Job Description:
GENERAL SUMMARY (Describe the overall duties and responsibilities of the job)
Coordination, follow up and co-implementation of improvement projects to maximize the use of the company’s resources, seeking cost reduction and optimizing processes flow, including but not limited to: work force optimization, line balancing, space optimization, layout designs, efficiency maximization, etc.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES (Duties required for successful job performance)
- Support Managers by conducting and /or participating in Kaizen events to assess and eliminate waste and non-value-added activities (such as 3P Events, SMED, Line Balancing, Standard Lean Event, etc).
- Develop continuous improvement initiatives to reduce inventory, work in process (WIP), raw materials, and finished goods without affecting customer delivery or decrease in volume.
- Work with plants to plan, coordinate and manage capacity planning to ensure continuous rapid improvements as measured by on time delivery, cycle time, inventory days on hand, inventory accuracy and cost.




- Interface with Operations, Purchasing, Materials, Engineering, Commercial and Supply base teams to obtain support in the areas of implementation, project support, lines balancing, lean packaging, logistics, material flow, inventory planning and control focusing on total cost benefits, etc.
- Support operations to meet the lean principles across the plant with all the members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Manage a project at each of its stages: initiating the project, learning about the needs of a business, engaging people from different parts of business, planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing a project.
- Track and upload savings on time each month – forecasts and actuals.
- Manage Process Audit site for 6S audit schedule and corrective actions.
- Supports month end activities, i.e. EnterProj Lean Savings, eMOS display, Race for Excellence (where applicable), CI Portal data.
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📌 Industrial, Engineer (Torreón)
🏢 Cooper-Standard Automotive
📍 Torreón