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Canopy Sioux Falls Downtown is looking to welcome an On-Call Banquet Server to join the team!

Our hotel, which features 216 rooms, 12 meeting rooms, and over 16,000 square feet of event space, is located right next to historic Falls Park and the Levitt Outdoor Amphitheater. Our 20+ team members report to the Director of Food and Beverage.

The ideal candidate holds 1+ years within restaurants as a server. Prior customer service experience preferred. Ability to work the required shifts. Previous banquet experience a plus!

Shift Pattern: Full Availability AM/PM shifts (weekdays, weekends, holidays as needed).

Pay Rate: $7.00 per hour plus tips

The Benefits Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical well-being of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as:

• Access to pay when you need it through DailyPay
• Medical Insurance Coverage for you and your family
• Mental health resources, including the Employee Assistance Program
• Best-in-Class Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel
• Parental leave to support new parents
• Debt-Free Education: Team Members will have access to a wide variety of educational credentials through our partnership with Guild Education, including: college degrees and professional certifications*
• 401K plan and company match to help save for your retirement
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Career growth and development
• Team Member Resource Groups

• Recognition and rewards programs

  
  What will I be doing?

As a Banquet Server, you would be responsible for delivering and serving food and beverage items to guests in a friendly, timely, and efficient manner in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Set banquet tables to meet function specifications
• Deliver and serve food and beverages, including, but not limited to, meals, condiments, and accompaniments
• Ensure menu knowledge
• Remove china, glassware, silverware, etc., from tables at the conclusion of the meal period and deliver to the stewarding area
• Ensure guest satisfaction throughout the meal service
• Respond to guest requests in a friendly, timely, and efficient manner
• Assist fellow team members and other departments wherever necessary to maintain positive working relationships
• Assist others with side work, including, but not limited to, cleaning, stocking, folding silverware, etc.

What are we looking for?

Since being founded in 1919, Hilton has been a leader in the hospitality industry. Today, Hilton remains a beacon of innovation, quality, and success. This continued leadership is the result of our Team Members staying true to our Vision, Mission, and Values. Specifically, we look for demonstration of these Values:

• Hospitality - We're passionate about delivering exceptional guest experiences.
• Integrity - We do the right thing, all the time.
• Leadership - We're leaders in our industry and in our communities.
• Teamwork - We're team players in everything we do.
• Ownership - We're the owners of our actions and decisions.
• Now - We operate with a sense of urgency and discipline

In addition, we look for the demonstration of the following key attributes:

• Quality
• Productivity
• Dependability
• Customer Focus
• Adaptability

What will it be like to work for Hilton?

Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities, and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision, to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!

The Assistant Event Services Manager will be responsible for managing banquet events at the hotel. This person supervises event room set-ups, service, and maintenance of all banquet functions and banquet equipment. This role is a highly detailed role within the hotel to complete event requirement and create an appealing experience for guests.

What you can expect from Hyatt: Hyatt associates work in an environment that demands exceptional performance yet reaps great rewards. Hyatt has the best to offer including medical health care (after 30 days), free colleague meals during shifts, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, paid Family Bonding time, discounted and complimentary rooms at Hyatt’s across the globe and much more!

Hyatt associates work in an environment that demands exceptional performance yet reaps great rewards. Whether it's career opportunities, job enrichment or a supportive work environment, if you are ready for this challenge, then we are ready for you.

Join us as Sous Chef at the first full-service hotel in Sioux Falls - Canopy by Hilton Sioux Falls Downtown! Overlooking the river, we're in the Steel District next to historic Falls Park and Levitt Outdoor Amphitheater. Our hotel features 21,865 sq. ft. of event space, a delectable Italian restaurant with patio, and a specialty coffee bar.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• 2 years of kitchen leadership experience
• A team focused spirit
• Previous banquet culinary experience
• Ambition to grow within the culinary space

A Sous Chef is responsible for assisting with the direction and oversight of all culinary operations in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability.

What will I be doing?

