Process Lean Design Leader

Schneider Electric•Nashville, TN

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Process Lean Design Leader ensures Lean and 3P (Production Process Preparation) principles, and flexibility requirements are embedded upstream, at the earliest stages of product and production process design, before CAPEX commitment. This is a global Lean design, arbitration, and transformation role, not a support function. The leader also defines a plan to address flexibility driven by our manufacturing regionalization, based on 3P principles. The role has the leadership and credibility to challenge, process design based on product, manufacturing location competencies and growth plan over complexity and over-automation. The role develops the competencies of industrialization team on the Lean design approach. Key Objectives • Structurally reduce product and industrial cost • Radically simplify production lines and architectures • Improve performance, robustness, and flexibility • Shorten time-to-market while limiting CAPEX and risk • Build and lead a global network of Lean Process / 3P leaders Scope • All process types and BUs: Assembly (manual & automated), ETO, PCBA ..

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineering or Process Engineering
10–15+ years in industrial environments with progressive responsibility across Industrialization, Manufacturing or process engineering
Proven hands-on leadership of real industrial deployments: New line design and ramp-up; Line duplication or major engineering
Exposure to Lean / TPS-based transformations, ideally applied upstream during product process design
Experience working in global, multi-regional industrial environments
Knowledge of TPS principles and Lean tools (VSM, takt time, Single piece flow, Standard Work, SMED etc)
Knowledge of product-process design principles, design for manufacturing, flow and quality (PFMEA, CTQ, CTP etc.)
Knowledge of line and equipment design, specifications, capacity to assess technical solutions
Standards management, training

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree
Advanced training in: Lean / TPS / Operations excellence

Responsibilities

Define, deploy, and continuously improve the 3P methodology
Lead or coach redesign initiatives to eliminate non-value-added automation
Improve flow, footprint, maintainability, and ramp-up based on Takt Time, Single piece flow, SMED principles
Build and drive the plant to integrate 3P integration in OLM and Industrialization Referential
Ensure industrial solutions are defined before CAPEX engagement, based on: 1) Systematic 3P Methodology 2) Receiving manufacturing plant expectations, competencies, technologies choices 3) Demand scenarios, flexibility needs, speed-to-market constraints and 4) Fact-based trade-offs
Increase the flexibility of our industrial processes, for long tail SKUs, localization or ramp-up phase to minimize Capex per SKUs.
With Electrifier, Indus, external benchmark line vendors, build new referential that allows for flexibility and fast go to market with a x10 improvement on product cost at ramp-up
Build and drive the schedule for 3P applications based on rolling next 24 months industrialization project, for NPI, Duplication, renovation,
Personally lead selected 3P projects
Translate learnings into scalable design rules. Challenge legacy standards and architecture
Track key KPIs (CAPEX, surface, cost, OEE, SUR)
Develop the role into an Industrialization Performance System role, with 3P as core
Engage with Industrialization Assembly, PCBA, Technologies, line vendors to improve our process design, selection principles, investment principles and be 3P compliant by default
Interface with the production process design SMDP, our standards management for industrialization, to develop flexibility principles

Benefits

medical (with member reward points)
dental
vision
basic life insurance
Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits)
flexible work arrangements
paid family leaves
well-being programs
12 holidays per year
20 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date)
base salary
short-term incentives or sales incentives
opportunities to own company shares (eligibility depends on start date)
401(k) + match
ongoing performance and development conversations
Senior Talent Program
global career opportunities
access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors
learning platforms like Coursera
project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub
smart ways to collaborate
recognition program (including service anniversary)
engagement survey
volunteer leave
programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation
initiatives that support youth education
military leave benefits