Operational Excellence Engineer
Position Summary
The Operational Excellence Engineer is accountable for the continuous improvement of Company-wide activities. Analyzes current environment, makes recommendations based on Lean Manufacturing principles while partnering with Production, Purchasing, Quality, Sales, and Administration to implement recommendations and audits outcomes.
Responsibilities
• Execute company vision and mission to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with company goals.
• Development of a 5S policy to standardize procedures for the production departments within the company which implements standard work and maintains improvements through sustaining behaviors, operating with discipline and rigor.
• Create, implement, and manage standard production reporting and scorecards.
• Responsible for ensuring quality and efficiencies are maximized throughout the company by implementing Lean Manufacturing concepts.
• Ensure on-time delivery of all customer orders by developing a Kanban scheduling system.
• Initiate and champion organizational change focused on process improvement and operational reengineering.
• Collaborate directly with Production Planning and Materials Management to optimize scheduled attainment and customer service.
• Collaborate with the Plant Manager to create and execute a maintenance and capital budget to ensure that financial allocations and obligations are set, administered, and met.
• Initiate cost savings measurements.
• Ensure all quality and regulatory standards, specifications and policies are met or exceeded.
Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Industrial Management, Engineering, Management, or Product Operations.
• Five to seven (5-7) years manufacturing experience.
• Three to five (3-5) years Management / Supervisory experience.
• Six Sigma Green / Black Belt.
• Thorough understanding & appreciation of Kaizen philosophies.
• Kanban methodologies expertise.
• Knowledge of plant wide manufacturing constraints and good manufacturing practices.
• Superb mathematical and statistical skills.
• Excellent management, organizational, presentation, and negotiating skills.
• Strong computer application skills, including the utilizations of mainframe, network and PC business application software.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with multiple departments such as Operations, Procurement, Sales, Finance, IT, and Engineering.
• Ability to obtain and integrate information from multiple groups into a cohesive, understandable plan.
Preferred
• Masters, Engineering
• Previous ISO implementation