Associate Director, Operational Excellence

locations

USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

time type

Full time

posted on

Posted Today

job requisition id

R0152815

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Job Description

About the role

The Associate Director, Operational Excellence is a key leader in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and deploying Operational Excellence (OE) tools across the site. This role ensures that OE initiatives are strategically aligned with OpU objectives and executed in accordance with global standards. A critical contributor to the site master plan, the Associate Director embeds continuous improvement principles to optimize product flow and maximize value-added activities. They also lead the Operational Excellence program at the Covington facility, coordinating initiatives across workstreams such as Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site / Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change. Additionally, this role promotes knowledge sharing across the Plasma network by disseminating best practices and adopting proven strategies from other sites.

How you will contribute

• Lead the Operational Excellence team (formerly known as the Operational Excellence team), driving strategic initiatives across multiple workstreams including Operational Excellence, Lab Excellence, Digital, End-to-End Supply Chain, Site / Network Development, and People, Culture, and Change.
• Own and manage the Operational Excellence program for the Covington facility, ensuring alignment with site strategy and business objectives.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement by leading site-wide problem-solving efforts and developing lean capabilities at the operating team level.
• Facilitate and execute lean waste reduction initiatives through hands-on engagement with frontline teams.
• Oversee the nomination, training, mentoring, and certification of Lean and Six Sigma Green Belts and Black Belts, ensuring project alignment with key site priorities.
• Foster a data-driven culture by leveraging digital platforms to enhance predictability and performance in business processes.
• Ensure disciplined project execution by applying the DMAIC methodology with rigor and effectiveness, including phase gate reviews and milestone tracking.
• Set departmental goals and manage performance objectives for the Operational Excellence (OE) team.
• Deliver DMAIC training and facilitate cross-functional improvement teams.
• Represent the site by presenting project outcomes at company-wide forums, while effectively managing multiple priorities and initiatives.

What you bring to Takeda

What Takeda can offer you :

Important Considerations

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may :

More about us :

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This posting excludes Colorado applicants.

Empowering our people to shine :

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location :

USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

U.S. Base Salary Range :

$153,600.00 - $241,340.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained , certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based e mployee s may be eligible for s hort - t erm and / or l ong- t erm incentive s . U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

USA - GA - Social Circle - Hwy 278

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

Yes