We have an outstanding career opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Leader to join a leading Company located in the Pageland, SC surrounding area.
The CI engineer is responsible for implementing continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing existing processes, identifying areas for improvement, and leading kaizen activities to optimize operations and increase efficiency in one or multiple plants. They will collaborate with plant management to drive alignment, gain support, train personnel, and implement improvement initiatives. This high-energy person should enjoy hands-on participation and be able to develop and coach others in the principles, practices, tools, and techniques of Lean/CI.
Responsibilities:
Lean Competencies
Develop his/her own competencies and skills in tools and methodologies useful for the operation area.
Train operation team members to lean tools, standards & methodologies & ensure that lean standards are known and applied properly.
Participant regional/global kaizen week, share good practice kaizen workshop.
Participant lean tool improvement working group, contributes to the lean standard/tool improvement.
Lean Strategies
Ensure that lean rules are considered in new projects at an appropriate phase.
Help the plant/production Manager to keep a continuous improvement mindset, behavior & policy, whatever the operational situation.
Organize annual VSM going through the production and propose the yearly workshops list.
Help to define the lean strategy of the production and prepare the operation budget concerning lean targets & budget.
Manage the deployment of lean system within the production: manage production self-assessment with production team members and improvement action plan.
Deploy lean standards & best practices within the production team.
Lean Gemba Activities
Coach operation team members on the application of lean tools and methodologies through On-Job Training.
Support workshop pilots, lead workshops, and implement improvement proposals.
Permanently help plant/production Manager to detect and react to non-conformances against lean standards.
Manage the maintenance of lean tools through appropriate audits (like 5S, Kanban audits, andleader standard work): audit organization, performance & follow-up.
Prepare & organize the weekly production lean committee (incl. agenda proposal) led by the Production Manager, review the kaizen workshop progress on Gemba, and write the minutes.
Check regularly in-depth the proper deployment of lean in the operation area.
Support kaizen workshop pilots on methodology and results achievement.
Lead permanent workshops and implement improvement proposals.
Permanently promote the lean principles.
Lean Results
Ensure lean reporting and tier metrics are correct.
Quarterly lean mission report, share with site management team kaizen workshop status and saving achievements; Last quarter completed workshop, next quarter planned workshop, year-to-day saving summary, etc.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
Minimum 3 years of teaching, coaching, and applying Lean principles, tools, and techniques within a manufacturing environment and achievement of significant results.
Minimum 2 years with demonstrated success in manufacturing and /or supply chain experience plus lean training.
Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Must have facilitated multiple Kaizen events and delivered results against stated objectives
A change agent that possesses the ability to influence decision-making and build critical relationships in a manufacturing organization.
Passion and enthusiasm for driving improvement and leading change
Proven track record for developing, training, and coaching teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong leadership, ability to engage people and motivate them to meet/exceed goals and objectives; and the ability to develop others.
Experience with automation applications and implementation a plus
Knowledge and practice experience of the following tools:
5S & Zoning, visual management.
Standard work and cycle time measurement.
Muda Hunting.
SMED.
TPM.
Desired Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or related manufacturing experience.
Car automotive (Toyota, etc) lean experience is preferred.
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
The California Fair Chance Act
Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers