Operations Excellence Lead

**Build your Career with an Industry Leader**

Multi-Color Corporation manufactures labels for some of the biggest FMCG brand names found on supermarket shelves, bars, restaurants, and hotels globally. We also produce premium-quality labels for high-profile brands in the pharmaceutical, durables and home & personal care sectors. Given the fact our labels are applied to wine, spirits, beverage & soft drinks bottles, food packaging, bathroom products, medicine containers, white goods, and automotive products, it is likely that you will put your hands on our labels on a daily basis. It is our labels that identify, promote, and help sell our customer’s products With 109 manufacturing sites, and 12,000+ employees, we are the Global #1 for prime labels.

**About the role**

The Operational Excellence Lead is responsible for guiding the execution of lean & waste elimination plans to exceed the business objectives for the sites.

This role is pivotal in driving and supporting the implementation of the MCC Operational Excellence framework. The primary responsibility lies in ensuring that the designated savings goals are exceeded across the site and all within the defined timelines outlined in the site Hoshin calendars. Furthermore, this role requires dedicated focus on continuous improvements initiatives aimed at enhancing safety outcomes, project work to achieve productivity improvement and waste/loss elimination.

Success must be through the engagement of the broader team, building upon an inclusive OPEX culture where listening and fact-based action will be paramount.

Duties include:

- Drive best practice manufacturing processes, promoting a lean culture for enhanced performance and results ensuring maximum efficiency.
- Lead Adelaide's Hoshin calendar, ensuring inclusiveness and visibility.
- Foster inclusion and engagement through lean events, providing skills and tools for the lean journey.
- Actively participate in Lean, Quality, and Workplace Safety programs.
- Facilitate Kaizen events, support DIFOT culture, and analyse departmental key metrics.
- Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) by utilising Lean Principles.
- Have a strong financial acumen to be able to delivery on financial KPI’s.
- Provide leadership, overall support, assistance, direction, and communication to management teams regarding Operational Excellence initiatives.

**About you**
- Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred.
- Continuous manufacturing experience with results supporting effectiveness as a change agent achieving both cultural and EBITDA improvement outcomes.
- Strong experience with Value Stream Mapping disciplines is a benefit.
- Leadership skills with a track record of engaging and motivating individuals and teams including non-direct reports.
- Experience in being a change agent leading complex transformational activities. Personal experience in leading more than 10 Kaizen events.

**The benefits**
- Competitive remuneration
- Local & global career opportunities to development & build your brilliant career.
- Private health insurance discount
- To help employees thrive at home & at work, we offer an Employee Assistance Program
- Employee referral program, our employees are rewarded for helping us find great talent
- Regular social events encouraging a fun & friendly environment.
- Friendly, supportive & inclusive environment
- Part of an organisation that strongly believes in sustainability goals to make a difference to our planet.

**Why MCC?**
- You will work in our modern manufacturing facilities, at the cutting-edge of production-environment innovation; we challenge the status quo and are transforming operations every day.
- You will gain experience in a fast-paced environment, with an ambitious team; we look forwards and continuously improve to be the best we can; we have a strong drive for results.
- You will be part of a team that shares our values of integrity; passion, perseverance, creativity and achievement; we value, respect and champion diversity.
- You will be joining a global and diverse organization that collaborates effectively to find optimal solutions; we focus on our customers and work with them on every step of their journey with us.
- You will be part of a team that strives for global sustainability, playing our part in making the world a better place for future generations.

**Diversity & Inclusion**

At MCC, we believe what makes us unique, makes us better. We embrace & care deeply about creating a workplace where our people feel valued & empowered. We are committed to providing an environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly & with respect. We consider our people our best asset & understand the importance of bringing different perspectives. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity/expression or ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We encourage & welcome all genders, people of disability, first nations people, LGBTQI+ comm