The dual focus on:

• Leading standardization of the management process at the plant, working directly with employees on all shifts and teams.
• Leading various process improvement assignments and projects that yield bottom-line productivity, improved throughput and better quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Plant resource to facilitate/execute plant standardization of the management system and work with employees at all levels to help facilitate, train and track implementation to standard.
• Support and Champion safety in your manufacturing site by driving education and behavioral processes to a world class level, through the application of OPEX thinking and tools.
• Support loss control throughout the organization by reinforcing safety systems that demonstrate safety as a value.
• Coaches and develops operating team in the use of lean techniques and thinking (leader as a teacher).
• Uses lean assessment tools to identify opportunities and gap areas to integrate into acceleration plan.
• Facilitates the development, introduction and tracking of standard work for leaders within focus area.
• Teaches others to create and use lean standards.
• Provides coaching at all levels through problem solving activities to address ongoing barriers to delivery.
• Identifies capability gaps and prioritize activities to address these gaps.
• Provide training to close the lean capability gaps within the organization.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2-3 years’ experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in CI/LEAN and/or OPEX environment preferred.
• Ability to develop experience in several of the following: Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Lean manufacturing, and Maintenance.
• Incumbent would possess demonstrated ability to coach and mentor at all levels of the organization to influence and drive collaboration across teams and functions with minimal supervision.
• Ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship.
• Understanding of lean thinking, systems and tools.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Science, Supply Chain or equivalent work-related experience.
• Job related experience process improvement or project management experience manufacturing experience preferred.
• Must be able to prioritize multiple projects, perform tasks, organize and follow through consistently and work under pressure to meet deadlines in a fast- paced environment.
• Strong written and oral communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence upward, across and down without formal authority.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)