Business Excellence Leader

Flex•Austin, TX

About The Position

Flex is seeking a Business Excellence Leader in Austin, Texas, reporting to the Director, Business Excellence. The role drives a culture of excellence and enables waste-removal activities using Lean and Six Sigma approaches and tools, guiding actions to sustainable conclusions. The leader applies Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the organization and works to eliminate waste, reduce process variation, and create value across the organization and segment. The position uses Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques to develop process improvements, cycle-time and cost reductions, and other efforts to eliminate non-value-added activities. It creates and validates processes and standards based on standard work and best practices, identifies and drives best-practice Kaizen projects, and supports ongoing transformation activities. The role also assesses Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker results, drives initiatives to close gaps, facilitates training and workshops, and uses the Centerpoint portal for data research and cost-saving effectiveness.

Requirements

Typically requires 1–3 years of related experience.
Demonstrates functional and technical skills and a customer-service attitude toward internal and external customers.
Participates in teamwork to enable project improvement.
Understands the strategic and tactical impact of the function across sites.
Able to guide projects and business initiatives.
Has financial, research, and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
Demonstrates a 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 throughout the organization.
Eliminate waste and reduce process variation to create value and achieve sustainable results.
Use Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques to initiate process improvements, cycle-time reductions, cost reductions, and other efforts to remove non-value-added activities.
Create and validate processes and standards based on standard work and best practices.
Identify, drive, and share best-practice Kaizen projects according to agreed timelines.
Conduct Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma training and guide and facilitate Continuous Improvement Lean Deployment.
Assess Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) operations, supply chain, and office results and drive initiatives to close gaps.
Participate in the selection and execution of 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.
Achieve Industrial, Lean, and Six Sigma training and certification to become a subject matter expert in the organization.