or declining cost year over year. Leads and coaches’ projects that will improve key performance metrics pertaining to people, safety, quality, service, and cost. Leverage and support the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure (TMOS) for improved performance. Responsibilities include collaborating with site leadership and front-line associates to prioritize project initiation, develop project objectives, facilitate, and coach teams, lead the implementation of and track project results. 

 

Serves as a culture change agent by managing influential authority with employees and stakeholders to accelerate program deliverables that may cross geographic and/or functional boundaries. Models behavior expected of leaders in the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure. 

Serves as both tactical and strategic partner with the site leadership team and process owners to support the TreeHouse Management Operating Structure and ensure standard Lean manufacturing processes are in place. 

Leads a portfolio of projects and team(s) in the review and analysis of moderate to large supply chain processes to ensure efficient and effective operations. 

Leads and coaches problem-solving through structured process improvement team methodologies such as Kaizen Events, PDCA, and/or DMAIC. 

Reviews and examines project completion, obstacles, problem resolution, timelines, recommendations, and conclusions.  Manages a healthy pipeline of cost savings initiatives and updates using a web-based platform.  

Participates with sith management to prioritize projects, define project requirements, scope, resources, team members, tasks, and project owners. 

Serves as a strategic partner with the corporate continuous improvement leaders to maintain alignment and compliance with the TreeHouse continuous improvement strategy and enterprise initiatives.  

Assists with training and coaching others to build organizational self-sufficiency with continuous improvement methods and tools. 

 

Important Details: This is an on-site role.  

About You: 

You’ll fit right in if you have: 

Proven problem-solver using Continuous Improvement methods and techniques to drive performance. 

Experience with using Plant Methodologies (e.g. 5S, SOP, Unloading, Loading, Picking, Labor Utilization and Efficiency, Value Stream Mapping). 

Strong situational leadership skills to influence all levels of the organization within the warehouse location. 

Self-starter to lead change and make independent and informed decisions. 

Personal traits--relentless, agile, high-energy, analytical, strong interpersonal skills, personally accountable. 

Must have strong verbal and written communication skills. 

Strong PC skills; Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), and other applicable applications such as Minitab, etc. 

Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in a production environment, previous project management experience and/or continuous improvement skills training.  

                                                             

                                                                                                                                           

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At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com

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