Remote Position
[Remote] Continuous Improvement & Analytics Manager
🌍 Remote · France
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Simplot Company is a global food and agriculture company with an integrated portfolio spanning food processing, agriculture, and related enterprises. The Manager, Continuous Improvement & Analytics leads strategic improvement initiatives across AgriBusiness, managing cross-functional projects, process optimization, stakeholder alignment, and value realization. The role also partners with Analytics teams to establish KPIs, measurement frameworks, and data-driven insights that support operational and financial outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives from conception through implementation and value realization
- Support enterprise initiatives involving process transformation, automation, analytics, artificial intelligence, system implementations, and organizational change
- Develop and implement sustainable solutions that standardize processes, improve performance, and support long-term business objectives
- Identify opportunities to leverage new technologies, automation, and advanced analytics tools to improve efficiency and insight generation
- Develop project charters, business cases, project plans, communication plans, and implementation strategies
- Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations
- Provide regular project updates, recommendations, and executive-level communications to stakeholders and leadership
- Lead stakeholder engagement, change management, training, and adoption activities to ensure successful implementation and sustained results
- Support management of the Continuous Improvement project portfolio, including prioritization, governance, status reporting, and benefit tracking
- Partner with and coordinate stakeholders across Retail, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Technology to identify, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities
- Collaborate with Technology, Business Solutions, and operational teams to develop Standard Operating Procedures for executed changes
- Partner with the Analytics team to establish project KPIs, measurement frameworks, business cases, and value realization methodologies
- Utilize data, reporting, and performance insights to support decision-making, prioritize opportunities, and measure outcomes
- Monitor and communicate project performance against identified financial and operational targets
Skills
- • Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Business, Operations Management, Finance, or a related field
- • 5–8+ years of experience in project management, continuous improvement, operational excellence, business transformation, or related disciplines
- • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, functions, and business priorities
- • Strong project management, planning, and organizational leadership skills
- • Experience leading multiple concurrent projects and managing competing priorities
- • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives within a highly matrixed organization
- • Knowledge of Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, and change management methodologies
- • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen with the ability to translate insights into action
- • Ability to develop business cases, quantify value, and support data-driven decision making
- • Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
- • Experience supporting process transformation, technology implementations, and digital enablement initiatives
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement in the USA
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