Site OpEx Lead

Smith+Nephew•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

The Site OpEx Lead provides leadership and coaching to new and existing leaders to foster a culture of Operational Excellence throughout the Smith+Nephew network and engage stakeholders across the value stream. The role standardizes improvement tools and techniques, coaches OpEx community members in their use, and partners strategically with Franchise leadership to support business strategies. The position consolidates and coordinates improvement activities so benefits are tracked and shared across business units. It provides hands-on support to areas needing immediate assistance while developing local OpEx teams for long-term sustainability. The role also builds shared improvement terminology and practices across Smith+Nephew and develops and evolves the OpEx Centers of Excellence learning management system, training, and content. The position is site-based focused and requires 5%–15% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Science, or an equivalent field; a combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
12 or more years of hands-on experience deploying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Project Management principles and best practices.
12 or more years of experience in multiple value-stream functions, such as production, materials management, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, IT, EH&S, facilities, or purchasing.
12 or more years of experience and demonstrated application of Lean techniques, including 5S, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Visual Management, SIPOC, Flow, Pull, TAKT, TQM, JIT, SPC, and CPK.
Strong business acumen and broad understanding of Operational Excellence, Lean, and continuous improvement principles.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate and build consensus in a high-pressure environment.
Strategic thinking and ability to influence people at the highest levels of the company.
Excellent understanding of Quality Systems and Measures.
Proven ability to lead with high energy, change culture, manage multiple Lean projects, and make lasting, relevant organizational impact.
Strong people-management and change-management skills.
Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels.
Excellent people leadership and integrity.
Ability to travel 5%–15%.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated leadership competencies including strategic mindset, customer focus, decision quality, innovation, results orientation, accountability, collaboration, talent development, vision and purpose, team building, managing conflict and ambiguity, and instilling trust.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and coaching to new and existing leaders to foster an Operational Excellence culture throughout the Smith+Nephew network and across the value stream.
Standardize improvement tools and techniques across Smith+Nephew, including standard work, Value Stream Mapping, waste identification, SIPOC, 5S, Root Cause Analysis, and kaizen activity.
Coach and mentor OpEx community members on how and when to use standard tool sets, and assist with activities that grow the culture.
Act as a strategic partner to the Franchise leadership team in support of business strategies.
Consolidate and coordinate improvement activities, ensuring benefits are tracked and shared across applicable business units.
Provide direct, hands-on support to business areas in immediate need while engaging local OpEx teams to coach and develop long-term sustainability.
Develop an aligned improvement culture across Smith+Nephew with common terminology, practices, and language.
Develop and evolve the OpEx Centers of Excellence learning management system, training, and OpEx content.
Develop written communications, including executive report-outs, intranet content, objectives status updates, newsletters, the S+N Net Transformation blog, and other periodicals.