Operations Leader

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, coach, and maintain a facility-wide Daily Management System that aligns with business priorities and daily operations.

• Collaborate with site leadership, operations, maintenance, reliability, quality, and support teams.

• Establish disciplined operating routines, visual management systems, KPI ownership, Leader Standard Work, escalation procedures, and performance review cycles.

• Ensure consistent deployment and maintenance of management system standards across Corrugated business facilities.

• Act as a subject matter expert and change leader for the rollout of the management system.

• Translate operational principles into repeatable daily actions, accountability mechanisms, and processes for continuous improvement.

• Oversee the implementation of the Daily Management System roadmap across various facilities, departments, and operational areas.

• Create management system architecture, governance, and deployment methodologies.

• Develop implementation plans, scorecards, milestones, and sustainability assessments.

• Conduct site evaluations and identify opportunities for enhancing management system maturity.

• Create and standardize action registers and accountability frameworks.

• Establish processes for assigning, tracking, escalating, and resolving actions.

• Monitor overdue action items and facilitate prioritization reviews.

• Connect actions to improvement opportunities and business objectives.

• Design and implement structured escalation processes and response frameworks.

• Define escalation triggers, ownership, workflows, and communication pathways.

• Integrate escalation practices into daily and weekly operational routines.

• Facilitate structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in manufacturing, operations leadership, continuous improvement, operational excellence, or management system deployment.

• Proficiency in implementing Lean methodologies, Daily Management Systems, Leader Standard Work, KPI management practices, or similar operational frameworks.

• Experience in facilitating teams, providing coaching and training, managing projects, and leading organizational change initiatives.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and foster the adoption of new processes, systems, or standards without direct reporting authority.

• Experience in utilizing performance dashboards, analyzing operational data, and maintaining visual management systems.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent certification.

• Experience in leading large-scale operational transformations.

• Knowledge of Principle Based Management®, Operational Excellence, and Reliability processes.

• Experience in developing training curricula and leading capability-building initiatives.

• Willingness to travel up to 50–75% across the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Flexible spending accounts

• Health savings accounts

• Life insurance

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance

• Disability insurance

• Retirement plan

• Paid vacation/time off

• Educational assistance

• Infertility assistance may be included

• Paid parental leave may be included

• Adoption assistance may be included

• Flexible work environment