As Sous Chef, you would be responsible for assisting with the direction and oversight of all culinary operations in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. Specifically, a Sous Chef would be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Assist the Executive Chef in the direction and oversight of all culinary operations, to include, but not limited to, preparation and production of all hotel meals, food quality and presentation, compliance with all safety and sanitation standards and regulation, team member productivity and performance, implementation of policies and procedures, cost controls and overall profitability
• Create and implement menu selections for special banquet themes and events based on current food trends and regional tastes in partnership with the Executive Chef and Director of Food and Beverage, as needed
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local and company health, safety, sanitation and alcohol awareness standards
• Assist in monitoring and developing team member performance to include, but not limited to, providing supervision, conducting counseling and assisting with evaluations, training, scheduling and assigning work and delivering recognition and reward

What are we looking for?

Since being founded in 1919, Hilton has been a leader in the hospitality industry. Today, Hilton remains a beacon of innovation, quality, and success. This continued leadership is the result of our Team Members staying true to our Vision, Mission, and Values. Specifically, we look for demonstration of these Values:

• Hospitality - We're passionate about delivering exceptional guest experiences.
• Integrity - We do the right thing, all the time.
• Leadership - We're leaders in our industry and in our communities.
• Teamwork - We're team players in everything we do.
• Ownership - We're the owners of our actions and decisions.
• Now - We operate with a sense of urgency and discipline.

In addition, we look for the demonstration of the following key attributes:

• Quality
• Productivity
• Dependability
• Customer Focus
• Adaptability

What will it be like to work for Hilton?

Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!

The Benefits Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture ranking # 1 Best Place to Work in the World and #1 Best Workplaces for Women List - 5th Year In a Row.

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as:

• Access to your pay when you need it through DailyPay
• Health insurance
• Career growth and development
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Recognition and rewards programs
• Go Hilton travel discount program
• Best-in-Class Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Supportive parental leave
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - purchase Hilton shares at 15% discount

• Debt-free education: Access to a wide variety of educational credentials (ex. college degrees, high school completion, English-language learning, digital

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Director, Operational Excellence, Americas - Carmel, IN (Hybrid)

As the Director of Operational Excellence Americas, you will serve as the lead change agent for driving transformation and embedding operational excellence across the organization. You will develop and implement the Operational Excellence (OPEX) model and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and corporate strategies. By fostering a culture of continuous improvement, coaching leadership teams, and tracking progress against long-range goals, you will help deliver sustainable value to customers and significantly enhance the business health of Allegion's value streams.

Hybrid:

At Allegion, we are driven by a bold vision: redefining safety while empowering our employees to thrive. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that values innovation, purpose, and excellence. This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work modelcombining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role.

We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we'll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact.

What You Will Do:

Development and Alignment of the OPEX Model and Roadmap

• Lead the development of Allegion's Operational Excellence (OPEX) model and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and corporate objectives.
• Work closely with SBU leaders and Site OPEX Leaders to integrate the OPEX model into their strategic plans, ensuring consistent execution across the organization.
• Establish a clear vision for operational excellence, with measurable goals that align with the company's long-range plan (LRP).

Strategy Deployment and Execution

• Support and drive strategy deployment activities across the organization, ensuring alignment between corporate, SBU, and site-level initiatives.
• Collaborate with site OPEX leaders and teams to develop actionable strategies and plans that focus on growth, customer value, and improved business health.
• Facilitate the development of a robust pipeline of lean initiatives that align with future-state targets and drive performance improvements.

Coaching and Leadership Development

• Provide coaching for leadership teams and operational excellence (OpEx) support teams to build their capabilities in lean, continuous improvement, and change management.
• Mentor site OPEX leaders and their teams to achieve sustainable transformational change through Allegion's OPEX model.
• Develop and implement leadership training programs to enhance the organization's ability to execute on operational excellence initiatives, including the Front Line Leader program.

Performance Tracking and Auditing

• Track and measure progress against long-range plan (LRP) actions and goals, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
• Conduct regular audits of site progress against Allegion's corporate maturity model, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to leadership teams to ensure continuous progress toward operational excellence goals.

Multi-Site and Corporate-Level Project Support

• Support projects involving multiple site deployments, ensuring consistency in execution and alignment with the OPEX roadmap and the Allegion Intelligent Manufacturing initiative.
• Lead or support corporate-level and non-manufacturing projects to drive operational improvements across all business functions.
• Support the onboarding of new acquisition sites, ensuring alignment with Allegion's operational excellence standards and processes.

