Job Information
DANONE NORTH AMERICA PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION Director, Six Sigma and IWS - Q Pillar in WEST JORDAN, Utah
Director, Six Sigma and IWS - Q Pillar
Job Locations
US-CO-Louisville | US-NY-White Plains | US-CA-City of Industry | US-OH-Minster | US-TX-Dallas | US-UT-West Jordan | US-VA-Mount Crawford
ID
2026-22926
Number of People to Hire
1
Job Family
Quality
Level of Experience
Experienced Professionals
Short Intro and About the Job
By collaborating with department heads, process engineers, and other stakeholders, lead the change management efforts to implement data driven mindset, right by design and process improvements effectively and systematically.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement by leading the adoption of Six Sigma, Statistical Process Controls and Lean methodologies at all levels of the organization.
The Director, Six Sigma and IWS - Q Pillar is a key strategic leader responsible for shaping the Quality and Food Safety (QFS) vision across the manufacturing network while driving harmonized, datadriven continuous improvement. This role integrates advanced Lean Six Sigma expertise with endtoend quality governance, capability building, and cultural transformation across all plants.
This role is an active member of the Global Quality Pillar team and is responsible for deploying the Pillar across regional sites in full alignment with Danone's QFS and Dan-IWS standards and requirements. This requires fostering strong relationships with site-level Pillar teams, demonstrating a service-oriented mindset, and continuously learning from best practices to enhance the Quality Pillar's execution. This position can be based at any of our US plant or HQ locations.
Key Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement Leadership/ Six Sigma
Build the Six Sigma/SPC governance and network across US/Canada and SPOC for US + Canada in Global SPC network
Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to project team members to build Lean Six Sigma capabilities across the organization in the scope of quality by design and continuous excellence.
Utilize Lean Six Sigma tools to enhance product superiority by design, improve process stability and capability, focusing on reducing variability, center-lining and eliminating non-value-added activities.
Establish systems to collect, interpret, and analyze data to identify trends, root causes of process issues, and opportunities for improvement. Use statistical tools to validate improvements and ensure sustainability.
Develop and implement product, process and defect reduction strategies.
influence stakeholders to foster a culture of Excellence in Execution and Continuous Improvement.
identify, prioritize, and lead/co-lead complex, cross-functional Lean Six Sigma projects to improve product and package consistent Right-First-time delivery of quality attributes, reduce waste, increase throughput, drive quality excellence and cost reduction.
Develop and deploy impactful SPC train-the-trainer modules.
IWS Quality Pilar
Be the US + Canada IWS Q pillar activator building a strong and effective IWS Q pillar across all plants
Build and deploy IWS Q pillar master plan, train and coach the plants, integrate IWS capabilities into quality processes to define ways of working, establish KPIs, and monitor quality performance to drive continuous improvement,
Collaborate with Corporate Quality and Global Quality teams to fully leverage IWS Danone initiatives, build communication plans
Leading the deployment of the Global Quality Pillar Guidebook within the region.
Maintaining and nurturing the regional Quality... For full info follow application link.
Dannon is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any ot er unlawful criterion.