Continuous Improvement Specialist

ABOUT GOLDEN STATE FOODS

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

Golden State Foods Opelika, AL

Drive Operational Excellence. Empower Teams. Deliver Results.

Golden State Foods is seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist to help drive operational excellence through the deployment of Lean Systems and the elimination of waste across our manufacturing operations. This highly visible role serves as both a facilitator and a coach, partnering with cross-functional teams to implement the Golden State Foods Business Excellence System and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Senior Continuous Improvement Manager, the Continuous Improvement Specialist will play a key role in identifying opportunities, implementing sustainable improvements, and developing team capabilities to achieve business objectives.

• Support the implementation of Lean tools and methodologies aligned with the Golden State Foods Business Excellence System.
• Analyze current-state and future-state value streams, compare them with standards, look for opportunities to improve, develop improvement plan, measure the results, and adjust to the new standard, control.
• Participate and lead Kaizen events focused on waste elimination, process simplification, and standardization.
• Lead improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost performance.

• Manage project timelines, dependencies, and overall impact to ensure successful outcomes.
• Utilize data and metrics to track progress and drive accountability.
• Bring cross-functional teams together, and develop initiatives that impact business objectives.

• Train and coach team members on Lean principles, tools, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Influence and engage employees at all levels to support a culture of operational excellence.
• Serve as a change agent and Lean subject matter expert throughout the organization.

• Identify and implement dashboards and digital tools that support continuous improvement activities.
• Leverage systems such as Power BI, Red Zone, and Excel to analyze data, monitor performance, and communicate results.

You are a passionate advocate for continuous improvement who enjoys bringing people together to solve problems and drive meaningful change. You thrive in manufacturing environments and have the ability to influence others, even when you don't have direct authority.

• Passion for finding waste, leading cross-functional activities in a manufacturing environment, and a strong desire to be hands-on and shoulder to shoulder in finding what works, and what does not.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability in develop those skills in others.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Systems and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to drive improvement results through influence and collaboration, and the…