Strategic Business Unit and Operations Council Engagement

• Participate in Strategic Business Unit (SBU) reviews to provide insights, guidance, and alignment on operational excellence initiatives.
• Actively support the Operations Council, contributing to the development and execution of enterprise-wide operational strategies.

Cultural Transformation and Standardization

• Establish and standardize practices such as GEMBA walks, daily management processes (MDI), and mission control to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with standard processes and tools, fostering a culture of process discipline and adherence to standard work.
• Champion a culture of customer value creation, rigorous continuous improvement, and problem-solving.
• Actively support SBU and site implementation of the Allegion Intelligent Manufacturing initiative.

Health, Safety, and Environmental (HS&E) Goals

• Support and meet departmental, plant, and corporate HS&E goals, ensuring alignment with Allegion's safety and environmental standards.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of world-class lean manufacturing, transactional or functional experience, with a proven track record of driving operational excellence
• Extensive experience with GEMBA-based continuous improvement tools and techniques, including problem-solving, A3 management, value stream mapping, and strategy deployment.
• Demonstrated experience in applying lean principles and implementing new technologies and automation efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and influence leaders at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent leadership & facilitation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with the ability to speak and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Ability to align operational excellence initiatives with long-term business goals and strategic objectives
• Ability to lead cultural transformation and foster a mindset of continuous improvement and customer value creation.
• Must be self-motivated and highly organized
• Proven ability to effectively work with global partners and cultures within the organization
• Demonstrated ability to understand value in the eyes of the customer and to build a value delivery system
• Ability to evaluate and assign priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Ability to quickly develop relationships that build immediate trust
• Ability to influence, persuade, convince, mentor and facilitate lean culture change in an environment with varying acceptance
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including occasional global travel.

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, \"this is your business, run with it\".
• You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.

What You'll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you \"be safe, be healthy\".
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can \"serve others, not yourself\"
• Opportunities to

Director, Cash Clearing Center of Excellence (CoE)

Insurance General Account Portfolios

Full-Time

Boston, MA or Springfield, MA

The Opportunity

We have an exciting transformational opportunity for a Director, Cash Clearing Center of Excellence (CoE), managing the end to end cash processing within the Insurance General Account Portfolios.

The position will report to the Investment Management Operations within Investment services. In this role, you will work with key stakeholders including affiliated and third-party asset managers, third-party administrative service providers, controllership organization, and the investment management leadership team. You will be expected to become the subject matter expert in cash services with full ownership and a thorough understanding of the end-to-end model. You must also have the ability to understand accounting requirements, at a high level, related to trade classifications and treatment of assets within Accounting Book of Record  and downstream reporting. You must also be able to analyze and present cash clearing account reconciliation metrics.

The team functions alongside other Centers of Excellence in Public, Privates, Mortgage Loans and Bank Loan Securities and has opportunities to contribute to the development of the Operations organization. This role offers an opportunity to be part of the team enabling administering over $250B of General Account (GA) portfolio operations end-to-end; through partnering with investment management, middle-office data management, and technology teams; actively monitoring exposures; managing risk; and managing a team of specialists. This leadership role will set direction for the team, contribute to the development of the vision, influence refinement of operating model and processes, and be a subject matter expert for operational matters. The Director plays a key role in the execution of projects to scale, automating and streamlining processes within the CoE. An additional critical responsibility is to manage resource planning and capacity analysis to utilize onshore and offshore teams to effectively deliver objectives for the CoE.

The Team

The team you will be managing is located across Boston, Springfield (MA).The team also includes a substantial offshore component.

Investment Operations extends from relentlessly focusing on stakeholder satisfaction, to accelerating the adoption of automated, digital transaction processing and self-service tools. To this end, the team leverages technology and data to both reshape investment operational support and deliver differentiated stakeholder experiences.

