Link lean Manufacturing activities to company objectives by developing and maintaining detailed value stream maps, metrics and control plans for the key processes.
Educate and mentor colleagues of the company about Lean tools such as 5S, Kaizen, visual management, set-up reduction, etc.
Integrate efforts across the company to ensure a focused and consistent approach for optimizing and standardizing processes.
Serve as a change agent in institutionalizing the Lean “problem-solving” culture and toolset.
Tracking of project progress and status.
Weekly project status reports defining project’s progress to communicate to management.
Coordinate meetings, prepare and/or edit meeting minutes and presentations.
Drives clarity and focus in cross-group situations.
Mitigates team conflict and communication problems.
Maintain contact with project team members to ensure clarification of project goals and results.
Follow up on action items with project team members to ensure that they are completed by their due dates.
Effectively communicate relevant project information to management.
Estimate project skill requirements and work with department managers to identify appropriate resources.
Perform special projects as requested.
Three or more years of experience implementing Lean processes, with experience in driving change and process improvement.
Requires leadership, orientation Process Engineering experience and team needs.
Ability to lead, influence and set a positive example to others.
Must have independent work skills, a strong work ethic, strong leadership and the ability to handle difficult situations.
Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams; internal and external teams.
Strong writing and speaking skills.
Ability to prepare and conduct effective presentations.
Project Management skills.
Excellent teamwork skills.
Advanced ability with the Microsoft Office Suite of applications.
Ability to travel as necessary.
Spoken English 80-90%.