This Continuous Improvement Manager role provides strategic leadership to support and drive all aspects of Lean transformation within a manufacturing operations environment. The manager will report to the General Manager and implement a strategy to lead change and produce deliverables aligned with business objectives, building and leading a highly competent team of Manufacturing Engineers.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership to support and drive all aspects of Lean transformation
Implement a strategy to lead change and produce deliverables aligned with attaining business objectives
Build and lead a highly competent team with analytic, business, and facilitation skills to challenge the organization and lead it forward
Implement and maintain World Class Lean, quality processes, and other advanced manufacturing methodologies and systems specifically for Forging, Machining, Grinding, and Thread Roll Processes
Increase productivity through the support and leadership of people, processes, and technology
Ensure production equipment is capable and has capacity for growth, involving integrating equipment, people, material flow systems, and information systems
Develop and maintain in-process quality control systems and standards to ensure product quality
Drive continuous improvement in labor costs through waste reduction, production efficiency, and operations improvement
Develop strategies, implement and monitor processes and operating systems for the manufacture of aerospace fasteners
Evaluate and direct workspace and shop floor utilization requirements
Work with vendors to determine appropriate material specifications
Maintain and improve all factory processes and related metrics, including production efficiency, cycle times, capacity, and capabilities
Provide leadership to technical personnel to ensure ongoing product and process improvements to meet quality, continuous process improvement (CPI), and production goals
Provide direction to technical support as required for critical process and product issues
Design processes, evaluate results, and drive solutions to improve processes
Work closely with production, quality, product engineering, and support teams as required
Develop and support new manufacturing processes
Determine capital equipment needs and develop the budget process for equipment, training, software, and equipment installation projects
Prepare procedures, reports, and plans
Participate in and lead defect reduction initiatives
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree required (preferably Engineering, Business, or Industrial Technology)
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7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing operations environment
Demonstrated expertise in implementation of lean principles and improvements
Experience in demand flow principles and Six Sigma Methodology
Proven work history in an International Company and in matrix organizations
Strong project leadership experience with a diversity of team skills
Demonstrated ability to influence senior management, teams, and individuals across multiple cultures, disciplines, and geographies
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
