VP Industry Solutions

Company: SafetyChain Software
Location: Novato
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

SafetyChain Software is looking for a Vice President of Industry Solutions.The Vice President of Industry Solutions is a new position and function within SafetyChain, with the primary goal to help our internal teams and customers achieve a faster time to value, with measurable impact and bottom line savings.The Vice President of Industry Solutions will have three primary responsibilities:1. Continuous Improvement Coach2. Business Development3. Product SMECoaching - for coaching you will help lead and build a continuous improvement coaching practice group, which will include the following responsibilities: 1. Build the standard playbook; 2. Execute the playbook with customers in manufacturing plants; 3. Train on the playbook with internal teams, including Solutions Architects; 4. Hire and grow the coaching team.* Build and execute a standard coaching playbook for the delivery of SafetyChain solutions and build upon our existing blueprint process.* The Coach practice group will be focused on the continuous improvement and operational best practices elements of our solution; you will not be responsible for implementation, configuration or integration of the software. That is handled by the Customer Success team, and you will need to work closely with Customer Success to ensure alignment between the playbook and our overall implementation process.* The playbook will be focused on helping customers use our software to measure and improve key programs in their manufacturing plants, with the goal to provide quantifiable results that project sponsors can use to demonstrate successive, quick wins to the business.* The playbook will incorporate principles of Kaizen, Lean 6 Sigma and other Continuous Improvement tools and methods that help customers measure before and after results, and use data to drive overall performance improvements in their plant. The playbook will include a series of questions, prompts and guides aligned to our solutions.* Work directly with customers and end users, in plants, to help use the playbook alongside our software.* You will also work directly with SafetyChain Solution Architects to incorporate their learnings into the playbook and train the SAs on playbook delivery so they can also directly engage customers around continuous improvement.* Build an industry benchmarking tool to help measure results across our customer base.* Expand upon our current ROI framework for helping prospects and customers estimate and measure cost savings in critical impact areas.Business Development - for business development, you will tap your extensive industry network to help generate referrals to the sales team, as well, contacts for potential partnerships and marketing. Responsibilities include:* Direct outreach to past contacts.* Lead industry speaking events and collaborate with Marketing.* Use relationships to generate interest and then make referrals to the sales team.Product SME - as an industry leader, you will provide subject matter expertise to advance product design and development.* Work with the R&D team to provide input on product design, including input on the end user experience, functional requirements, reporting / KPIs and regulatory concerns.Who we are:SafetyChain is a fast growing, award-winning B2B SaaS software company focused on the food and beverage, CPG and process manufacturing industries. Our industry leading cloud-based solution is a Plant Management Platform (QMS, SPC, OEE) that helps process manufacturing companies improve productivity, profitability and compliance.We have a passionate, fast-paced team that work remotely and out of our two offices in Novato, CA and Evanston, IL serving our customers in over 1,200 locations across the country. We operate with the fun and flexibility of a start-up combined with the stability of a more mature software company (8+ years). We believe in help and hustle and that doing both makes for a great place to work.Requirements* Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent work experience required.* 10+ years of experience in operations consulting and team leadership.* 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing plant or distribution facility in Operations and Quality Management* Ability to walk a plant and help customers identify additional ways to leverage our software to improve customers overall ROI* Direct experience with GFSI Programs and regulatory standards including ISO, FDA, USDA, BRC, SQF, FSSC 22000, etc.* Experience with Statistical Process Control (SPC), OEE, TQM and TPM.* Experience with safety, quality and compliance systems.* Skilled in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio).* Professional presentation skills* Self-starter with strong motivation to succeed.* Committed to customer satisfaction and a passion for customer success.* Ability to work independently and through teams, at multiple organizational levels.* Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage multiple projects.* Extremely detail-oriented.* Creative, consultative, a strong communicator and leader.* Eagerness to learn new skills, grow professionally, and take on new challenges.* Ability to travel to customer sites (30%).Personal Attributes We Value* Initiative: the ability to get started and work independently when necessary, to come up with ideas and carry them out.* Process Driven: you are highly structured, disciplined and organized in creating and executing operational processes to ensure a consistent, repeatable outcome.* Inquisitiveness: a desire to expand your knowledge base and explore concepts and ideas that are new and unfamiliar.* Integrity: Ability to offer and solicit honest feedback and always have the best interests of the team and the customers in mind.* Patience: the ability to adapt to changing situations while remaining calm, collected, and committed.* Team Interactions: Seeks opportunities to collaborate and to help others.* Self-improvement: Ability to identify mistakes and quickly adjust approach when confronted with new information or perspective.* Work collaboratively as a team player in a team environment.* Awesome attitude, great energy & relentless work ethic* This is a remote position.Benefits* Competitive salary & incentive plan* Opportunity for stock options* Health benefits* Vacation* Flex Schedule* Work from Home Flexibility* Fast growing tech company with big opportunity* Great team and CulturePay: From $130,000.00 per year

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