Manager, Business Excellence

Joysonsafety•Hockessin, DE

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Business Excellence Manager (BEM) is responsible for managing Customer Product Planning (CPP) and Cost Reduction Program (CRP) resources. The Business Excellence Manager (BEM) is a key interface within the Product Business Unit (PBU) to help communicate and coordinate cross functionally regionally and globally. Acquisition process improvement, acquisition KPI’s, and strategic alignment with Sales, CBU Directors, CBU PMO, Purchasing, and Operations is critical to the success of this role. Must demonstrate product knowledge of components, assemblies, and manufacturing processes.

Requirements

Must be able to take a vision and translate it into results.
Strong analytical thinking and data analytics
Communication and presentation skills
Proficiency working with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook)
Strong organizational, analytical, verbal, written, and presentation skills to C-Suite leadership.
Foster an environment of looking forward, continuous collaboration, and closed loop feedback to move the organization forward.
Financial acumen to understand cost models, business cases, and propose strategic direction to the organization.
Basic understanding of global supply chain and the influences it can have when acquiring new business.
Able to work and communicate well with others in a team environment including customers.
Ability to work with limited supervision to manage a project team of 3-5 people.
Highly skilled at taking enormous quantities of information and presenting it in a clear and concise manner.
Possesses knowledge of manufacturing processes and business cycles; open to learning in areas where skills are still being developed.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent degree required
8+ years automotive experience

Responsibilities

Lead the CPP resources/activities for the associated PBU.
Targeted business acquisition plan development including benchmarking, BOM target pricing, initial design development, and quotation development.
Lead the cross functional teams to bring all inputs together and challenge appropriately to support the on-time quote submission.
Align with GPL and other regions on component development toward market demands on product and cost to support targeted business.
Engage Sales and the PBU to communicate with customers and develop working relationships.
Ensure each sales target has a robust forward-looking acquisition plan.
Drive functions to develop methods to increase efficiency and accuracy of quotes (purchasing, logistics, operations, and engineering).
Preview and understand all new business quotes submitted in support of the CPP resource.
Ensure current AOP targets and future AOP targets are clear and communicated frequently to the PBU team.
Critical interface to advanced manufacturing to ensure plant process, capacity, and staffing is competitive for new acquisition.
Lead the CRP resources/activities for the associated PBU.
Coordinate with PBU PMO to ensure Profit Improvement Tracker (P.I.T) & BOM 2.0 outcomes are migrated to the total PBU savings plan.
Responsible for ensuring the savings plan is accurate and effective in showing status and pipeline of future ideas.
Support CRP resource in generating business case savings calculations considering manpower, tooling, validation, manufacturing, and supply chain.
Take decisions on CRP actions that do not meet the criteria as being acceptable.
Monthly progress reports for product line reviews must be available.
Support development of the annual CRP savings target to support the AOP budget process.
Continuously strengthen Global Product Line relationships to make the acquisition process more efficient through standardized BOM models and preferred solutions where possible.
Ensure Central Manufacturing continuously is streamlining process and headcount parameters for new acquisition to limit iterations.
Identify sources of error in the quoting process and build plants directly with the PBU team or support functions to permanently fix.
Coordinate with Sales to get a single aligned reporting format of targets, quote negotiation status, and win/loss intelligence to communicate with the PBU team.
Eliminate redundant reporting and excessive reporting formats.
Work closely with other product line Business Excellence Managers (BEM) to have common alignment where possible.
Prepare quarterly Product Strategy Meeting (PSM) presentations collaboratively with functions to show case current state and future looking plans with a heavy focus on acquisition, cost, and competitiveness.
Build strategy to understand OEM trends, technology desires, and communicate those needs effectively to the PBU and GPL.
Ensure alignment with Sales on monthly reporting on business acquisition status and targets.
Informing management about decisions and actions in the department with escalation when needed.
Ensure a highly collaborative work style with all PBU leaders and resources.
Lead by example. Supervisors, managers, and higher-level staff are expected to demonstrate exemplary ethical business conduct.
Help to create a work environment that values mutual respect and open communication.
Be a resource for others. Be available to speak with employees, contractors, suppliers and business partners about the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and the policies applicable to their daily work.
Be proactive. Look for opportunities to discuss ethics and address challenging situations.
Respond quickly and effectively. Ensure that all parties involved address any issues requiring your attention with respect.
Know the limits of your authority. Avoid any action that exceeds the limits of your authority. Discuss with your supervisor or the Compliance Officer if you are unsure of what is appropriate (or not).
Delegate responsibilities but never delegate your authority to individuals who may engage in illegal behavior or unethical activities.