The Impact

• Lead direct teams to monitor cash positions within MassMutual’s investment and accounting book of record
• Enable the teams to provide seamless operational execution on third party and affiliated managers’ transactions, including cash reconciliations
• Participate in discussions with critical stakeholders and enablers, including Technology (ETX) to define operating model, enable improvement projects and initiatives, digitizing and automation efforts to improve operational performance
• Establish and manage the CoE with key operating metrics and utilize an outcome-based performance and efficiency improvement
• Monitor work queues and ensure critical deliverables are met on time and with quality
• Lead/Manage multiple business teams across multiple locations
• Be the escalation / point of contact for the team and for the broader investment management and operations teams
• Manage external investment managers and related servicers and measure performance using service level agreements

The Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years experience in custody, investment operations, finance or accounting

The Ideal Qualifications

• The ability to lead and manage projects from initiation to completion, ensuring timely and effective execution, and implementing quality management to drive change initiative effectiveness
• Demonstrated experience developing, leading and managing a diverse team, fostering a collaborative approach and strong partnership with a focus on attracting, developing and retaining talent
• Proficiency in financial software and project management tools
• Excellent problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and a numerate, analytical approach are crucial
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work effectively and collaboratively within a small, dedicated team but also on a large local platform
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines by leveraging cross-functional teams with little direct supervision
• Committed to delivering the highest quality work product. Self-motivated, hard-working and operates with a sense of urgency and a strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement and efficiencies through innovation and collaboration with colleagues and service providers.
• Experience with cash clearing account reconciliation

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

• Regular meetings with the Investment Team
• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
• Access to learning content on Degreed and other information platforms
• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

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Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we're committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive-whether you're just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, :ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis American Group, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Laboratory Excellence Sr. Auditor based in Buffalo, New York. As a Laboratory Excellence Sr. Auditor, the role will carry out responsibilities such as but not limited to satisfy the training needs of Lactalis USA Labs, as well as assuming responsibility for the auditing of all Lactalis USA Labs (12 relay labs + 8 auditing).

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Coordinate travel to all USA labs, report of their compliance against the Lactalis testing expectations (SOPs, reproducibility, etc.). Create a force of proposal for improvement and follow up.
• As a Lactalis laboratory accredited auditor, you will plan, organize and perform lab audits for all internal and external labs used by Lactalis in USA, follow up on all corrective actions noted during auditing, make proposals for acceptance (or not) of new external labs (chemistry and micro), based on audit results and compliance within Lactalis protocols.
• Responsibility of "Lab relay" for the USA (that includes plants laboratories, such as LAG, LUSY, Karoun, and LHD); travel to all laboratories in the US to bring testing methods according to the Lactalis standards. Will organize bi-weekly teams meetings with each lab, following on corrective actions and updates on progress
• Responsibility of the integration of any new labs, as Lactalis pursue new acquisitions, as they will need to be transitioned into Lactalis Lab procedures and protocols.
• Manage the Lactalis Cecalait verification system with all laboratories, helping to troubleshoot when out of compliance
• Contribute to ongoing meetings such as : Monthly Teams Meeting with Groupe Lactalis (France), Quarterly meetings with each division Quality leader about lab progress, Quarterly meetings with each division VP Quality.
• Provide recommendations for new alternative test methods, thus improving lab efficiencies
• Maintain communications with Groupe Lactalis: reports and KPIs to DQG in Laval, attend annual group Lactalis seminars for Laboratory and R&D updates and incorporate them into US Lab practices

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Work Conditions

• Travel is required up to 75% monthly.
• Extended hours may be necessary depending on the project needs.
• To fulfill these responsibilities, tools such as a computer, phone or, and / or allowance(s) may be provided.
• To fulfill these responsibilities, a cell phone is required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential duties and responsibilities.
• This position requires physical presence in the office / plant environment, in accordance with the guidelines of the hybrid work policy.
• Demonstrate commitment to a safe working environment that promotes the health and well-being of all employees and that will further contribute to the Company's overall performance and success.

Education

• 5+ years Management experience required
• Lab auditing experience required
• Minimum of 10 years relevant previous analytical laboratory experience in a regulated industry required.

Certifications and Specific Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of principles of Food analysis required.
• Strong laboratory skills (Chemistry and Microbiology)
• Strong Mathematics knowledge including stoichiometry and statistics.
• Strong communication skills to communicate direction and new methodology to lab personal
• Strong Computer skills with a working knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for report writing and presentations.
• Attend periodic training/ seminars pertaining to ISO methods, AOAC International methods, BAM methods

Competencies

• Mastery of the chemistry of dairy products
• Capacity to audit strategies in term of Hygiene, Safety, Risks and Environment or Laboratory and to analyze, elaborate and present the results and the associated action plans (teams of investigation)
• Master statistics logics necessary to manage metrology, the follow-up of the allegiances of the methods and the validation of the methods of routine versus references
• Ability to develop and implement policies and procedures to investigate and resolve non-compliant quality issues.

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations

The Opportunity

UCF Faculty Excellence is committed to supporting and strengthening faculty through recruitment, development, and retention of outstanding scholars and educators.

Faculty Excellence promotes the growth of academic leaders through professional development opportunities and institutional policies designed to strengthen our collective faculty who advance UCF's mission of discovery, learning, and engagement. We believe a great university is built by great faculty.

The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs seeks applications for the position of Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence, with an anticipated start date in Summer 2026. Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost serves as the senior advisor to the Provost on faculty affairs. This individual will lead faculty development programs, including new faculty and leadership development, the Faculty Fellowship Program, the Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, and UCF's COACHE survey initiative.

The Vice Provost will lead the coordination with university stakeholders on processes and documents related to faculty promotion and tenure, post-tenure review, as well as the Annual Evaluation Standards and Procedures (AESP) criteria.

The position will collaborate with deans, administrators, faculty and staff across UCF's 12 colleges and other academic administrative units to advance faculty excellence.

Bright minds are solving the world's greatest problems right here at UCF. It is one of the reasons we are positioned to become the world's leading public metropolitan university. To achieve this vision, we continuously work to bring together thinkers, doers and creators who deliver high-quality education and industry-leading research that transforms lives. The impact of ourinnovative faculty researchand teaching excellence extends far beyond our campuses, unleashing a ripple effect that benefits our region, nation and world. From the interesting and heartwarming to the ground-breaking and life-changing, our research initiatives are helping change the trajectory of the future.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ph.D. or terminal degree from an accredited institution; distinguished record of accomplishment meriting appointment at the rank of tenured professor; and a minimum of five years of experience in academic leadership in higher education.

Preferred Qualifications:

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• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, ensuring buy-in from university stakeholders

  
  

• Experience developing and mentoring faculty

  
  

• A history of implementing faculty success initiatives

  
  

• A record of data-informed decision-making

  
  

• A record of strong collaboration and leadership across colleges, academic departments, and central support units.

  
  

• Experience supervising promotion and tenure and post-tenure review processes.

  
  

• Experience presenting and interacting with governance and/or alumni boards.

  
  

• The ability to proactively anticipate state and national trends in higher education and respond accordingly.

  
  

• Experience developing and implementing policies at the department, college, and/or university level.

  
  

• Demonstrated experience working through shared governance to advance strategic initiatives.

  
  

Additional Application Materials Required:

Applications, nominations, and inquiries should be directed to the search rm contact listed below. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is lled. While applications and nominations will be accepted until a new Vice Provost is selected, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials to our consultant at the address below by March 29, 2026, for full consideration. Application materials must include a current CV and letter of interest.

UCF VPFE Search

Funk Associates

2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard - Suite 300

Dallas, Texas 75219

Email:

NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.

The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.

Questions regarding this search should be directed to: Krisha Creal at .

Special Instructions to the Applicants:

Sponsorship for employment-based visas will only be considered under exceptional circumstances and is not guaranteed. Preference will be given to candidates who are currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

Job Close Date:

Open until filled.

Note to applicants: Please keep in mind that a job posted as 'Open until filled' may close at any time without notice. As such, we encourage you to submit your application and all required documentation as quickly as possible to ensure consideration for the posted position.

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential?

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you'll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. You'll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you'll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you'll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

Working at UCF has its perks!UCF offers:

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• Benefit packages, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program.
  
• Paid time off, including annual (12-month faculty) and sick time off and paid holidays.
  
• Retirement savings options.
  
• Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions.
  
• Education assistance.
  
• Flexible work environment.
  
• And more...For more benefits information, view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide click here.
  

Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF's expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.

Additional Requirements related to Research Positions:

Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.

The additional screening requirements only apply to research-related positions, including, but not limited to faculty, graduate positions, individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds, post-doctoral positions, undergraduate positions, visiting assistant professors, and visiting research associates.

