• Director, EBOS Lean

    Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense (Aurora, MO)


    This opportunity is located within our AFB International business, the global science and technology leader in pet food palatability. We develop and produce a full range of liquid and dry palatability enhancers using high-quality ingredients proven to optimize companion animal response and consumption. Click here (http://afbinternational.com/about/) to learn more.

    Job Description

    The EBOS Director, Lean is responsible for working with our Global Team of EBOS Fundamental and Lean Practitioners promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Ensign Bickford Operating System across AFB International, enabling continuous improvement on core value drivers (CVDs) with an emphasis on safety, quality, and on time delivery. This position reports to the Vice President of EBOS and will sit as a peer to plant managers.

    Primary Duties:

    + Accelerate results in safety, quality and OTD by leveraging EBOS tools, mentoring skills, and change management processes.

    + Work with site leaders, supply chain director, and value stream leaders to achieve supply chain goals and objectives.

    + Collaborate / Mentor with site and value stream leaders to provide ‘productive tension’ and collaboration broadly to utilize EBOS properly to drive sustainable results.

    + Directly provide formal and informal EBOS training and mentoring at Gemba.

    + Assist in achieving site and OpCo KPI objectives.

    + Regularly participate in daily management meetings, enabling and empowering teams to problem solve key issues.

    + Ensure impactful kaizen events at mentored sites.

    + Promote and facilitate diagnosis of workflow impediments and other wastes throughout the business and provide expert counsel on appropriate EBOS tools to eliminate them.

    Summary Of Responsibilities

    + Teamwork - must be able to lead a team(s) in a positive and respectful manner.

    + Results orientation - must deliver sustainable results, centered around core value drivers and level 2 KPIs.

    + Technical excellence - must possess the technical skills necessary to be seen as credible.

    + Communication, Followership & Leadership – must understand how to leverage both to drive sustainable change.

    + Global Company—must be comfortable working in a global environment and driving change virtually when needed.

    Basic Job Requirements:

    + Bachelor’s Degree plus 6+ years leadership experience in Operations, Materials, Engineering or other Supply Chain disciplines or equivalent experience -OR- associate degree plus 10+ years Operations, Materials or Engineering experience including 6+ years in leadership roles.

    + 3 years’ experience as a Lean or OpEx change agent and influencer. Expereince working with multiple sites and disciplines preferred.

    + Experience in Lean processes and principles, ideally in a structured lean setting.

    + Must be very customer focused and have strong interpersonal and communication skills with all levels of the organization.

    + Must have the ability to travel up to 50% of available time (likely lower for first 12-18 months).

    + Strong PowerPoint, MS Teams and Excel Skills.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Technical degree in Engineering or Supply Chain.

    + Experience operating in a fast-moving, rapidly changing environment where re-prioritization is constant, knowing that ultimately all tasks need to be completed on time.

    + Able to effectively deal with difficult situations while remaining composed.

    + Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality.

    + Strong problem-solving ability, including a high degree of creativity.

    + Ideally a minimum of Plant Manager / Director of Operations experience level or higher

    + Ideally have experience in highly regulated products (e.g. food, medical, etc.)

    + Experience in leading large cross functional teams.

    + Skilled in IFS, PowerAutomate & Power Apps

     

    AFB International is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

     

    Ensign-Bickford Industries, (http://e-bind.com) (EBI), founded in 1836, is a privately-owned high technology conglomerate that participates in businesses that are relevant to the future of the world and have multigenerational growth prospects. As One EBI, we innovate in science and technology for the safety, health, and well-being of society, creating exceptional long-term value.

     

    Watch the video above to learn more about some of the incredible challenges we take on every day to deliver the best product for our customers, and ultimately the world.

     

    Ensign-Bickford Industries (EBI) is a global science and technology organization with unparalleled leadership positions in attractive industries and markets. We are EBI, positioned to take on some of the world's most complex technological and scientific challenges in diagnostics, pet food science, and aerospace and defense.

     

    Click here to learn about our Core Values (https://ensign-bickfordind.com/ebi-core-values/)

     

    We conduct business in a manner that reflects the highest human and ethical standards. With that commitment to mutually beneficial partnerships and a belief in the efficacy of genuine economic and social service, this cornerstone is the foundation of who we are as a company and our winning vision.

     

    AFB International (http://www.ensign-bickfordind.com/subsidiaries/afb-international/)

     

    + AFB is the leader in pet food flavor enhancers. Ensuring product performance for pet food manufacturers—and their customers—is our business.

     

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