About the role
Job Description Summary
Coach, drive and lead lean behaviors, principles, and tools by partnering with Operating Leaders in business management roles (e.g. GM of Business Unit, or Executive Lead of a Function). Drive cultural transformation resulting in step-change in operational business metrics. May also be roles that are part of Corporate Operational Excellence Team.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Lean: 5S, SW, VSM, SMED, Single Piece Flow, Strategy Deployment, Kanban, Heijunka, daily management @ genba, SQDIP/SQDC, VOC, Action Planning
- Problem Solving skills and root cause analysis capabilities
Kaizen facilitation
Robotics and automation and AI industrial experience
Leadership and communication skills, influencing techniques
Strategy and Development
Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice Lean vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational and transactional performance
Contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Lean activities
General and Task Management
- Develop a robust continuous improvement strategy in partnership with the Management Team and key business stakeholders
- Implement and support cultural change across the organization and drive business improvement in a Toyota Lean style
- Provide project management, analytical and research skills and expertise
- Provide expertise, professional advice and guidance to the business in business improvement, drawing from proven industry practice and methodologies
- Report on progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success
- Undertake continuous training and development
- Contribute and support the operational rhythm
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
- Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
- DfX, support in NPI to ensure manufacturability, automation, standardization
- Support automation and robotization projects in manufacturing and logistics from Lean perspective
Alignment of 3P with Automation & Robotics integrations
- Support make or buy evaluations
- Good practice evaluation and deployment
- New AI opportunities evaluation and deployment
Intra functional VSM
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an accredited university or college
- Minimum of 10 years of experience of Lean implementation in Lean dedicated roles in manufacturing industry and overall experience of 14+years.
Desired Characteristics
Fluent English
Finance acumen
Project Management
Communication skills
Presentation skills
- Lean: 5S, SW, VSM, SMED, Single Piece Flow, Strategy Deployment, Kanban, Heijunka, daily management @ genba, SQDIP/SQDC, VOC, Action Planning
- Problem Solving skills and root cause analysis capabilities
Kaizen facilitation
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position