Excellence Practitioner - Lincoln, NE or Des Moines, IA

Performance Excellence Practitioner – Business Unit – Oilseeds

Location:

Lincoln, NE or Des Moines, IA. Open to considering strong candidates from Decatur, IL.

This is a full-time, exempt position.

The Performance Excellence Practitioner role is designed to coach and guide the implementation of ADM’s Performance Excellence System (PE). ADM is on an ongoing journey to drive continuous improvement in our products, services and processes. Performance Excellence (PE) is a practice that helps us to drive a cultural shift to a continuous improvement mindset. The PE Practitioner role is responsible for the deployment and ongoing sustainment of the PE Pillar system across the Business Unit he/she supports (Corn, Oilseeds, Nutrition, Milling).

The practitioner trains, coaches, and mentors local plant Performance Excellence Leaders.

• Align with strategic objectives for the Business Unit and execute PE to accomplish them.
• Provide advanced coaching on problem solving using data and analytics.
• Assist locations with root cause analysis, systematic problem solving and the implementation of sustainable countermeasures.
• Implement sustainable countermeasures using Kaizen methodology of rapid improvement.
• Perform education for location pillar teams and steering committee.
• Train teams to utilize tools and methodologies aligned to PE.
• Audit and coach the Site Steering Team as well as KPIs, Pillars and key projects.
• Ensure visibility of KPIs and trend management.
• Provide and share foundational best-practices with alignment to the system across plants.
• Ensure Plant Colleague satisfaction through the execution of standard visits to transfer performance system knowledge.
• Track and review ROI (Return on Investment) of the site implementation to deliver hard cost savings.
• Ensure Site program minor blockers are highlighted and communicated with Site Specialist and Site Leader.
• Escalate implementation problems to PE Business Unit Lead when needed and review trip reports to identify gaps and provide solutions.
• Travel required, up to 75%.

• Manufacturing background either as a department manager or a plant manager.
• Systematic problem solving skills related to manufacturing performance.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• At least five years of manufacturing/processing and/or Continuous Improvement experience, including at least two years as a department or plant manager.
• Experience with data analytics tools such as Pi Vision, Pi Asset Framework, Red Zone Augmentir, Shift Connector or equivalent data handling and management software used within the manufacturing environment.
• Experience in continuous improvement system such as ADM Performance Excellence, Lean Manufacturing or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

• Physical wellness – medical, Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement.
• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions, cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs.
• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources.

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. We are a global leader in human and animal nutrition.

We welcome all qualified applicants and are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.