Sr. Manager Continuous Improvement OE

Mann+Hummel GmbH•Portage, MI

18d

About The Position

This position reports to the Vice President of Operations. In this role the incumbent is responsible for developing proposals and executing continuous improvement programs in all Cluster production and administrative processes, studying existing processes, creating work groups, schedules applying, Lean manufacturing philosophy, offering trainings, issuing indexes and reports, for regular costs, flows, time and waste reductions, for processes effectiveness, always complying with ergonomic and labor safety principles.

Requirements

Continuous Improvement
Plant Layout Optimization
Data Analysis
Production Process Mapping
Lean Methodologies
Machine Connectivity & Data Security
Training Facilitation
Quality Management
Value Stream Design
HSE Compliance
Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field strongly preferred
8 years in industrial manufacturing
3 years in strategic lean manufacturing leadership

Nice To Haves

Experience in international matrix organization preferred

Responsibilities

Coordinate and communicate corporate continuous improvement strategies into each Cluster location (Queretaro, Dunlap, Portage).
Coordinate continuous improvement programs execution, elaborate planning and schedules of areas and/or processes to be reviewed together with area responsible person, as well as work groups creation.
Lead and develop each manufacturing location continuous improvement managers to achieve the corporate strategy and KPI’s.
Monitor improvement actions to ensure linkage to P+L.
Offer training to defined work team, informing to participants the goal, route, approaching manner and tools to be used in improvement project, to ease work understanding and everybody's participation. .
Provide approval of identified improvements and activity implementation plan to overachieve non material savings target of 120-150%.
Cluster representative for the Global Continuous improvement network.
Provide information about new concepts of flows, processes and/or quality tools to associates involved, to motivate them to break paradigms, simulating creativity and effectiveness development.
Influence concepts and quality tools practice, through regular trainings with associates, to assure use and sharing of defined concepts.
Participate of meetings with superiors and peers, presenting results and indicators of their responsibility area, suggesting and discussing improvements manners, to effectively assure that expected results are achieved and exceeded.
Comply with internal safety and environment standards.
Ensure compliance with policies and procedures with a high focus of production basics.
Remain updated as to environmental goals and targets, aspects and impacts related to their activities and company's Management Policy.
Responsible for leading the development of CI team and function.