Business Excellence Leader

Flex • Orangeburg, SC

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Flex is seeking a Business Excellence Leader in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to support its teams in building products and contributing to company growth. Reporting to the Director, Operations Engineering, this role drives a culture of excellence and enables waste removal using Lean and Six Sigma methods, guiding actions toward sustainable results.

The leader applies Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the organization, facilitates continuous improvement and transformation activities, and helps teams identify and eliminate non-value-added work. The role also develops and validates processes and standards, spreads best practices, supports Lean and Six Sigma training and certification, and assesses Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker results to close operational, supply chain, and office gaps.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Technical skills and a customer-service attitude toward internal and external customers.
• Experience with Power Apps, SharePoint, MS Lists, MS Forms, and Power Automate.
• Experience with SketchUp and augmented reality headsets.
• Experience with RPA and scripting, including Power Automate Desktop and Visual Basic.
• Experience with BaaN, PacMan, Atlas, and Agile.
• Experience with engineering tools such as AutoCAD and MS Visio.
• Teamwork experience supporting project improvement.
• Proven track record of building high-performing teams.
• Leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to guide projects and business initiatives.
• Financial, research, and statistical skills to resolve complex and conflicting goals.
• Green certification in at least two disciplines among Lean, Six Sigma, and Industrial Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Drive Lean and Six Sigma activities as defined in the GBE A3.
• Apply and deploy Flex Lean Enterprise Values throughout the organization.
• Eliminate waste and create value by reducing process variation to achieve sustainable results across the organization and segment.
• Use Kaizen and other continuous improvement 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) results for Operations, Supply Chain, and Office, and drive initiatives to close gaps.
• Participate in selecting and executing Lean and Six Sigma projects.
• Facilitate continuous improvement transformation 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 Engineering, 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
• Domestic relocation eligibility

What This Job Offers

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