Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Senior Manufacturing Excellence ManagerAt Ontex, we are making everyday life easier across generations. Worldwide our 5,500 colleagues are taking pride in their work, guided by our values – Passion, Reliability, Integrity, Drive and Everyone. Every day they are developing, producing, and distributing affordable and sustainable baby, woman and adult personal care products. As a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions for retailer brands and healthcare partners, founded in Belgium in 1979 and listed on Euronext Brussels, we believe that innovation should be accessible to everyone. As we continue being 'Here for you', we're looking for a Senior Manufacturing Excellence Manager to join our Production & Manufacturing team.EMPLOYER: Ontex Operations USA, LLCTITLE: Senior Manufacturing Excellence ManagerDUTIES:Develop and deploy plant-wide operational excellence strategy.Lead and execute advanced manufacturing performance analytics.Drive continuous improvement initiatives across Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance.Govern manufacturing systems and operational data integrity.Lead organizational capability development and performance accountability systems.Evaluate cost reduction opportunities and operational risk exposure.Help develop operations strategies and source/allocate machinery.Help analyze and drive cost efficiency and operations profitability.Define operations planning, and breaks in KPI planning according to workstreams and losses allocation.Remote work may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite.REQUIREMENTS:Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related field and 5 years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or a related manufacturing occupation.Must include 5 years of experience in each of the following:Working in a diapers manufacturing facility with related machinery.Using Lean Manufacturing tools including Value Stream Mapping (VSM), SMED, Kaizen and 5S, to improve process diaper production and reduce waste.Using MES platforms and real-time data acquisition tools to track performance, availability, and quality metrics and drive operational improvement.Performing advanced statistical and operational data analysis using Power BI and Minitab to support decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.Assessing and integrating digital collaboration platforms to ensure alignment and execution and mitigate risks using DMAIC, A3 problem-solving, FMEA, Process Mapping, and Kaizen Events.Utilizing Six Sigma methodologies to deliver measurable improvements in productivity and cost efficiency, including cycle time reduction, scrap reduction, asset utilization, and labor efficiency.Utilizing SAP ERP modules and MES platforms for production, maintenance, and quality control, and developing Power BI dashboards that integrate SAP, MES/OEE, and SQL data sources to generate and analyze operational KPIs.OTHER: Job Site: Stokesdale, NC; 40 hours/week.