Supply Chain Improvement Consultant

Nutrition & Biosciences is a market-leading global business serving customers across the food & beverage, health & bioscience and pharma markets with innovative, healthy and sustainable solutions, spanning a broader portfolio than any of its peers.

The successful Danisco, USA Inc. business is seeking a candidate that will deliver supply chain related projects from the Nutrition and Biosciences Integrated Operations agenda, promoting the Continuous Improvement culture and building capability across all region and functions.

We are looking for an exceptional individual to assume responsibilities for leading improvement programs or initiatives which are part of the Nutrition and Bioscience Integrated Operations agenda defined in agreement with Leadership, including:

• Portfolio management process harmonization across the N&B units for all region creating synergies and removing inefficiencies.

• Creation and application of solutions with focus on increasing cost efficiency and providing tailored solutions for specific groups.

• Carry out studies and analysis to identify significant performance improvement opportunities

• Identify nonvalue adding activities and challenge the current processes, structures and setups.

• Actively contributes to and support the implementation of changes in processes and innovative ways of working to achieve performance improvement goals

• Apply diagnostics & analytics models to projects and initiatives across Integrated SC Planning, Manufacturing and Order Fulfillment

• Identify best practices within the company and effectively leverage.

• Communicate changes and benefits to stakeholders to build understanding and acceptance for improvements, train individual groups in innovative ways of working.

Qualifications:

Below is a listing of prior years of relevant experience, knowledge and skills required for this job: 

• Bachelor's (no particular field) degree required

• Ideally, over 10 years of supply chain and/or manufacturing and/or project management experience

• Ability to lead and/or support project implementation with hands-on experience.

• Lean Management tools and methods, including but not limited to Value Stream mapping and Kaizens

• Strong communication skills and fluent English

• Strong analytical skills with ability to evaluate complex global improvement scenarios

• Advanced Excel and or/Tableau or/Power BI

• Good understanding of change management in a multi-cultural environment.

• Facilitate effective cross cultural business interactions and a team player.

• Ability to travel approximately 20-30% of the time in North America, Europe, Asia depending on the project.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Replacement role, Exempt role, Position reports directly into the N&B Global Supply Chain Improvement Leader

At DuPont, we have an unbridled commitment to deliver essential innovations that enrich people’s lives, enable sustainable development and foster human potential for generations to come. Innovations developed from highly engineered products and naturally sourced ingredients to shape industries and everyday life. From smarter homes to more efficient cars, from better ways of digitally connecting to new tools that enable active and healthy lifestyles…in all these areas and many more, we’re working with customers to transform their ideas into real world answers that help humanity thrive.

Coupled with core values and excellent compensation & benefits… Together, we’re turning possibilities into real world answers that help humanity prosper!

Come realize how you can make an impact, act like an owner and partner with customers in our journey.

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LOCATION

US Based – Preferably Kansas or Rochester (top choices) and Wilmington, DE and St. Louis (2nd choices)

EOE/DIVERSITY STATEMENT

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