Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist

Xylem•Auburn, WA

1d•$110,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions. Xylem seeks to hire a Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist to lead project teams and to execute projects aligned to critical business priorities. These projects will generate financial results and drive process improvement, cultural maturity, and efficiency. This position is required to be onsite 5x per week. This role is based at our production site located in Auburn, NY. Expectation to eventually rotate back into the organization and continue spreading improvement mindset

Requirements

BS/BA Engineering Degree or Equivalent
1-5 years’ experience working within a manufacturing industry utilizing CI methodologies, implementing improvement projects and enabling efficiency, effectiveness and tangible financial benefit
Enthusiasm for change and knowledge of varying Continuous Improvement toolsets
Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining detailed project plans for large scale projects
Comfortable with ambiguity
Demonstrated experience with ensuring effective Change Management development and execution
Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills
Desire to learn and obtain new Lean and Six Sigma certification levels
Efficient knowledge and comfort working with computer systems

Nice To Haves

LSS Green Belt, Black Belt, or Lean certification
Experience within low volume-high mix manufacturing industries containing machining, assembly, and welding
Experience working in union environments
ERP/MRP knowledge and experience
Robust knowledge of MS office applications including Project and Visio
Experience with VBA programming and database querying

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional projects designed to analyze and design sequence of operations and work flows to improve efficiencies.
Conducts studies pertaining to cost control, cost reduction, inventory control, and production record systems.
Develop and implement project plans to reduce labor hours and costs of manufacturing through Lean Manufacturing.
Interfaces with other departments to identify improvement opportunities for driving high quality and efficient processes
Mobilizes problem solving teams and supports groups to streamline processes
Facilitates kaizen and rapid improvement events to drive continuous improvements in operations and office areas, including effective preparation and follow-up
Participates on multiple projects and applies continuous improvement techniques leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies to solve problems and build new capabilities.
Shares best practices and develops coordinated plans.
Be a change agent: challenge organizational leaders to drive continuous improvements and remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processes.
Apply Best in Class benchmarks, cost analysis, Lean Six Sigma techniques to study manufacturing systems and operations.
Identify cost and quality improvement projects.