Lean Office Head
About The Position
The Lean Office Head for Siemens Electrification and Automation drives the organization toward a sustainable Lean culture and advances process excellence across North American Systems factories. The role promotes Lean tools and develops an operational model that creates synergy among facilities, with a focus on Quality, Safety, Lean, Six Sigma, and operations. The position establishes world-class process standards and resolves issues that do not align with them. It collaborates with business unit leads, functional heads, and global experts to drive continuous improvement, and implements strategies and policies across Siemens Electrification and Automation while balancing strategic and tactical considerations. The role reports directly to the Director of Operations – Systems and is based in Wendell, North Carolina.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- At least 7 years of experience in extensive Lean manufacturing leadership, including 5S and identification and elimination of waste.
- Strong communication and public speaking skills, with the ability to influence peers and others to achieve organizational impact.
- Systematic problem-solving skills, high professional judgment and competence, and the ability to change existing approaches and generate innovative solutions.
- Business financial acumen, including reading a P&L or balance sheet and understanding project payback periods.
- Experience contributing to the build-out of new greenfield operations from the ground up, with established networks within the field and proactive knowledge sharing.
- Experience leading team performance, including goal setting, developing growth plans, and maintaining a culture of accountability.
- Willingness to travel 50–70% of the time to other facility locations.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification, and experience or certification in Total Productive Maintenance.
- Automotive manufacturing and/or discrete manufacturing industry experience.
- Experience with SAP or similar tools, and project management software such as MS Project.
- Training or education in public speaking, accounting, and finance.
- Experience with Lean tools such as line balancing and time studies.
Responsibilities
- Align operational excellence strategy, guidelines, and procedures, and support Policy Deployment metrics and improvement targets.
- Drive Lean culture strategies and tactics, ensure cross-functional Lean implementation, and promote High Performance Teams.
- Support regional and global facilities with OPEX tools to improve plant performance and ensure global OPEX programs are implemented.
- Lead project managers, Lean teams, and task forces addressing operational issues.
- Plan and initiate benchmarking and self-assessments.
- Develop and deliver Lean Manufacturing training, and mentor staff on OPEX concepts including Lean, Six Sigma, and High Performance Teams.
- Drive cost reduction projects and advise upper management on business unit objectives.
- Establish world-class process standards and resolve issues that do not align with those standards.
- Collaborate with business unit leads, functional heads, and global experts to drive continuous improvement.
- Promote Lean tools and develop an operational model to create synergy among facilities.
Benefits
- Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits; details are available through the provided benefits website.
- Target incentive of 15% of base salary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
