Business Excellence Leader

Flex • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Business Excellence Leader will be based in Austin, Texas, and report to the Manager - Business Excellence. This role drives a culture of excellence and enables waste removal through Lean and Six Sigma approaches and tools, guiding improvement activities to sustainable conclusions. The position supports Lean and Six Sigma deployment across the organization and segment, facilitates continuous improvement and transformation activities, and helps build organizational capability through training and certification.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 3 years of industry work experience at a manufacturing company, such as automotive, electronics, medical device, or a similar industry.
• Experience with capacity models.
• Experience with time studies and routing.
• Solid understanding of bottlenecks and takt time.
• Continuous improvement project management experience, including facilitation and training.
• Six Sigma project experience, such as leading, training, or facilitating projects.
• Experience facilitating Kaizen events.
• Ability to guide projects based on business initiatives and customer needs.
• Management skills and technical experience in Finance, HR, Materials, and Operations activities.
• Ability to demonstrate detailed expertise in situations and across multiple areas.
• Ability to understand the strategic impact of the function across sites.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial Engineering degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as a change agent and drive Lean and Six Sigma activities as defined in the GBE A3.
• Apply and deploy Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the organization.
• Eliminate waste and create value by reducing process variation to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
• Use Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques to initiate process improvements, cycle-time reductions, cost reductions, and other efforts to reduce or eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Create and validate processes and standards based on standard work and best practices.
• Identify, drive, and share best-practice-based Kaizen projects according to agreed timelines.
• Conduct Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma training, and promote Lean culture by guiding and facilitating continuous improvement deployment.
• Assess Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) operations, supply chain, and office activities, and drive initiatives to close gaps.
• Participate in selecting and executing Lean and Six Sigma projects.
• Facilitate continuous improvement transformation activities through Kaizen, workshops, and small group activities.
• Use the Center point portal as a repository to support data research and cost-saving effectiveness.
• Complete Industrial, Lean, and Six Sigma training and certification to become a subject matter expert in the organization.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Matching 401(k) contributions
• Vacation and paid sick time
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level