Corporate Continuous Improvement Engineer

Zeus Industrial Products•Columbia, SC

About The Position

The operational excellence program lead is responsible for enterprise-wide initiatives of programmatic deployment of Zeus Operating System as well as corporate continuous improvements projects. This position is critical in coaching and mentoring of the team members in Lean & Six sigma methodologies and tools supporting problem solving. The role collaborates with teams at all levels to serve as a change agent for enterprise-wide initiatives that optimize operations, reduce waste, and build organizational capability to achieve business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Engineering
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required/Black Belt highly preferred
7+ years of hands-on experience in continuous improvement, operational excellence, or related manufacturing leadership roles.
Demonstrated success leading high-impact enterprise-wide initiatives
Experience leading cross-functional teams
Initiatives leadership: Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in deployment of enterprise-wide initiatives from project scope definition through execution and control demonstrating expertise in resource planning, milestone tracking, risk assessment, and cost control.
Analytics and problem solving: Strong capability in root cause analysis, DOE, GR&R, SPC, and process capability; skilled at extracting insights from large datasets and converting them into actionable improvements.
Change management and sustainability: Proven ability to integrate improvements broader systems and a defined change management approach to all initiatives
Leadership and influence: Strong presence with the ability to coach, mentor, and drive cultural change while motivating teams to embrace structured problem solving, continuous improvement and change management approach
Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable engaging audiences from operators to executives; experienced in facilitating workshops, Kaizen events and leadership updates

Nice To Haves

Strategic transformations experience is preferred

Responsibilities

Work as a change agent and drive operational excellence transformation
Applying and deploying lean values and principles to the entire organization
In charge of eliminating waste and creating value by reducing variation in the processes to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities in the process.
Drive and carry-across the identified best practices
Foster cross-functional and cross- factory communication and technical exchange
Support generation of standard work
Conduct lean and six sigma training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean Continuous Improvement culture throughout the organization by co-guiding and co-facilitating Lean Deployment.
Diligently participate in the selection and executions of lean and six sigma projects.
For assigned initiatives provide strategic deployment plans of lean transformation
Coach and facilitate Lean Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities