Process Lead

Process Lead – Aurora, CO

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

We've chosen to do something incredible at Philip Morris International (PMI). We’re transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, if you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.

PMI is currently looking for a Process Lead to join our new Manufacturing Plant in Aurora, Colorado!

• Contribute to the efficiency and sustainability of the overall production processes and activities and support reporting the continuous achievement of department performance targets.

• Run continuous improvement process, collect ideas, and prioritize process and system enhancements. Coordinate ideas' evaluation and implementation with the process system owners in the central, regional, local & service provider' functions.

• Identify Education and training (E&T) capability-building needs for today and the future and eliminate capability gaps by coordinating the provision of the required training.

• Statistically analyze processes and losses, detecting opportunities for improvement.

• Design and implement improvement plans based on what is detected.

• Coordinate and execute tests of new technologies and materials, determining the course of action based on the results.

• Be the point of contact with the region/global to incorporate and share improvement practices.

• Manage change through the design, adequacy, and maintenance of process specifications.

• Design, adapt, and structure processes for customer satisfaction in compliance with PMI standards.

• Maintain management systems and comply with appropriate audits.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.

• Experience in continuous improvement roles with Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or similar required.

• Experience managing continuous improvement tools (root cause analysis, Pareto, fishbone, 8D, etc).

• 3 or more years of work experience in manufacturing or similar.

• Solid knowledge of statistics.

• Knowledge of MS Office (Microsoft Word, Excel) and SAP.

• Manufacturing process knowledge,

• Production Planning, resources planning, and demand forecasting.