Lean Six Sigma Black Belt / Continuous Improvement Leader

at  Maple Lodge Farms Ltd

Interested in joining Canada’s largest poultry processor? At Maple Lodge Farms, we’re not only passionate about our chickens, but our people, too. We operate to the latest in technological, health and safety, and quality standards. With rapid expansion over the years, and continued innovation and investment in growth, we’re looking for committed, team players to join the Maple Lodge family. As a proudly family-owned Canadian company, we’re passionate about what we do. If you’re a committed team player, we would love to have you as part of our team.
Reporting to the Director – Continuous Improvement, the Continuous Improvement Leader will be responsible for working with various departments and functional groups playing a vital role in driving our vision, including driving change to make the business more effective and efficient and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The Leader will act as change agent, working with various departmental groups to implement and sustain change in process.

• Manage multiple projects through planning, design, organization and execution of continuous improvement strategies from conceptual stage through to implementation.
• Oversee key steps in the process improvement effort including the collection and analysis of data, the development of solutions, and the deployment of plans.
• Facilitate various leadership to employee level meetings / workshops discussing problem statements, vision and scope, and current and future state processes.
• Recommend fact based improvements which increase efficiency and effectiveness, while understanding and balancing requirements of multiple stakeholders.
• Conduct change management and communication activities including the assessment of process change impacts and risks to employees. Develop a plan to mitigate the risks.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and/or other metrics to describe the improvements and work with process owners to ensure the impact of change is effectively measured and sustained.
• Produce and oversee the development of documentation to update and inform stakeholders, including the Leadership team, on the status of improvement.
• Utilize a diverse toolkit of methodologies to gather information and data from staff and stakeholders.
• Coach employees on strategic functional departmental projects and assist them in removing obstacles preventing the successful implementation of projects.
• Build trust with colleagues and business partners by demonstrating personal consistency in communications and actions. Demonstrate a willingness to collaborate and find win-win solutions.
• Prioritize and manage own workload with consideration of the workload of team members and key subject matter resources, in order to deliver results.
• Assist in the facilitation of CI tools and methodologies to various stakeholders across the business.
• Collaborate with all subject matter experts in cross functional teams to quantify process baselines metrics.
• Apply “out of the box” innovative approaches to resolving complex problems.
• Research current trends and technical advances in relevant industries and apply learnings to create new opportunities.