Continuous Improvement Specialist (Lean Manufacturing)

Role Summary

Job Description Summary

Job Title: Site Lean Leader / Position title: Site Lean Manager

Role Summary/Purpose

• Lead definition of strategic plan and execution of Lean initiatives across the site.
• Drive process improvements partnering with functional leaders in manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Engineering, Services, Installation and Suppliers to establish a customer based process improvement strategy, which drives customer responsiveness, lead time reduction and quality improvement in the line with business/functional objectives.

Job Summary/Objective

• Manage the definition of the strategic plan and the implementation of Lean initiatives across the entire site.
• Drive process improvement in partnership with functional managers from Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Services, Installation and Suppliers to establish a customer-focused process improvement strategy, driving customer responsiveness, lead time reduction and quality improvement, in line with business and functional objectives.

Responsibilities

• Drive process improvement in partnership with functional managers (procurement, quality, engineering, commercial, services, installation and suppliers) to establish a customer-focused process improvement strategy.
• Collaborate with senior management to evaluate current benchmarks and determine framework processes to improve using Lean methodologies.
• Define vision and translate it into goals and strategies, driving cross-functional cultural change and delivering consistent results year after year.
• Provide leadership and direction as a strategic manufacturing and retail business process partner to define and analyze Lean opportunities within the company.
• Promote waste reduction and process improvement in transactional areas of manufacturing (planning, energy management, health and safety, etc.).
• Develop Lean Manufacturing expertise and infrastructure in the hydroelectric sector in Canada, Sorel-Tracy shop.
• Support the simplification of complex processes and manage cross-functional relationships to support business impact.
• Provide key outputs, metrics and presentations for reporting, operational analysis and corporate communications.
• Support in the development of master plans and the implementation of strategic deployment according to the "Hoshin Kanri" approach, where applicable.
• Management and deployment of external consulting resources as needed to support the execution of operational roadmaps.
• Sharing best practices between regions and acting as a relay to accelerate intersectoral progress.
• Responsible to drive process improvements partnering with functional leaders such as Sourcing, Quality, Engineering, Commercial, Services, Installation and Suppliers to establish a customer based process improvement strategy.
• Work with senior leaders to assess current baselines and determine the framework processes to be improved using the Lean methodologies.
• Shape the vision and translate into goals, objectives and strategies resulting in cross-functional cultural change which delivers consistent, year-over-year results for business.
• Provide leadership and direction as a strategic business partner to Manufacturing, W2W business processes to scope and analyze Lean opportunities across the business.
• Drive waste reduction and process improvements at transactional areas within Manufacturing function (Planning, ME, EHS, etc).
• Develop Lean Manufacturing domain expertise and infrastructure in Hydro Power for Canada, Sorel-Tracy shop.
• Support simplification of the complex processes and manage cross-functional relationships to support business impact.
• Provide key output data, metrics and presentations for reporting, ops reviews and business communications.
• Support in the establishment of Masterplans and implementation of the Strategy Deployment using "Hoshin Kanri" approach, when applicable.
• Manage and deploy external consulting resources as needed to support execution of business roadmaps.
• Share best practices across resp. regions and act as has led to accelerate cross business progress.

Relational and interpersonal skills required

• Professional experience within an international group and smaller structures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills:
• - Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams;
• - Ability to work with different cultures;
• - Ability to negotiate and influence managers.
• - Communication ability.
• Autonomy:
• - Interventions and coaching often carried out independently;
• - Time management adapted to different operational and geographical constraints, where applicable.
• Due to the nature of his/her activity and the diversity of the people involved (from operational staff to segment CEOs), he/she has strong qualities of adaptation and persuasion and communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or higher education institution.
• Minimum of 10 years of additional experience in lean production.
• Languages: Fluency in English and French is essential.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 10 additional years of experience in Lean manufacturing implementation, cultural changes, barriers/behaviors overcoming.
• Language - Fluent English and French are necessary

Qualities sought after

• Demonstrated ability to motivate others and achieve results.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; mastery of statistics and Lean Six Sigma quality concepts and tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to process improvement.
• Experience in the automotive supply chain or any other industrial sector with a mature Lean approach and behavior.
• Customer orientation in establishing quality and setting priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated ability to motivate others and achieve results.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; statistically literate and familiar with Lean Six Sigma quality concepts and tools.
• Demonstrated commitment for process improvement.
• Worked in a Supply Chain business or any other industrial segment with a mature Lean thinking and behavior.
• Customer-focused in defining quality and establishing priorities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes