Perdue Farms - Perry, GA
posted 3 days ago
About the position
Perdue Foods is part of Perdue Farms, a family-owned company heading into its second century of growth and innovation. With a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins, we create products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe, while changing the way animals are raised for food. The position leads the assigned in identifying, progressing and realizing the return of all quality and cost of goods (COGS) reduction opportunities. Works with all associates to identify and investigate quality and COGS reduction opportunities covering all projects and processes. Delivers measurable improvements utilizing continuous improvement strategies. Leads the process of engaging and empowering team members to identify, understand, and implement sustainable quality and COGS process improvements. Implements standard processes and appropriate actions to reduce variation and eliminate waste. Promotes results driven culture with a high level of associate engagement. Drives measurable results through facilitation and leadership of the Quality Culture model and COGS reduction plan.
Responsibilities
- Leads the Business Units and Plant Facilities Quality Culture by becoming a business partner with operations management and associates, working with them to identify opportunities, develop solutions, and implement agreed to Quality improvement alternatives.
- Oversees the cost of goods reduction initiative by organizing conference calls / meetings / visits with the teams, measuring results and continuously searching out cost reductions and motivating the teams to do the same.
- Ensures that all deliverables support the 4-P's: People, Products, Profitability, and Planet.
- Gains a solid understanding of the Company's key initiatives / accountabilities and ensure linkage of Quality improvement efforts and COGS reduction with these goals.
- Collaborates across functions to ensure consistent implementation of new, improved processes.
- Establishes measurable criteria to ensure desired results are obtained.
- Provides management with updates via tracking reports on project progress, in line with set priority and timing targets.
- Assists with the identification of both 'hard' and 'soft' training needs, identifies the proper source to deliver the training, and track training results.
- Conducts training on Quality Culture improvement and COGS reduction tools.
- Manages the Business Units and Plant Facilities Quality Culture improvement tracker and COGS reduction tracker.
- Develops and implements a follow-up process and a communication plan for Quality Culture improvements and COGS reduction to ensure sustainability.
- Promotes the transformation of a reactive organizational Quality culture to one that is proactive and ingrained.
- Develops and participates in existing awareness programs to promote the use of Quality Culture improvement and COGS reduction and recognize team successes.
Requirements
- BS degree or equivalent related work experience in either Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Food Processing Management (preferably red meat), Business Management, Food Safety / Quality Assurance.
- 5 years related work experience.
- Experience should include successful employment record of the implementation of continuous improvement in a manufacturing and business environment.
- Knowledge of LEAN principles, Six Sigma, Kaizen Event Facilitation, Root Cause Analysis, FSQA, TQM, SPC, PIP and QIP.
- Proven experience in a willingness to promote and drive change.
- Ability to communicate and work with teams at all organizational levels from senior management to shop floor.
- Strong effective communication, organization and presentation skills.
- Ability to learn new concepts, combined with common sense and effectively apply to problem solving.
- A combination of business, technical and analytical skills motivated by challenge.
- Strong effective interpersonal skills with the ability to relate, interact with, challenge and motivate all levels of management.
Nice-to-haves
- Bilingual English/Spanish
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
