Lean Transformation Leader

The Chemours Company•Corpus Christi, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry. Chemours is seeking a Lean Transformation Leader to join our growing Thermal Specialized Solutions (TSS) team. This position will be available at the Corpus Christi Plant located in Ingleside, TX and reports directly to the Plant Manager. The Lean Transformation Leader is a key site leadership role responsible for leveraging the Chemours Business System to enhance employee engagement, drive the acceleration of continuous improvement in operational excellence (including safety and environmental) as well as delivering strategic site initiatives across the site manufacturing value streams. This position is responsible for driving continuous improvement with a lean mindset and experience using, and leading, the tools, systems, and methodologies. The role partners closely with the Chemours Business System Team site leadership, cross-functional teams, other continuous improvement experts, and initiative owners to architect and execute improvement strategies, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and digitalization methodologies. This is an excellent role for candidates interested in future senior operations leadership roles (e.g Operations Manager, Plant Manager). Candidates must be open to future relocation opportunities as part of the Plant Manager development pathway. Mobility is an important component of this role to support leadership growth and business needs across our plant network. The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related technical field (Engineering preferred).
Minimum 10 years experience in a manufacturing environment.
Proven leadership in direct line operations.
Formal Lean training and minimum 3-years using Lean tools and methodologies successfully to improve processes as primary responsibility.
Demonstrated success leading and implementing Tier Daily Management, A3 problem solving, value stream mapping, and kaizen events.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Technical knowledge and experience with chemical manufacturing process equipment.
Demonstrated ability to drive for results and lead organizational change.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to relate to people at all levels and diverse cultures.
Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions, make recommendations, and present findings.
Ability to mentor and train operations, maintenance, and manufacturing technical personnel in Lean tools and their application.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Process Safety Management in high hazard operations.
Ability to identify waste and optimize processes for efficiency.
Strategic thinker with long-term planning capabilities.
Data-driven decision-making skills.
Cross-functional collaboration.
Coaching and talent development experience.
Operational discipline and process adherence.
Role-model for company values and leadership competencies.

Responsibilities

Continuous Improvement & Lean Leadership: Lead site efforts, including leading, teaching and coaching continuous improvement and kaizen events, aligned with the Chemours Business System implementation (Kaizen Events, 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, TPM, A3 Problem Solving, value stream mapping).
Mentor and coach site employees in lean process methodologies and tools for personal development and to continuously improve business value, engagement and operational discipline.
Utilize data analytics and digitalization (Power BI, machine learning, AI) to identify gaps and drive improvement plans.
Implement and sustain systems that support ongoing improvement efforts.
Educate site and business personnel, developing sustainable expertise in the organization.
Strategic Planning & Initiative Execution: Develop and monitor progress against the site’s 5-year improvement strategy.
Facilitate ideation sessions and partner with initiative owners to develop rigorous project milestones and timelines.
Drive execution of improvement strategies, establish managing rituals including reporting progress versus key milestones.
Operational Excellence: Support all site value stream operations, including production, maintenance, laboratory, logistics, and materials, in driving the identification and reduction of waste through continuous improvement and leveraging the Chemours Business System.
Drive data-based processes to identify performance gaps through cross functional plant teams to identify and execute improvement plans.
Ensure tracking and reporting in the corporate tracking system (WAVE).
Represent the Corpus Christi Site improvement plans and progress in the Operations and TSS Transformation Office managing processes.
Ensure daily management rigor across the site value streams to meet daily, monthly, and annual goals.
Collaboration & Leadership: Partner with Plant Manager and cross-functional teams for strategic site improvement and conflict resolution.
Promote a learning organization by assessing and developing training to support identified gaps.
Develop employees through coaching, training, recognition, and performance evaluations.
Active member of site leadership and corporate continuous improvement network, sharing best practices and objectives.
Performance Monitoring: Provide leadership and support to enable strong daily management processes to monitor and respond to gaps for key value stream metrics including site cost of manufacture (VCOM, FCOM, TCOM), raw material yields, energy, production performance (OEE2, Quality Performance).
Maintain expertise and provide coaching for site leadership and teams on dashboarding, KPI metrics, problem solving and countermeasures.