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As a Florida public university, the University of Central Florida makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.

UCF is proud to be a smoke-free campus and an E-Verify employer.

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call or email .

For general application or posting questions, please email .

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Under the direction of the Operational Excellence Manager, this position is responsible for supporting the lean transformation and daily management initiatives by ensuring strategies are implemented and principles/practices/tools are incorporated in the culture and processes under transformation. This position implements and supports actions that bring about improvements which may include, but are not limited to safety, customer value proposition, quality, delivery, cycle, growth, margin expansion, and inventory.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.

Support the Operational Excellence Manager and Value Stream in implementing lean transformation and daily management across the value stream including:

• Gathers data for key performance indicators for functions being reviewed, evaluates current state, and proposes future state goals and objectives.
• Implementing tactical strategies to achieve the desired vision
• Executing against long and short-term objectives to support the value stream's goals
• Working with necessary site personnel to identify, address, and eliminate process related obstacles
• Assisting in the change of systems/processes as required in support of the Lean initiatives
• Utilize value stream mapping techniques to design optimal information, material, and production flow methods

To act as a change agent to bring about improvements in the manufacturing process through the active support, participation and leadership of rapid improvement events or projects, that includes:

• Owning pre and post standard work.
• Lead or facilitate continuous improvement projects and events.
• Participating in Gemba walks and coaching employees on continuous improvement, standard work. development/modification/adherence, flow, takt time attainment, and problem-solving abnormalities.
• Providing necessary training specific to Lean Transformation tools and methodology.
• Helping update and maintain visual performance tools, including mission control and MDI boards
• Following up on action plans
• Assisting all teams as needed to ensure improvements are made and sustained

Executing key activities as part of Lean Transformation and daily management including tasks such as:

• Support value stream analyses events.
• Conducting cycle time analyses, time studies, line balance improvements, workplace analysis improvement.
• Creating and implementing standard work and teaching/coaching line leaders to do the same.
• Implementing / coaching the use of cell control boards and other visual management tools
• Lead, coach and assist teams in problem solving activities.
• Resolving issues after continuous improvement events to achieve desired state.

To support the launch of all activities needed to incorporate Lean Transformation and daily management into the Value Stream culture; includes:

• Assisting in identifying on-going training needs
• Supporting communication of the direction of Lean Transformation and daily management initiatives to employees
• Utilize change management model.
• Ensure high levels of engagement for continuous improvement events participants.
• Drive change through coaching of employees and leaders to drive lean behaviors, principles and practices.

Track all changes/improvements made to provide assurance that changes are effective and lasting, includes:

• Examining and evaluating the areas after improvements are implemented
• Posting/updating results to the Mission Control boards
• Reviewing new procedures/controls and appraising the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and working with the Operational Excellence Manager, Site Leader, Department Managers and Supervisors to resolve any issues that might arise during implementation and/or maintenance phases
• Monitor and report on key metrics
• Supports and meets Departmental, Plant and Corporate EH&S goals. Works in a safe and efficient manner.
• Other duties as identified by the Value Stream Coach to further the site's Lean Manufacturing initiative

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a related discipline, preferably an engineering or supply chain degree
• Minimum of 4 years of documented world class lean manufacturing/transactional/functional experience.
• Experience with distribution, warehousing and/or logistics facilities a plus.
• You would ideally have some level of understanding of WMS, TMS and ERP systems
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with the ability to speak and communicate effectively with various audiences at the site level.
• Strong interpersonal and high-performance team building skills, with ability to develop collaborative relationships, influencing up, down and across organizational lines.
• Ability to effectively facilitate a group's activities and discussions using a defined process.
• Must be viewed credibly as either an informal leader or a positive influencer of change
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced and changing work environment.
• Able to influence, persuade, convince and facilitate lean culture change in an environment with varying acceptance.
• Knowledge of personal computer applications required (Excel, Word, Visio, and PP). Excellent Team Facilitation Skills.

Allegion is a great place to grow your career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, \"this is your business, run with it\".
• You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you \"be safe, be healthy\"
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Unlimited PTO
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can \"serve others, not yourself\"
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching

Apply Today! Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow's world a safer place! Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.