Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in operations, Engineering, Supply Chain or relevant field.
Required Experience:
- Extensive experience in Lean Manufacturing Tools (5S, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, Visual management, Kaizen etc.) is required.
- 4+ years of experience with any type of Production Systems (ex: Toyota Production systems or any other similar systems).
- Extensive experience with Agile Methodologies/Project Management.
- Ability to set overall priorities and form action plans to implement & monitor for results.
- Experience with cost saving projects for a manufacturing plant.
- Experience in industrial mechanical and/or electrical assembly.
- Ability to interact and lead others in a collaborative environment.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, problem solving, project management and communication skills.
- Experience with change management principles and demonstrated ability to drive and manage the change process. Lead by influence.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint & Excel) is a requirement.
Job Responsibilities:
- The person will be partnered with our Industrial Engineers and Process Change leaders and will need to support the continuous improvement of the whole process, both in Front-end & Core, i.e. from tendering to delivery.
- Animate the continuous improvement on operational processes in plant based on Client Performance.
- Challenge, follow Kaizen events and in some cases lead some of them.
- Smart factories: help lead the deployment of the smart factory solutions in plant: The point of contact of the IPM and global smart factory leader.
Productivity:
Define actions plan to build the productivity.
- Follow productivity action plan and ensure achievement of the Direct Labor Productivity target.
- Report the Direct Labor Productivity to support functions by using standard tools and processes.
- Ensure the transversal animation to get sustainability of Client Production System (SPS) level in the plant (including implementation of actions plans driven by SPS assessment).
- Ensure the growing skills at all levels in the factory on the principles of manufacturing excellence.
- Manage the plant Value Stream Mapping (current & future state) and lead the continuous improvement of Product Lead Time by animating transversal actions plan at plant level.
- Ensure the implementation of the concept of green / red, principles of SPS, architecture lines, Short Interval Management, Material Providing & Handling.
- Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
- Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.
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