Director, Operational Excellence & Strategic Initiatives

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional operational improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations, with a focus on critical KPI performance including productivity, on-time delivery, Cost management, staffing effectiveness, site performance, and improved standardization and collaboration across sites.
• Serve as a trusted execution partner to the COO by managing analytical and transactional activities that support strategic and operational priorities.
• Define project scope, organize workplans, schedule meetings, identify appropriate project team members, track milestones, and drive follow-through on commitments.
• Establish and manage project governance, KPI tracking, dashboards, operating reviews, and accountability mechanisms to improve execution discipline.
• Mine, extract, manipulate, analyze, and synthesize operational, financial, labor, quality, safety, supply chain, headcount, and engagement data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Develop executive-ready presentations, summaries, dashboards, and other content that organize complex information in a clear, concise, and compelling format.
• Support organizational change recommendations related primarily to process ownership and organizational structure; periodically lead implementation of approved changes.
• Partner with and support continuous improvement or other enterprise-wide improvement projects driven by the Transformation Management Office (TMO), including Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value stream mapping, and standard work, as appropriate to business needs.
• Partner with site leaders, functional directors, HR, Finance and other key stakeholders to align priorities and accelerate results.
• Operate independently while building alignment, influencing decisions, and driving accountability with manufacturing site leaders and functional directors.
• Handle senior-level financial, staffing, operational, and limited confidential employee information with appropriate judgment, discretion, and confidentiality.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in business, operations, engineering, supply chain, finance, or related field preferred.

Skills and Experience: 

• Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable continuous improvement certification is strongly preferred.
• Experience in change management methodologies, such as Prosci, is strongly preferred.
• 8–10 years of progressive experience in operations, program management, operational excellence, manufacturing, supply chain, business operations, or a related discipline.
• Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred, particularly in a multi-site operating environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects, manage multiple competing priorities, and drive execution through influence rather than direct authority.
• Strong analytical capability, including the ability to extract, manipulate, interpret, and present data from varied sources.
• Proficiency with SAP and Microsoft Excel; experience building and managing internal and external dashboards, KPI reporting, and data visualization tools is required.
• Experience preparing executive-ready materials, business cases, recommendations, project updates, and operational performance summaries.
• Ability to travel globally including to domestic and international manufacturing sites as required (approximately 4-6 times per year).

Required Minimum Qualifications 

• This position requires U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  A U.S. Person includes U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals, lawful permanent residents, and workers granted refugee or asylum status in the United States.  

Note:  This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.  All requirements are subject to change and updates.

Job Environment:

Physical Requirements:          

            Standing                                   Rarely (0-15%)

            Sitting                                      Frequently (46-100%)

            Lifting                                      Up to 10lbs without assistance

            Carrying                                   Up to 10lbs without assistance

            Walking                                   Occasionally (16-45%)

            Hearing                                     Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)

            Vision                                      Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements:            

            Problem Solving                       Frequently (46-100%)

            Making Decisions                     Ability to make decisions that have a significant impact

            Supervise                                  Frequently (46-100%)

            Interpret Data                           Frequently (46-100%)

            Organize                                   Frequently (46-100%)

            Read/Write                               Frequently (46-100%)

            Communication                        Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

            High Temperatures                   Rarely (0-15%)

            Low Temperatures                    Rarely (0-15%)

            Noises                                      Moderate (business office with computers, printers and light office noises)

            Fumes Exposure                       Rarely (0-15%)

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal law.

If you require an accommodation during the interview process, please contact the HR Service Center at hrservicecenter@gtweed.com.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.