Operation Excellence Manager

Daikin Applied Americas•Plymouth, MN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Daikin Applied is seeking an Operations Excellence Manager to provide management and guidance for process improvement programs and strengthen improvement skills and tools across Daikin Applied Americas. The role provides direction for developing, implementing, and sustaining continuous improvement and skills-development activities and programs. It leads and facilitates process improvements through workshops, Kaizen activities, and scorecard meetings. This is a hybrid position based in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Requirements

Four-year bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Operations, or a technical-related field.
Familiarity with Kaizen improvement processes.
Two years of facilitation experience.
Cross-functional partnership and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead continuous improvement training programs related to Kaizen, quality, problem solving, and team facilitation techniques and tools across the Sales, Service and Solutions business unit.
Create the vision and strategy for continuous improvement, including cost reduction (CIP), productivity gains, and lean best practices to improve quality and on-time delivery.
Develop and coordinate employee technical skills-development programs and provide ongoing management oversight and support.
Coach others and provide subject matter expertise in Kaizen and other Lean methodologies.
Collaborate with operations and support functions to improve key performance indicators (KPIs).
Facilitate Kaizen activities using Lean methods, Value Stream Maps, SIPOC, RACI, and other tools to improve process maturity.
Lead annual integrated planning (DAA WAY), scorecard, and enterprise portfolio activities for the business unit.
Provide leadership support for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Establish a standard process for communicating continuous improvement initiatives across the organization and conduct periodic audits for consistency.
Maintain records of improvement activities and participants.

Benefits

Multiple medical insurance plan options
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% of the next 2%
Company-provided life insurance
Optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage, and voluntary accident coverage
Short-term and long-term disability
Three weeks of paid time off for new employees
11 company-paid holidays
Paid sick time in accordance with applicable law
Paid parental leave after six months of continuous service
Tuition reimbursement after six months of continuous service
10% bonus