Operational Excellence Senior Specialist

Join a Leader in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing — And Build What’s Next

As Spokane’s Largest Manufacturing Company
, Jubilant Hollister Stier LLC is a well-established force in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, providing a complete range of manufacturing services that support life changing medicines around the world.

We are nationally recognized for our expertise in producing sterile injectable vials and lyophilized products, and our Allergy business is a global leader in allergenic extracts that support treatments for allergies and asthma. Jubilant Hollister Stier is proudly part of the global, Jubilant Pharma family. established force in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, providing a complete range of manufacturing services that support life changing medicines around the world.

For the Builders, Innovators, and Doers — This Is Your Place

If you are someone who thrives on solving complex problems, improving systems, and building real solutions
, you’ll feel at home here. At Jubilant Hollister Stier, your ideas matter — and your impact is felt globally.

Why builders choose us:

• Immediate impact:
  Your work directly supports essential medicines and allergenic therapies used worldwide.
• Benefits start on day one:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Life, AD&D, and Disability benefits begin immediately because your well-being shouldn’t have a waiting period.
• A career you can grow:
  We provide opportunities for growth, promotion, and annual raises, with midpoint compensation reserved for high performance and longevity.
• A culture of improvement:
  We value people who thrive on continuous improvement, innovation, and hands on contribution.
• A stable industry leader:
  Backed by Jubilant Pharma, we pair long term stability with forward looking innovation.

If you want to build something meaningful with a team that values your drive, skills, and ideas —
you belong here.

The Operational Excellence Specialist exists to improve processes and create lasting change for continuous improvement. The role partners with Manufacturing and support functions, applying Lean principles to achieve operational excellence while ensuring compliance, safety, and respect for people. Responsible for facilitating Lean Kaizen events, supporting Lean Six Sigma projects, coaching structured problem-solving, and partnering with functional teams to identify, implement, and sustain meaningful process improvements.

• Independently plan and facilitate cross-functional Kaizen events and improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement methods.
• Partner with process owners, project sponsors, subject matter experts, and frontline employees to define problems, establish scope and objectives, gather baseline data, identify root causes, test countermeasures, implement improvements, and sustain ownership of the improved process.
• Facilitate team dynamics to encourage broad participation, manage conflict, maintain focus, and drive data based decisions and practical solutions.
• Develop clear problem statements, project charters, process maps, action plans, and other project documentation required by the selected methodology.
• Support identification and prioritization of project opportunities; provide recommendations to the Senior Manager, Operational Excellence and plant leadership for final selection.

• Identify and implement process improvements and corrective/preventative actions to drive resolution of complex operational issues impacting quality, safety, and efficiency.
• Apply and coach Lean principles and tools, including root cause analysis, process mapping, value stream mapping, standard work, 5S, visual…