Business Excellence Leader

Flex•Austin, TX

13d•Onsite

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 improvement actions toward sustainable results. The position supports organization-wide and segment-wide process improvement, deployment of Flex Lean Enterprise Values, and the growth of a continuous-improvement culture.

Requirements

Typically requires 1–3 years of related experience.
Demonstrated functional and technical skills and a customer-service attitude toward external and internal customers.
Ability to participate in teamwork to enable project improvement.
Ability to understand the strategic and tactical impact of the function across sites.
Ability to guide projects and business initiatives directly.
Financial, research, and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
Good level of knowledge of Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma methodology.

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 create value by reducing process variation and achieving sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
Use 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 BPs.
Identify, drive, and share best-practice-based Kaizen projects on agreed timelines.
Conduct Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma training and facilitate continuous-improvement Lean deployment to expand the Lean culture.
Assess the Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) across operations, supply chain, and office functions, 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 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.