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To support our extraordinary teams that build great products and contribute to our growth, we are looking to incorporate a Business Excellence Leader located in Guadalajara, Site Norte.
The Business Excellence Leader role involves being in charge of continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization and enabling waste elimination activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions towards a sustainable conclusion.
What a typical day looks like
- Work as a change agent and drive lean and six sigma activities defined in GBE A3.
- Apply and deploy Flex Lean Enterprise values throughout the organization.
- Responsible for eliminating waste and creating value by reducing variation in processes to achieve sustainable results across the organization and segment.
- Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing/eliminating non-value added activities in the process.
- Create and validate processes/standards based on standard work and BPs.
- Identify, drive and yokoten kaizen projects based on best practices within agreed timelines.
- Lead Industrial Engineering Lean and Six Sigma training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean culture throughout the organization by guiding and facilitating the implementation of Lean Continuous Improvement.
- Perform Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) Operation/Supply Chain/Office assessment and drive initiatives to close gaps.
- Agile participate in lean and six sigma project selection and executions.
- Transformation (ongoing workshop in 90 days). Facilitate Continuous Improvement Transformation activities through Kaizen, workshops and Small Group Activities.
- Understand and utilize the Center point portal as a repository to enable data research and cost savings efficiencies.
- Achieve Industrial, Lean & 6 sigma training and certification to become a subject matter expert in the organization.
- Willingness to travel.
- Participation in Worldwide Plastics.
- Completed Bachelor's Degree or Engineering.
- Business Excellence Leader experience or similar position.
- Intermediate-advanced English.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing.
- Experience in Autocad.
- Experience in Minitab, SolidWorks would be a plus.
- Operations Management Techniques.
- Use of Office package.
- Leadership.
- Teamwork.
- Salario Competitivo.
- Seguro de Vida y de Gastos médicos Mayores.
- Aguinaldo superior.
- Vales de despensa.
- Fondo de Ahorro.
Job Category
Operational Excellence
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