Fortifi Food Processing Solutions

Director

• Lead deployment of the company’s Lean operating system across manufacturing, distribution, and commercial functions
• Establish and manage a Kaizen pipeline aligned to strategic priorities and value streams
• Drive enterprise initiatives that improve SQDIPC performance
• Embed Lean thinking and structured problem-solving to support long-term cultural transformation
• Identify improvement opportunities through value stream mapping, Gemba observation, and data analysis
• Develop and execute rapid improvement plans to accelerate performance
• Ensure improvements are standardized, sustained, and scalable
• Build organizational Lean capability through coaching, training, and mentorship
• Collaborate with senior leaders (e.g., Operational Excellence, Procurement, PMO) to ensure enterprise alignment
• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and governance structures to track progress

Director, Continuous Improvement – Americas

Procurement

• Build and implement global category strategies across key indirect segments (e.g., MRO, logistics, facilities, utilities, IT/telecom, professional services, HR services, travel, marketing, CapEx services).
• Identify areas of synergy across sites and regions, and launch high-impact sourcing initiatives to achieve cost, compliance, and performance improvement targets.
• Drive long-term value creation by integrating TCO principles, demand management, supplier innovation, and market insights.
• Collect, segment, and analyze spend data from multiple ERP systems and regional data sources to build a unified global view of indirect spend.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive metrics packages covering spend, categories, suppliers, contracts, compliance, savings, inflation indices, and performance trends.
• Lead global and regional RFQs, RFPs, eSourcing events, and commercial analyses.
• Negotiate worldwide and regionally based agreements, ensuring best-in-class pricing, service levels, and contractual protections.
• Enforce adherence to negotiated agreements across all global business units and sites.
• Identify sustainability opportunities across indirect categories (energy efficiency, waste reduction, renewables, transportation emissions, circular sourcing).

Director of Global Indirect Sourcing

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Support the preparation, coordination, and continuous improvement of Fortifi’s consolidated reporting processes
• Maintain quarterly and annual assumption-based forecast models
• Help to define and enforce standard KPI definitions across business units
• Own recurring FP&A deliverables and drive reliable execution of core processes

Director, Continuous Improvement – Americas

Director of Global Indirect Sourcing

Manager, Finance Planning – Analysis (FP&A)