Lean Specialist Jobs

Lean Specialist manages continuous improvement roadmap for the plant, by providing support in performing lean activities, process mapping, RCA & troubleshooting, and drive process optimization through Continuous Improvement activities (projects, kaizens, etc.).Lean Specialist will lead the implementation, sustainability, and improvements of Lean Performance Management System at site level.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in network and resident Manufacturing Excellence forums to benchmark and identify opportunities.
• Provide input into annual strategic business planning
• Drive and support cost reduction, productivity improvement and Safety/Quality improvements for the site (utilizing PDCA, LSS, lean methodologies.).
• Key technical leader for improvement opportunities. Working with team to support analyzing data, change management, project management and project implementation
• Deliver and support lean trainings that drives a Continuous Improvement mind set.
• Support the site team to achieve targeted sustainability goals using CI tools
• Assist with risk analysis, Key Performance Indicators, Critical to Quality and control plans for process improvement
• Evaluate current state for the site processes to identify efficiency gaps & build a project pipeline

Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma training and demonstrated ability to apply the methodology to complex projects (Certified Black Belt or Lean Belt preferred)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of prior experience in continuous improvement
• Project management training and experience
• Experienced in working with cross-organizational teams.