August Bioservices

August Bioservices

Director, Operational Excellence

Nashville, Tennessee · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
Supply ChainCadenceLeadershipCommunicationOrganizational SkillsLean Manufacturing

About the role

  • This role will also oversee continuous improvement initiatives, such as 5S, Kaizen, Gemba, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.
  • This role is not responsible for directly managing manufacturing personnel.
  • Instead, the role is accountable for driving continuous improvement, organizational readiness, execution coordination, dependency management, and operational accountability across functions.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and lead the company's continuous improvement program and lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives
  • Develop and implement structured readiness reviews to ensure all prerequisites for successful execution are completed prior to the start of planned activity
  • Drive alignment between scheduling, staffing, material availability, and operational capabilities
  • Identify execution risks proactively and drive mitigation planning before operational impact occurs
  • Partner closely with Planning and Manufacturing leadership to improve schedule attainment and execution reliability
  • Implement structured tracking of execution delays, schedule misses, and recurring operational constraints
  • Lead recovery planning efforts when schedule disruptions occur
  • Drive accountability for execution commitments across functions
  • Design and implement standardized operational management cadences including but not limited to: d aily execution review meetings, r eadiness review meetings, d eliverable reconciliation processes, e scalation reviews, r ecovery planning sessions.
  • Implement mechanisms for visibility into incomplete work, execution bottlenecks, and resource constraints

Requirements

  • Coordinate cross-functional activities required to support execution, including staffing, training, materials, documentation, equipment readiness, and quality support

Benefits

  • Schedule adherence, r eadiness status, e xecution delays, s taffing coverage, d ocumentation timeliness, i nvestigation performance, p roductivity metrics, b ottleneck analysis

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