Director, Operational Excellence

at  Deciem

WHAT ON EARTH IS DECIEM?

Known as “The Abnormal Beauty Company”, DECIEM is the parent company of The Ordinary, NIOD, and other beauty brands & is an industry disruptor with a science first approach to innovation. DECIEM was Co-Founded in 2013 by the late Brandon Truaxe, a visionary who set out to change the beauty industry through authenticity and transparency. He developed DECIEM to be a happy family (of people and beauty brands), rooted in kindness, creativity, diversity, and respect, alongside Co-Founder and CEO, Nicola Kilner.
We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for an experienced Director of Operational Excellence to join our growing team on a full-time permanent basis. This position will be located in our Eastside Facility in Etobicoke, ON.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE

• 5+ year hands-on experience in Continuous Improvement in a manufacturing environment. Proficiency in TPM Autonomous Maintenance steps 1-3 required. Proven track record of hands-on leading, coaching, and training cross-functional teams
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification or comparable required
• Bachelors’ Degree in industrial engineering, operations management, supply chain management, or relevant education and/or experience
• Demonstrated successful project management capabilities in a LEAN/CI environment, measured through KPI metrics, results and cultural impact
• Sound understanding of end-to-end product supply and a keen interest in improving operational efficiencies through analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, SharePoint. Advanced knowledge of Excel

• SPOC (single point of contact) responsible for partnering with key members of Plant leadership team to identify, prioritize, plan, execute, and monitor the Company’s Operating Model “Prestige Performance System (PPS) ensuring application of sound project management principles and consistency with company strategy and goals. Position reports into Senior Director of Manufacturing
• Responsible for facilitating the development and governance of the Factory Operational Master Plan (OMP)
• As the subject matter expert in the use of the CI tools with a comprehensive knowledge of the philosophy, utilize PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) and DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodologies to successfully lead and manage completion of continuous improvement projects within a given timeframe to meet the manufacturing goals in cost, quality, delivery, reliability, safety, and waste.
• Lead manufacturing, engineering, facilities, warehouse operations, production planning, and quality teams in CI disciplines and processes to accomplish assigned stated CI projects, cost reduction and process improvements.
• Support Commercialization efforts through personal engagement to optimize new and changed products and technologies.
• Support Value Realization and Optimization (‘VR & O’) efforts by providing resources and leading site efforts for key corporate VR & O initiatives.
• Identify CI needs of manufacturing and develop training plans with relevant departments and regional Operational Excellence Director.
• Through active participation and shop floor engagement, support proactive performance management and the daily monitoring of KPIs. Support weekly and monthly performance monitoring, analysis and reporting as well as monthly reporting of completed projects.
• Responsible for building, coaching, training and assessing of Manufacturing teams on Operational Excellence toolbox, Green-/Black Belt certification, project management skills and process improvement initiatives with the overarching goal of instilling a permanent CI culture in the organization.
• Define and implement with relevant departments and regional Operational Excellence Director site specific Operational Excellence training and learning agenda (Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, TPM, 5S, PDCA/SDCA, DMAIC, Root Cause Analysis, Daily Management)