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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Business Excellence Director located in Guadalajara, North Campus .
Reporting to the Business Excellence Senior Director, Business Excellence Director role involves being responsible for continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization, coaching and enabling waste removal activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion.
What a typical day looks like:
- Establish and execute strategic plans for Lean organization to maximize its value added, to exceed operational goals and to create an advantage in the business.
- Take action to drive financial performance in the areas of productivity, purchase price, and facility variances.
- Develop and execute a Lean and six sigma strategy that supports the site's overall market driven business model in line with the GBE A3.
- Drive continuous improvement culture while implementing the strategic roadmap to achieve breakthrough performance in working capital, quality, delivery, cost, and growth.
- Meet with Executive team periodically to review and evaluate KOI's.
- Partner with other managers to establish strategic plans and objectives.
- Conduct Lean Operation/Supply Chain/Office training.
- Lean Supply Chain, Operation & Office - LMT Scoring and tracker, mentor, review and approval Deploy activities to close the gaps identified in line with the GBE A3.
- Best Practice (BP) identification and yokoten.
- Manage Facilitator Kaizen project IKW and EKW, provide Kaizen application expertise at the Gemba.
- Coach, share and ensure usage of lean tools.
- Encourage, motivate & drive the team toward achieving the goals.
- Educate, train and align the team towards the Kaizen Workshop goals.
- Special project/segment/customer priorities to formulate and propose strategy of Lean Transformation.
- Coach and facilitate Lean Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities.
- For assigned special project/segment/customer priorities to formulate and propose strategy of Lean.
- Transformation.
- Coach and facilitate Lean Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities.
- BA/BS/MBA or equivalent work experience.
- Fluent English.
- Previous management experience.
- Ability to identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems.
- Able to utilize tools to monitor cost and cost trends, continuously striving to improve value.
- Effective interpersonal skills with ability to negotiate and influence for positive outcomes.
- Strong innovation skills and creativity.
- Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt is also a plus.
- Competitive Salary.
- Life & Medical insurance.
- Christmas Bonus.
- Food Coupons.
- Saving Fund.
Job Category
Operational Excellence
Required Skills:
Optional Skills:
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