This position is based at Matco's Tool Storage manufacturing plant in Lakewood, New York

You will promote & facilitate the successful implementation of Vontier Business System (VBS) tools and processes throughout the Matco Tool Storage plant by conducting sustainable continuous improvement events to support the organization's top priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events and develop on-site associates in VBS tools such as STW, 5S, Lean Conversion, TPI, Value Stream Mapping, VRK, and other VBS Lean Tools to drive organizational change.

• Be the Lean thinking conscience of the organization. (Walk the Talk)

• Facilitate Policy Development Meetings with department leaders.

• Ensure ERP migration is supported with documentation and process improvements before and after “go-live”.

• Assist in achieving Matco's Policy Deployment and Strategic Plan objectives.

• Assist leadership in the development of a VBS roadmap and support the execution.

• Work with the department leaders to develop and maintain Kaizen funnels.

• Chair monthly Kaizen planning meetings and support facilitation of area strategic plan.

• Schedule, facilitate and ensure productive Kaizen events.

• Drive Kaizen newspaper items toward completion & track sustainment.

• Drive ever-improving results by leveraging BS tools, consulting skills, and change management process.

• Facilitate VBS training sessions when appropriate

• Promote and facilitate diagnosis of workflow impediments and other wastes throughout the business, and provide expert counsel on appropriate tools to eliminate them

• Improve VBS training and facilitation skills by pursuing certification in VBS tools

• Promote and facilitate associate development in various VBS tools, Lean production, and Kaizen leadership

• Benchmark within the Vontier organization and communicate “best practices”

• Bachelor’s degree required (Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)

• Experience owning performance metrics and daily management of a manufacturing work center

• Demonstrated experience in leading multiple successful Continuous Improvement events

• Experience working with information systems and data analysis

• Demonstrated experience with business growth and development

• Demonstrated experience with transformational change

• Demonstrated experience with 820 business planning

• Demonstrated experience with influencing senior leadership on business change process

• Training and practical experience using Lean manufacturing tools

• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business (CEO to shop floor operators)

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Matco Tools is a manufacturer and distributor of quality, professional grade automotive equipment, tools and toolboxes. We offer more than 13,000 products, sold primarily to professional automotive technicians through a network of franchised mobile tool stores. Matco is a franchising company, a distribution company, a financing company, and a leading supplier of automotive technology solutions employing approximately 600 associates in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Since 1979, the mission of Matco Tools has been to provide professional mechanics and auto enthusiasts with all the premium tools, storage and equipment they need to get the job done, while also offering best-in-class service and customer support. Our award-winning franchise program equips the company's network of nearly 1,800 independent mobile distributors to develop and maintain trust-based relationships with its customers. Consistently ranked among the top 50 in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500®, the company continues to expand throughout the United States and Canada, adding several hundred mobile stores each year. Matco offers its franchise owners industry-leading training, on-going field support, pre-identified customers, and in-house financing. Those thriving in an innovative, supportive, energized organization where continuous learning is the norm will find themselves well rewarded.

Vontier is a $3B global industrial technology company focused on smarter transportation and mobility. Our six operating companies—Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Global Traffic Technologies, Teletrac Navman, Matco Tools, Hennessy Industries, and DRB Systems—are united by a powerful purpose: mobilizing the future to create a better world. Our portfolio of trusted brands includes market-leading expertise in mobility technologies, retail and commercial fueling, fleet management, telematics, vehicle diagnostics and repair, and smart cities. Vontier’s pioneering solutions advance safety, security, efficiency, and sustainability worldwide.

Energized by our shared purpose and values, we have a strong culture shaped by a deep organization-wide commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Eight vibrant global employee resource groups serve as powerful focal points for connection, community, and advocacy, and we actively support community causes through Vontier Cares. We offer flexible remote and in-person, open-space work options.