Order Management Associate Manager - Diamond Bar, United States - Niagara Bottling

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Description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.


  • Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
  • Develop lasting relationships with great people.
  • Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Order Management Associate Manager


The Business Optimization Associate Manager is responsible for projects assigned under the Business Optimization group aimed at improving the efficiency, productivity and profitability of Niagara.

Responsibilities include identifying, driving and ensuring sustainability of end to end process improvements and solutions for an ever-changing manufacturing corporate environment.


Essential Functions
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Business Optimization & Process Improvement Initiatives (70%)

  • Responsible for understanding the current state of key business processes at Niagara, and identifying stepchange improvement opportunities leveraging lean tools and methodologies.
  • Delivers effective facilitation and project management for crossfunctional business teams in support of improvement initiatives.
  • Supports all Niagara teams with the identification of improvement opportunities by analyzing key performance indicators and metrics to find improvement opportunities and assist in providing costeffective solutions utilizing sixsigma analysis tools and techniques.
  • Defines and implements change management strategies to ensure buyin and support for business optimization initiatives, to include communications planning and implementation.
  • Ensures consistent capturing of voice of the customer within Niagara to identify pain points in processes and solutions.
  • Supports identification of functional specifications for procurement of business solutions to fit Niagara's business need, including reviewing demos, generating RFQs, selecting vendors, setting up pilot trials, pricing and licensing negotiations, etc.
  • Ensures Niagara benefits from current thinking on relevant business optimization and industry priorities.
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Improve Niagara internal capability on portfolio and project management (20%)

  • Drives best practices in portfolio management and project management at Niagara while ensuring alignment with other critical teams.
  • Ensures factbased and datadriven approaches to identifying improvement initiatives and demonstrating sustained results.
  • Accelerates Niagara's cross functional improvements through outstanding collaboration and networking.
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Other (10%)

  • As needed.
  • List if any travel is required using percentage of time:


  • 25%

  • on average travels 1 week out of the month (possibly higher during onboarding and/or projects)
  • Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice."

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:
  • 4 Years Cross
- functional experience in Manufacturing, Business Optimization, or other related field

  • 4 Years Experience in Lean Six sigma initiatives and/or Project Management
  • 4 Years Experience managing people/projects

_experience may include a combination of work experience and education_

  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • 6 Years
  • Cross
- functional experience in Manufacturing, Business Optimization, or other related field
  • 6 Years
  • Experience in Lea and six Sigma initiatives and Project Management
  • 6 Years
  • Experience managing people/projects
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_experience may include a combination of work experience and education_

Competencies

  • Cross
-functional experience with Food and Beverage manufacturing operation including hands-on knowledge of injection and blow molding systems is highly preferred.

  • Demonstrated success in both lean and six sigma initiatives is highly preferred.
  • Working knowledge of a manufacturing corporation is preferred.
  • Proficiency in, but not limited to:


  • Microsoft Office Applications

  • Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Projects, Visio, etc.
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Selfmotivated with a proven record of taking the initiative
  • Ability to adjust and execute in a very dynamic and everchanging environment
  • Ability to excel and deliver results working crossfunctionally in a matrix environment
  • Ability to work in a professional manner, be flexible, and handle interactions with all levels of the organization
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate well with other members of the team and with nontechnical end users
  • Able to clearly communicate successes, needs, and plans
  • Selfdirected, organized, and motivated
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are

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