Continuous Improvement - Tempering Assembly HQ

Fuyao Glass America Inc•Moraine, OH

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for workshop KPI performance indicators, mainly responsible for the management and supervision of workshop manpower, production, labor discipline and quality, deploy workshop production tasks, control product cost, and effectively improve product quality and output.

Requirements

Ability to read, understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to speak effectively and interact with other team members, engineers, leadership and customers.
1 to 3 years manufacturing experience and /or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
Bachelor degree or above with manufacturing experience is preferred
The employee is regularly required to stand for long periods. Duties include turning at the waist, reaching, bending, squatting and lifting up to 50 pounds. Ability to pass static strength requirements (grip)
Visual acuity including, but not limited to: a. NEAR ACUITY - Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Use this factor when special and minute accuracy is demanded. b. FAR ACUITY - Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Use this factor when visual efficiency in terms of far acuity is required in day and night/dark conditions. c. DEPTH PERCEPTION - Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are. d. COLOR VISION - Ability to identify and distinguish colors. e. FIELD OF VISION - Observing an area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables.
Knowledge of and familiarity manufacturing software.
Software proficiency: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point; MRP systems
Familiar with Lean manufacturing / Six Sigma concepts
Good project management knowledge
Familiar with the following systems: Total productive maintenance, SMED, VSM and creating continuous flow.
Implementation and data base management of basic manufacturing KPI's like OEE, FTT etc.
Familiar with the 5 lean manufacturing principles
Clear understanding of value, the 7 different types of waste and the Plan - Do - Check - Act
Strong database management skill
Project management skill
Manage and direct CI Teams using the different lean tools
Manage and track KPI database and analysis
Lead a kaizen event for a specific/identified area
Change agent able to create the change on the production floor implementing the CI tools
Building effective Continuous Improvement teams
Continuous Improvement or Operational Excellence Training Required
Must be 18 years of age or older.

Nice To Haves

Languages spoken commonly in the workplace are English and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

Maintain the Continuous Improvement KPI's for the whole value stream. Define and implement the Continuous Improvement procedure and strategy. Provide recommendations and monitor trends.
Performing statistical analyses to help guide decision making across projects and teams. Research and analyze data using a variety of software programs, including spreadsheets, statistical analysis, and database management programs.
Carrying out advanced data collection and analysis for output & quality improvement, develop budgets and cost analysis to determine project feasibility; Conduct baseline and value stream studies to determine applicability of project idea to strategic business needs.
Using reporting tools to develop reports that measure overall team performance. Develop weekly, monthly, and seasonal reporting to monitor the production performance as well as share business insights with product development, cost, budgeting.
Identify business growth opportunities via data driven insights. Identify opportunities for performance improvement, particularly in PLEX data record, production efficiency; Identify sources of waste and non-value-added complexity, then developing and executing a strategy for improvement. Develop economic recommendations and present them to leadership.
Reviews and analyzes departmental budgets; may monitor and administer department budget; Assists in preparation of capital improvement program.; Workforce analysis, Revenue analysis and internal policy development.
Participate in business case development and prioritization of technology and/or business process driven projects; Develop and conduct compliance audits, program evaluations and reviews to drive results with the fortitude to ensure change is permanent.
Developing of the annual performance improvement project, innovation project and seeing it through to its conclusion, including development of its month-end, year-end report.
Communicating findings and economic recommendations to leadership; Communicate analyses through presentations to senior management in the department and business partners from other departments.
Evaluate operational issues to determine how competitive and current it is with the last trends in the industry.