**Your Job**:
As the Operations Excellence Leader, you will champion the Molex Operating System within our manufacturing unit, driving continuous improvement and operational rigor.
You'll partner with cross-functional stakeholders to streamline processes, bolster performance metrics, and cultivate a robust pipeline of innovation projects that elevate safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory performance.
**Our Team**:
You will report to the Site Continuous Improvement Leader and collaborate closely with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Supply Chain functions.
Our division is committed to embedding a culture of operational excellence-leveraging lean methodologies and digital tools-to unlock sustainable efficiencies and empower frontline teams.
**What You Will Do**:
- Foster a culture of excellence by embedding people, process, and technology best practices
- Coach and develop frontline leaders in problem-solving tools (Six Sigma, Kaizen, Gemba, TPM, RCA, Poka-Yoke)
- Lead value-stream mapping, Gemba walks, and root-cause analyses to uncover and eliminate waste
- Track and visualize unit KPIs; guide corrective actions to meet or exceed safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory targets
- Drive a healthy innovation pipeline-balancing "just do it" quick wins, incremental improvements, and transformational projects
- Facilitate rapid-improvement events and ensure timely follow-through on action items
- Partner with maintenance, quality, production,



and supply chain teams to deploy and sustain operational solutions
- Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and improvement playbooks to standardize performance tracking
**Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)**:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or equivalent experience
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing or process environment
- Proven track record leading Lean/Six Sigma initiatives; Green Belt certification or equivalent preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, or other process-mapping software
- Strong proficiency in data analysis and performance-metric interpretation
- Demonstrated ability to influence teams at all levels and lead cross-functional collaboration
**What Will Put You Ahead**:
- Prior success in deploying digital dashboards and visual-management systems
- Experience coaching and mentoring frontline teams in standard work and continuous improvement
- Familiarity with change management and communication planning in a manufacturing setting
**Who We Are**:
Koch Industries is a integral family of companies creating real-world solutions that promote human progress.
We passionately pursue market-based approaches to benefit our customers, our communities, and the environment.
We value principled entrepreneurship, continuous improvement, and collaborative leadership.
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📌 Operations Excellence Leader (El Salto)
🏢 Molex
📍 El Salto