M3M3 — Senior Manager
Operational Excellence Manager
Manages multiple CI projects or a small OpEx team. Coordinates with production, maintenance, and quality to drive improvements.
What this level means
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.
- Scope
- Multiple teams or a sub-function
- Autonomy
- Sets goals within functional strategy
- Complexity
- Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
- Impact
- Sub-function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
- Leadership
- Manages managers and/or several teams
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Develop standard work and training materials
- Own local KPIs and drive corrective actions
- Manage CI project portfolio
- Coordinate with production, maintenance, and quality teams
- Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives
- Ensure alignment with organizational goals
- Monitor and report on project progress
- Develop and implement training programs
- Facilitate strategic planning sessions
- Identify and mitigate risks
- Manage CI projects
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams
- Develop training materials
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Leadership
- Cross-functional coordination
- KPI analysis
- Training program development
- Strategic planning
- Risk assessment
- Change management
- Communication
- Project management methodologies
- KPI development and management
- Training and development strategies
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Strategic planning processes
- Risk management techniques
- Change management principles
- Continuous improvement frameworks
- Project leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Resilience
- Strategic planning
- Risk Management
- KPI management
- Training development
- Change management
What good looks like
- 5–8+ years in OpEx or related functions
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
- Proven leadership experience
- Strong strategic planning skills
Common titles
Operational Excellence Manager
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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