Senior Operational Excellence Manager
Honeywell · Nebraska City, NE
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Honeywell (industrial) in Nebraska City, NE. In this role, you will impact the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization's processes, resulting in streamlined operations, reduced costs, increased productivity, and enhanced customer satisfaction.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Automation
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Honeywell
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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About the role
Key responsibilities
- ◆Lead and drive operational excellence initiatives across the organization.
- ◆Develop and implement strategies to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- ◆Identify and eliminate barriers to execution.
- ◆Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements.
- ◆Provide guidance and support to site leaders to ensure operational excellence.
Key responsibilities
- ◆Lead and drive operational excellence initiatives across the organization.
- ◆Develop and implement strategies to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- ◆Identify and eliminate barriers to execution.
- ◆Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements.
- ◆Provide guidance and support to site leaders to ensure operational excellence.
You must have
- ✓Minimum of 2 years of experience in operational excellence or related field.
- ✓Strong knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
- ✓Proven track record of driving process improvements and achieving results.
- ✓Excellent leadership skills with the ability to influence and drive change.
- ✓Experience working effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
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As a Sr Operational Excellence Manager here at Honeywell, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence initiatives at Honeywell. By developing and implementing strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness, identifying and eliminating barriers to execution, and collaborating with cross-functional teams, the Senior Operational Excellence Manager contributes to the overall success of the organization.
You will report directly to our Plant Director and you’ll work out of our Nebraska City, Nebraska location on an On-site work schedule. Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days, New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite M-F.
In this role, you will impact the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the organization's processes, resulting in streamlined operations, reduced costs, increased productivity, and enhanced customer satisfaction. Your ability to identify and eliminate barriers to execution will help overcome challenges and bottlenecks, enabling smoother workflows and faster decision-making.
We value
- •Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
- •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- •Excellent project management skills.
- •Passion for continuous improvement.
- •Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
About honeywell technologies
Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more
The business unit
Honeywell Industrial Automation enables process industry operations, creates world-class sensor technologies, automates supply chains, makes warehouses smarter, and improves worker safety. This combination builds on our core strengths in controls and automation technologies which in turn allows us to deliver better commercial outcomes for our customers. We enable customers to enhance the safety, sustainability, resiliency and productivity of their people, plants and assets.
Benefits of working for honeywell
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Posting Date: 10/19/2026.
Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.