Operations Excellence Manager
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The Operations Excellence Manager leads the plant’s continuous improvement strategy, applying Lean Six Sigma methods to improve processes and meet key objectives. The role conducts special studies for top management on operational effectiveness, capacity utilization, and cost containment. Based onsite at PPG’s Barberton plant, it reports to the Plant Manager and stewards site improvement planning and implementation.
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As the Operations Excellence Manager, you will lead the execution of continuous improvement strategy in the plant. You will use regimented LSS methods and techniques to improve repeatable processes, ensuring the delivery of key objectives. You will conduct special studies for top management in areas such as our operational effectiveness, capacity utilization, operating cost containment, etc. You will work onsite at PPG's Barberton, OH plant and report to the Plant Manager. PPG offers excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; matching 401k + retirement savings; and Paid Vacation, Holiday pay. Responsibilities: - Operations and maintenance standard work process implementation across all operations in Teslin, OLED, and Optical - Improve reliability and OEE improvements in Teslin operations to meet sales and production goals through LSS methods - Post implementation coach for standard work process teams - Elevate then improve skills/capabilities of teams (problem solving, project management, etc.) - Steward of the site 3-5-year site improvement plan (SIP) - Facilitate annual Value Stream Map activity to identify gaps between current state and SIP - Develop improvement plans and measure the impact to organizational performance and structure - Ensure all improvement activities connect to business technology plan (BTP) - Oversee improvement cycle - preparation, facilitation, implementation, sustainment, performance tracking of JDI, PDCA, Kaizen and DMAIC events - Owner of monthly plant continuous improvement metrics - performance, financial performance, and cultural transformation - Participate in regional LSS/Continuous Improvement community collaboration session monthly Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in engineering or process-driven field, Master's degree preferred - Minimum eight (8) years of working experience, including operational role (e.g., plant or operations management) - Minimum LSS Green Belt certification, Black Belt certification preferred - Fluency in English and local plant language; regional focus; broad mindset - Visual basics, Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint expertise O nas: PPG: CHRONIMY I UPIKSZAMY WIAT Dziki przywodztwu w dziedzinie innowacji, zrownowaonego rozwoju i kolorystyki, PPG pomaga klientom z brany przemysowej, transportowej, dobr konsumpcyjnych oraz budowlanej i posprzedaowej udoskonala wicej powierzchni na wicej sposobow ni jakakolwiek inna firma. Aby dowiedzie si wicej, odwied nas na stronie www.ppg.com i led @PPG na X. The PPG Way 2030 Jestemy mistrzami w obsudze klienta Proaktywni. Odwani. Godni zaufania. Wszystko, co robimy, zaczyna si od naszych klientow. Suchamy, dziaamy szybko i nie przestajemy, dopoki nie rozwiemy ich najwikszych wyzwa. Kiedy nasi klienci odnosz sukces, wszyscy roniemy. Dziaamy wiadomie i szybko Zwinni. Oparci na danych. Upowanieni do dziaania. Podejmujemy przemylane ryzyko, aby wyprzedza konkurencj. Pracujemy szybko i proaktywnie, wykorzystujc wysokiej jakoci dane do opracowywania rozwiza, ktore tworz warto. Osigamy doskonao operacyjn Produktywni. Wspopracujcy. Odpowiedzialni. Niezalenie od naszej roli identyfikujemy problemy, bierzemy odpowiedzialno i zawsze dostarczamy rozwizania. Jestemy zarowno proaktywni, jak i reagujcy, aby napdza cige doskonalenie i osiga wyniki. Wspieramy naszych pracownikow pierwszej linii - twarze PPG dla naszych klientow. Konkurujemy, by zwycia Skoncentrowani na przyszoci. Zdeterminowani. Ambitni. Z pasj rozwijamy nasz dziaalno i odnosimy sukcesy wraz z naszymi klientami. Dostarczamy wyniki, wdraamy nowe technolo
How this job compares
Set against the 420 open Continuous Improvement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$109–163K/yr207 salary ranges
- US median$23–26/hr29 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 45 open Continuous Improvement jobs in Ohio and 420 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Continuous Improvement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (306 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 187 of the 420 open Continuous Improvement jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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