Business Excellence Leader

Flex•Austin, TX

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About The Position

Flex is hiring a Business Excellence Leader in Austin, Texas. Reporting to the Director, Business Excellence, this role drives a culture of organizational excellence and enables waste removal through Lean and Six Sigma approaches and tools, guiding actions toward sustainable results. The position supports continuous improvement across the organization and segment by applying Flex Lean Enterprise Values and helping teams improve processes, reduce variation, and create value.

Requirements

Typically 1–3 years of related experience.
Functional and technical skills, along with a customer-service attitude toward internal and external customers.
Ability to participate in teamwork that enables project improvement.
Understanding of the strategic and tactical impact of the function across sites.
Ability to guide projects and business initiatives.
Financial, research, and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
Good level of knowledge of Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

Act as a change agent and drive Lean and Six Sigma activities defined in the GBE A3.
Apply and deploy Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the organization.
Eliminate waste and reduce process variation to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
Use Kaizen and other continuous improvement techniques to initiate process, cycle-time, and cost reductions and 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 within established timelines.
Conduct Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma training and facilitate continuous improvement deployment to grow the Lean culture.
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 Centerpoint 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.