Operation Excellence Manager
About The Position
Daikin Applied is seeking an Operations Excellence Manager to provide management and guidance for process improvement programs and strengthen process-improvement skills and tools across Daikin Applied Americas. The role directs the development, implementation, and sustainment of continuous-improvement and skills-development activities and programs. It leads and facilitates process improvements through workshops, Kaizen activities, and scorecard meetings, supporting cost reduction, productivity, quality, and on-time delivery across the Sales, Service and Solutions business unit. The position is hybrid in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Requirements
- Four-year bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Operations, or a technically 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, cost reduction, productivity gains, and lean best practices across the business unit to improve quality and on-time delivery.
- Develop and coordinate implementation of employee technical-skills development programs, providing 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.
- Facilitate Kaizen activities using Lean methods, Value Stream Maps, SIPOC, RACI, and other tools as needed to improve process maturity.
- Lead annual integrated planning (DAA WAY), scorecard, and enterprise portfolio activities for the business unit.
- Provide leadership support in continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Establish and implement a process for standard communication of 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 and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions: 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% of the next 2%.
- Company-provided life insurance, with optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage, and voluntary accident coverage.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Three weeks of paid time off for new employees.
- Eleven company-paid holidays.
- Paid sick time in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.
- Paid parental leave after six months of continuous service.
- Tuition reimbursement after six months of continuous service.
- Annual bonus opportunity of 10%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
