Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Continuous Improvement Specialist will develop, implement and sustain process improvement initiatives. In this role, you will conduct continuous improvement activities with low to medium project cost and risk and activities with well defined processes for multiple locations.
Key Accountabilities
- Directly provide updates on the project objectives, performance measures, issues and risks to senior staff.
- Identify, monitor, and implement continuous improvement best practices.
- Develop and handle continuous improvement plans for projects with low to medium cost and risk in order to reach and sustain project goals.
- Conduct organization readiness assessments, value realization, opportunity prioritization, resource evaluation and execute continuous improvement strategies that meet business requirements.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of two years of related work experience.
- Working experience in Continuous improvement.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong facilitation skills.
- Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.
Preferred Qualifications
- Intermediate project management skills.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Position Information
Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.
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