Operational Excellence Lead
- Canonsburg, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Proactively seeks and drives continuous improvement opportunities to enhance safety, customer value, quality, deliver performance, lead time, business growth, margin expansion, and inventory management.
- Responsible for proposing integration projects, funding requests, and providing ongoing support through implementation.
- Optimize materials flows and replenishment strategies across the shopfloor and warehouses.
- Implements tactical strategies to achieve the desired vision
- Executes against long and short-term objectives to support the Plant’s KPIs and goals.
- Works with necessary site personnel to identify, address, and eliminate process-related obstacles.
- Assists in the change systems/processes as required, to support the lean initiatives.
- Utilizes value stream mapping techniques to design optimal information, material, and flow methodology.
- Coaches and follows up on pre-work and post-work standards.
- Participates in co-facilitating or facilitating events, and projects, and “just do it”.
- Participates in Gemba walks and coach employees on continuous improvement tools.
- Helps update and maintain visual performance tools, including tier boards.
- Creates and implements standard work while teaching/coaching leaders to do the same.
- Assists in identifying ongoing training needs.
- Drives Lean culture and behaviors through coaching employees and following the Legrand Way.
- Performs the Legrand Way RADAR to identify focus areas to improve in lean culture.
- Coaches and advocates for the Legrand Values to all employees.
- Audits the areas after improvements are implemented.
- Monitors and reports on key metrics.
- Continually updates labor standards / make spans.
- Provides regular updates and report-outs of current projects to varying levels of the organization.
- Must possess strong written and oral communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences
- Ability to effectively facilitate activities and discussions using a defined process
- Ability to write reports, general business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to create standard work document
- Must be a self-motivated learner
- Ability to energize and motivate teams
- Facilitate change from the position of an influencer
- Ability to lead without direct authority
- Capability to recognize conflict and take action within the scope of the role
- Ability to define problem areas, collect data, and establish facts
- Ability to interpret a variety of technical processes
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced and changing work environment
- Strong capability with personal computer applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
- 5+ years of experience in a continuous improvement role in a plant environment
- Experience in a world-class lean environment is preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise in applying and coaching Toyota Production System (TPS) and Lean fundamentals, including 5S, Standardized Work (SW), Problem-Solving Process (PSP), Kaizen, Daily Management (DM), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Total Productive Improvement (TPI), and Poka-Yoke
- Demonstrated knowledge of warehouse and logistics processes
- An operations or Engineering background is preferred.
- Experience developing and maintaining engineered labor standards utilizing a predetermined motion time system is preferred.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering or related technical field. (Equivalent education/experience will be considered)
- Knowledge of basic lean concepts and continuous improvement tools
- The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to the manufacturing areas, where, under certain conditions, the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses and mandatory hearing protection is required.
- Ability to stand for prolonged periods
- Able to lift and carry up to 25lbs