Continuous Improvement Specialist - Encapsulation Dept

Fuyao Glass America • Moraine, OH

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About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Specialist manages the company's continuous improvement projects. The role coaches and trains departments to identify projects, prepare and manage project registration forms, and track and report project activity and progress. It follows up with departments that miss targets and requests analysis and corrective improvements; calculates project performance, monthly project income, and project-member bonuses; and organizes monthly, quarterly, and annual project summary meetings.

The position also trains middle and senior management in lean-related knowledge and assessment, monitors five-star team activities and develops corrective plans, and delivers lean production management training according to current conditions and supervisors' requirements. The role completes additional assignments from the immediate supervisor as required.

Work takes place in offices and production sites. Employees are occasionally exposed to extreme heat, and noise is usually moderate. Required safety equipment includes safety glasses and iron-toed work boots. The schedule is 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of manufacturing lean or project management experience.
• Bachelor's degree or above.
• Proficient in English and Mandarin and able to communicate with colleagues in both languages.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, PLEX, and other office software.
• Proficient in using MS Excel to perform statistics and analysis of production data.
• Knowledge of methods for identifying and improving the seven wastes and logical problem-analysis methods.
• Ability to use the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method, Toyota Work Method, or QCC to conduct continuous improvement projects.
• Skilled in training and coaching improvement projects.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Comply with the position's safety requirements: safety glasses and iron-toed work boots.

Nice To Haves

• Management major preferred.
• Lean Management or Lean Six Sigma-related certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coach and train departments to identify continuous improvement projects.
• Coach departments in preparing continuous improvement project registration forms and managing registrations.
• Train the company's middle and senior management staff in lean-related knowledge and assessment.
• Monitor five-star team activities and formulate corrective plans.
• Calculate monthly income for each continuous improvement project and project-member bonuses according to regulations; submit bonuses to the general manager for approval and then to the personnel department for distribution.
• Organize monthly, quarterly, and yearly continuous improvement project summary meetings and report project results and process deficiencies to the company.
• Provide lean production management training based on current conditions and supervisors' requirements.
• Complete temporary work assignments from the immediate supervisor as required.

What This Job Offers

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