Summary
Lead and implement lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives across production sites to drive safety, quality, productivity, lead time, service, and cost improvements. Facilitate operational improvement programs, mentor associates in lean tools, and standardize best practices across the manufacturing network while reporting to the Continuous Improvement Manager.
Responsibilities
- Act as a change agent to motivate and implement continuous improvement processes.
- Utilize lean manufacturing tools to identify and develop operational solutions.
- Mentor and train associates to ensure transfer of lean knowledge and culture.
- Collect and analyze plant process data to recommend improvements to leadership.
- Supervise product and process improvement milestones to ensure on-time completion.
- Analyze, develop, implement, and standardize manufacturing best practices across sites.
- Audit established lean processes to ensure sustainability.
- Support KPI achievement for safety quality productivity lead time service and cost.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in industrial or manufacturing engineering with emphasis in lean manufacturing.
- 3+ years of relevant experience implementing operational improvement in manufacturing.
- Knowledge of lean concepts and tools such as 5S visual workplace mistake proofing PDCA and standard work.
- Familiarity with industrial engineering tools including time studies layouts KPIs and value added analysis.
- Strong leadership ability to facilitate influence and lead change.
- Proficiency in MS Excel Word Outlook PowerPoint Visio and Power BI.
- Bilingual English Spanish highly preferred.
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