Lean Manager

Jabil

71d

About The Position

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe. The position provides site Process Excellence and Lean Transformation expertise and guidance through the development, documentation, implementation, and validation of Lean Six Sigma applications. The role will facilitate building of synergies across the site to enable cross-functional collaboration and best practices sharing and implementation, while providing education and development opportunities to strengthen overall organizational capabilities.

Requirements

• At least 3 to 5 years experience in Manufacturing Management, Engineering Management or Project Management.
• Degree in Industrial Engineering or related discipline preferred.
• Six Sigma Black Belt certified by recognized organizations in the industry (e.g. ASQ, SME, Shing Prize).
• Project and facilitation experience in a heavily matrixed environment.
• Experience in change management.
• Strong skills in financial analysis and knowledge of statistics and statistical control tools.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Understand the fundamentals and principles of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and Industrial Engineering.
• Advanced PC skills, including training and knowledge of Jabil’s software packages.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Regional Lean Manager to introduce and sustain a Lean Six Sigma culture into the site.
• Ensure alignment and synchronization of Jabil’s Lean Six Sigma mission, vision and purpose with Operations Manager and Business Unit Managers.
• Advise Management and provide strategic direction on Lean project selection, integration of resources and prioritization.
• Monitor and continuously improve the site Lean initiative related to productivity and quality of operations.
• Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems.
• Be a leader, mentor and coach towards integration of Lean Six Sigma principles, values, philosophies and tools for driving continuous improvement.
• Create and manage a system to ensure people development, education, motivation, empowerment and involvement.
• Encourage cross training, skills assessment, instructional goals, on-the-job training, teamwork, information sharing, suggestion systems and others to foster lean six sigma within the site.
• Lead by example and model the desired behaviors and corporate values.
• Foster respect for people and humility through mentoring and coaching through the site’s lean journey.
• Encourage risk taking and experimentation using the scientific method.
• Maintain proficiency in the latest Lean approaches through networking and participation in Lean conferences and organizations.
• Align with Human Resources to drive the local Lean rewards & recognition program.
• Align with Finance to bring the impact of projects that are part of LSS program into Jabil’s financial processes.
• Track sites key continuous improvement metrics and ensure Global Lean Portal data integrity.
• Establish employee suggestion system, engagement programs, reward and recognition programs to support innovative thinking.
• Develop and mentor local coaches and lean leaders to facilitate and lead site continuous improvement activity and development of a sustainable lean culture.

Benefits

• Regular business hours with some additional hours required.
• 10% domestic and international travel.
• Climate controlled office or cubicle accessible to production floor and office staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees