King Recruiting Services is proud to partner with a leading manufacturing client to identify a proven operational excellence leader. This role plays a central part in driving transformation across the site—shaping culture, aligning teams with performance goals, and executing structured excellence initiatives.

What You’ll Champion

• Align site KPIs with corporate and team-level targets to drive long-term improvement plans and governance
• Collaborate with plant leadership and business units to roll out performance improvement roadmaps and cost optimization strategies
• Mentor site leaders on benchmarking and best practice adoption, cultivating a zero-loss mindset across quality, delivery, cost, and safety
• Build high-functioning component teams focused on safety, reliability, and quality fundamentals
• Implement sitewide excellence frameworks through structured deployment and hands-on coaching
• Lead breakthrough Kaizen events, drive cross-department problem solving, and advance systematic improvement strategies
• Build and manage a multi-year continuous improvement portfolio with a focus on measurable value creation
• Oversee excellence engineers while building team capabilities and cross-functional collaboration

Your Expertise

• Deep mastery of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma (Black Belt preferred)
• Proven success influencing operational culture, driving process optimization, and embedding safety and customer-first values
• Exceptional ability to communicate across all levels of a matrixed organization
• Experience within multi-site or multicultural manufacturing environments
• Track record of delivering measurable business impact through strategic project/program management

Who You Are

• A strategic thinker and influential leader with strong adaptability
• Financially savvy and execution-focused, with the ability to translate broad goals into tactical wins
• Comfortable traveling up to 25% to build connections and drive site alignment
• Fluent in English, with a powerful network-building mindset and high leadership presence

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• 7+ years in plant or manufacturing leadership
• 3+ years operating within a formal production system and high-speed manufacturing
• Certification in structured production methodologies highly desirable