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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT LEADER - Thermatech at Howmet Aerospace in Whitehall, Michigan
Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Job Description:
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum 5 years' experience in manufacturing involved with driving for results and/or continuous improvement activities.
- Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Logistics or related discipline from an accredited institution.
- Strong computer skills, proficieCONTINUOnt in Microsoft Office.
- Ability to speak and present effectively to personnel at all levels of the organization.
- Minimum of three years' experience in a Continuous Improvement role.
- Demonstrated ability to lead managers and employees to drive major change initiatives with diverse groups.
- Solid understanding of HBS and/or Toyota Production System and be able to teach/coach and mentor others.
- Proven results facilitating continuous improvement activity
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Lean manufacturing experience in aerospace, defense, or automotive industry.
- Hoshin framework, TPM/OEE, 5S, Kaizen, visual factory management, work design and A3 thinking.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum 5 years' experience in manufacturing involved with driving for results and/or continuous improvement activities.
- Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Logistics or related discipline from an accredited institution.
- Strong computer skills, proficieCONTINUOnt in Microsoft Office.
- Ability to speak and present effectively to personnel at all levels of the organization.
- Minimum of three years' experience in a Continuous Improvement role.
- Demonstrated ability to lead managers and employees to drive major change initiatives with diverse groups.
- Solid understanding of HBS and/or Toyota Production System and be able to teach/coach and mentor others.
- Proven results facilitating continuous improvement activity
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Lean manufacturing experience in aerospace, defense, or automotive industry.
- Hoshin framework, TPM/OEE, 5S, Kaizen, visual factory management, work design and A3 thinking.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Continuous Improvement Leader will drive continuous improvement processes and facilitates implementation of standard operational excellence methods and tools to deliver results in throughput, productivity, cost, and delivery performance.
This position is in Plant 4, supporting the Thermatech Coatings and Titanium Ingot businesses.
Job Role
- Improvement agent --provides guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
- Sustainability support --understands plant and enterprise level strategy and prioritizes projects accordingly; creates follow up plans, provides support and accountability to ensure adoption and independent implementation
- Educational implementer --conducts planned events and responds to operational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; manages projects and events efficiently and maximizes allocation of resources under time pressure
- Business acumen --creates compelling business case for events and interventions; understands and communicates the "why" behind efforts; measures success based on business performance
- Analysis and synthesis --seeks first to listen and understand; determines root cause with contributions from others; translates based on observation and input
- Influence --compels others without direct authority; provides business case and data-driven justification for events; appreciates the use of other leaders' resources and people, holds those things in trust; creates a favorable brand for HBS and CI
- Coach --helps others grow their capability; motivated by teaching and improvement
- Creativity and innovation --challenges the status quo; networks internally to gather information; offers ideas and potential solutions based on observation and direct feedback from operators and supervisors
- Strategic perspective --driven to improve the plant to improve the business; prioritizes based on hoshin and collaboration with other leaders; identifies areas of greatest potential return and adds value at the decision making level; thinks about the business as it will be in the future when deciding what to do today
Job Responsibilities
- Provide support to the business for effective and efficient implementation of HBS to employees and managers.
- Assess and diagnose problems from a process, quality, and cultural/people perspective
- Design and prioritize the development plan and metrics for closing the gap of current and target business change
- Teach and coach during execution of plan to help create a self-sufficient and continuous improvement culture.
- Work on HBS projects to increase productivity, capacity, and yield.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Continuous Improvement Leader will drive continuous improvement processes and facilitates implementation of standard operational excellence methods and tools to deliver results in throughput, productivity, cost, and delivery performance.
This position is in Plant 4, supporting the Thermatech Coatings and Titanium Ingot businesses.
Job Role
- Improvement agent --provides guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
- Sustainability support --understands plant and enterprise level strategy and prioritizes projects accordingly; creates follow up plans, provides support and accountability to ensure adoption and independent implementation
- Educational implementer --conducts planned events and responds to operational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; manages projects and events efficiently and maximizes allocation of resources under time pressure
- Business acumen --creates compelling business case for events and interventions; understands and communicates the "why" behind efforts; measures success based on business performance
- Analysis and synthesis --seeks first to listen and understand; determines root cause with contributions from others; translates based on observation and input
- Influence --compels others without direct authority; provides business case and data-driven justification for events; appreciates the use of other leaders' resources and people, holds those things in trust; creates a favorable brand for HBS and CI
- Coach --helps others grow their capability; motivated by teaching and improvement
- Creativity and innovation --challenges the status quo; networks internally to gather information; offers ideas and potential solutions based on observation and direct feedback from operators and supervisors
- Strategic perspective --driven to improve the plant to improve the business; prioritizes based on hoshin and collaboration with other leaders; identifies areas of greatest potential return and adds value at the decision making level; thinks about the business as it will be in the future when deciding what to do today
Job Responsibilities
- Provide support to the business for effective and efficient implementation of HBS to employees and managers.
- Assess and diagnose problems from a process, quality, and cultural/people perspective
- Design and prioritize the development plan and metrics for closing the gap of current and target business change
- Teach and coach during execution of plan to help create a self-sufficient and continuous improvement culture.
- Work on HBS projects to increase productivity, capacity, and yield.
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