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The Continuous Improvement Leader will lead the deployment of Barry-Wehmiller's operating model, the BW Way, across the organization. This position will be focused on driving both short and long-term strategic goals driving a culture of Continuous Improvement while achieving year over year performance improvement. As a key member of this team, this role will impact results and culture by establishing standards, institutionalizing management systems, and ensuring effective problem-solving skills (& tool capability) across the organization.
• Support the organization in achieving SQDC and financial objectives through effective application of the Business System tools and methodologies to achieve continuous improvement. Support the organization in achieving SQDC and financial objectives through effective application of the Business System tools and methodologies to achieve continuous improvement.
• Lead and drive CI Roadmaps for assigned businesses. Lead and drive CI Roadmaps for assigned businesses.
• Coach, mentor, and train team members and leaders on continuous improvement methods based on Subject Matter Expertise. Ability to both formally train and "stop and teach" while at Gemba. Coach, mentor, and train team members and leaders on continuous improvement methods based on Subject Matter Expertise. Ability to both formally train and "stop and teach" while at Gemba.
• Lead and coach multiple projects and Kaizen events simultaneously both a hands-on and influential approach. Lead and coach multiple projects and Kaizen events simultaneously both a hands-on and influential approach.
• Build, activate, and optimize continuous improvement capabilities to support excellence in planning and execution of business goals. Build, activate, and optimize continuous improvement capabilities to support excellence in planning and execution of business goals.
• Create future state processes in conjunction with business unit and functional teams. Create future state processes in conjunction with business unit and functional teams.
• Lead the implementation of the BW Way system across sites. Lead the implementation of the BW Way system across sites.
• X-matrix alignment X-matrix alignment
• Kaizen facilitation Kaizen facilitation
• Operational Excellence-|BW Way talent development Operational Excellence-|BW Way talent development
• Create a roadmap to developing Continuous Improvement Excellence talent throughout the organization. Create a roadmap to developing Continuous Improvement Excellence talent throughout the organization.
• Provide ongoing coaching and development. Provide ongoing coaching and development.
• Identify and lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives using data to target and drive cost and lead time reduction. Identify and lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives using data to target and drive cost and lead time reduction.
• Champion process improvement, commercial excellence, and cross facility collaboration to achieve optimized performance across our manufacturing footprint and the achievement of business goals. Champion process improvement, commercial excellence, and cross facility collaboration to achieve optimized performance across our manufacturing footprint and the achievement of business goals.
• Analyze key metrics and apprise stakeholders of observed trends, inconsistencies, and opportunities. Analyze key metrics and apprise stakeholders of observed trends, inconsistencies, and opportunities.
• Help drive customer trust and business sustainability. Help drive customer trust and business sustainability.
Qualifications & Skills:
• 5+ years of related work experience driving continuous improvement in a high performing organization. 5+ years of related work experience driving continuous improvement in a high performing organization.
• Be a strong communicator that can effectively lead and mobilize people through positive interactions. Be a strong communicator that can effectively lead and mobilize people through positive interactions.
• Have a strong global perspective with the ability to connect across cultures and navigate complex relationships. Have a strong global perspective with the ability to connect across cultures and navigate complex relationships.
• Have a demonstrated ability to lead through influence to drive higher levels of business performance. Have a demonstrated ability to lead through influence to drive higher levels of business performance.
• Be adept in continuous improvement toolsets (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.) Be adept in continuous improvement toolsets (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex business issues and turn vision and strategy into practical, actionable, and quantifiable plans. Demonstrate ability to analyze complex business issues and turn vision and strategy into practical, actionable, and quantifiable plans.
• Proven Successful application of multiple CI tools: 80/20. Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Lean Conversion, Standard work, Visual Daily Management, Advance Problem Solving. Proven Successful application of multiple CI tools: 80/20. Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Lean Conversion, Standard work, Visual Daily Management, Advance Problem Solving.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate Kaizen-type events to produce measurable improvements (Financial, Service, quality, etc.) Demonstrated ability to facilitate Kaizen-type events to produce measurable improvements (Financial, Service, quality, etc.)
Competencies
• Instills Trust Instills Trust
• Communicates Effectively Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results Drives Results
• Optimizes Work Processes Optimizes Work Processes
• Customer Focus Customer Focus
• Manages complexity. Manages complexity.
• Comfort with Ambiguity Indirect Leadership Drives Vision & Purpose Leverages Business Insight Comfort with Ambiguity
• Indirect Leadership Indirect Leadership
• Drives Vision & Purpose Drives Vision & Purpose
• Leverages Business Insight Leverages Business Insight
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