Full-Time

Operational Excellence Manager

Posted on 9/20/2024

CVS Pharmacy

CVS Pharmacy

10,001+ employees

Retail pharmacy and healthcare services provider

Healthcare
Consumer Goods

Compensation Overview

$66.3k - $145.9kAnnually

+ Bonus + Commission + Short-term Incentive Program

Mid, Senior

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Houston, TX, USA + 1 more

More locations: Conroe, TX, USA

Requires 3-4 days on-site in Conroe and 1-2 days on-site in Houston.

Category
Production Planning & Scheduling
Quality Control & Compliance
Supply Chain Management
Operations & Logistics
Required Skills
Management
Requirements
  • 3+ years experience in a manufacturing or distribution center environment
  • Experience managing projects and change management
  • Experience in Lean Manufacturing Concepts
  • WMS, ERP, MES, or LMS systems and database structure experience
  • Knowledge of MS Office applications
Responsibilities
  • This role will be responsible for delivering capacity improvements to the operations by identifying and executing kaizens to remove bottlenecks, increase storage density, and ultimately meet customer demand.
  • Responsible for identifying and improving safety at the site through use of technology, layout, improved ergonomics, and process.
  • Responsible for helping to deliver world class quality by supporting sites with problem solving techniques for root cause analysis.
  • Applies engineering methodologies/tools such as product slotting, studying labor standards (time studies and MOST analysis), layouts and optimization of flow, and resource modeling to improve processes and drive waste reduction for distribution and inventory control operations.
  • Help lead and contribute to site strategy and execution of process improvement initiatives with a primary focus on picking operations, replenishment setup to minimize travel, and JIT inventory replenishment to drive higher throughput.
  • This role will be the site expert in lean manufacturing and will support the team to meet business objectives.
  • Manages and completes high impact CI projects across the operation that lead to improved business results.
  • Assesses CI initiatives and provides input and recommendations on future activities.
  • Demonstrate a high level of competency in wide range of lean tools.
  • Coaches employees in the use and implementation of CI & Lean principles.
  • Support facilitation and execution Kaizen Events through all stages (A3 charter ideation/creation, pre-work identification and completion, delivery of results in Kaizen week, regular follow up and follow through on sustainment).
  • Improving effectiveness of tier meetings, establishing/improving standard work, value stream mapping, creating a shared vision, implementing poke-yoke, and coaching process owners on how to use lean methods to achieve operational excellence.
  • Contribute or lead changes and projects related to data engineering adding data collection where not present.
  • Translate and simplify data to aid in decision making and problem solving including, but not limited to, improved traceability, performance dashboards, performance reports, or Andon/escalation systems at the site.
  • Will strongly use data to support and drive process and performance management decisions with the operations team.
  • Responsible for maintaining standards to drive informed decision making.
  • The individual will be responsible for planning and executing multiple projects at the same time and utilize good project management skills by managing risk and understanding critical path and dependencies to meet project goals on time.
  • Possess a healthy curiosity about processes to see opportunities for improvement and put together a financial business case and project plan to initiate the change.
  • Support operations with successful change management strategies to implement and sustain changes.
  • Contribute to the requirements specification development of automation improvements to the facility with implementation of key process technologies including but not limited to AMR/AGV, sortation systems, and picking systems (PTL/PTV), packaging systems, and other poke-yoke controls.

CVS Health operates a large network of retail pharmacies and walk-in medical clinics across the United States, providing a variety of health-related products and services. Their offerings include prescription medications, over-the-counter health products, beauty items, and general merchandise. CVS Health also functions as a pharmacy benefits manager, serving over 75 million plan members, and has a senior pharmacy care business that assists more than one million patients each year. This integrated approach allows CVS Health to deliver affordable health management solutions, improving access to quality care and health outcomes while aiming to reduce overall healthcare costs. Unlike many competitors, CVS Health combines retail pharmacy services with clinical care and pharmacy benefits management, positioning itself as a significant player in the healthcare sector with a goal of helping individuals achieve better health.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Founded

1963

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Expansion of telehealth services enhances patient access and convenience at CVS.
  • Personalized medicine trends allow CVS to offer tailored medication plans.
  • Increased consumer interest in wellness boosts demand for CVS's health products.

What critics are saying

  • Legal challenges related to opioid prescriptions could harm CVS's reputation.
  • Supply chain vulnerabilities highlighted by product recalls may affect CVS.
  • At-home medical testing products may disrupt CVS's in-store health services.

What makes CVS Pharmacy unique

  • CVS operates over 9,600 retail pharmacies and 1,100 walk-in clinics nationwide.
  • CVS integrates pharmacy benefits management with retail and specialty pharmacy services.
  • CVS offers a comprehensive range of health products and preventive care services.

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