Senior Director Operational Excellence Americas

Job Summary:

The Senior Director Operational Excellence – Americas designs and deploys change initiatives for an assigned set of plants, leading change agent teams to embed new ways of working and ensure sustainable adoption of operational excellence programs.

Job Duties:

Change Initiative Design & Deployment

• Design and deploy change interventions for TBS (Trivium Business System) initiatives, translating enterprise standards into plant-level adoption plans


• Tailor rollout approach per plant based on maturity assessment, local capabilities, and production context


• Ensure change methodology is consistent across the network while adapting to plant-specific realities (product mix, shift patterns, workforce profile)

Team Leadership & Coaching

• Lead and develop a team of central change agents, providing hands-on coaching and on-site support


• Build change leadership capability in plant managers and local CI managers so improvements sustain beyond central intervention


• Create a peer learning environment across plants, sharing best practices and accelerating adoption of proven approaches

Performance Tracking & Escalation

• Track initiative adoption, behavioral KPIs, and value realization per plant against enterprise targets


• Identify and resolve barriers to adoption early; escalate systemic issues to the Central Change Lead


• Report progress to the COEO and functional excellence SteerCo, linking change activities to P&L impact

Stakeholder Alignment & Cross-functional Collaboration

• Align with Operations Directors and plant leadership on initiative sequencing, resource allocation, and production constraints


• Partner with SC Excellence, Manufacturing Strategy, and Procurement excellence teams to ensure change programs reinforce functional standards


• Coordinate with HR on capability gaps, training needs, and organizational readiness for new ways of working

Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA/advanced degree preferred.


• 15+ years of progressive OpEx, manufacturing, transformation, or change-management experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership.


• Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-site transformation within a complex manufacturing environment.


• Strong knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and structured change-management methodologies.


• Demonstrated success leading teams, influencing senior operational leaders, and driving sustainable change at the plant level.


• Strong financial acumen with experience linking operational initiatives to measurable P&L/value realization.


• Executive-level communication and stakeholder-management capabilities.


• Ability to travel extensively across the plant network.

Work Environment:

Operates in a corporate, manufacturing, and plant environment, with regular interaction with plant leadership and operational teams.