HUB Continuous Improvement Specialist (m/f/d)

The opportunity

Hitachi Energy, for our Transformers Business Unit, is seeking a HUB ITM / Continuous Improvement Specialist based in our factory in Zaragoza. This role is responsible for leading and driving sustainable and transformational change across multiple HUB Europe and Product Lines e functional teams and factories, focused on process improvements, ITM (Integrated Transformer Management) system maturity and demonstrated improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). Successful candidate will be a business partner to Hub Leadership team members and Factory Managers.

How you'll make an impact:

• Partners with the cross-functional leadership team in developing and operationalizing the Strategy Deployment process.

• Facilitates development of breakthrough objectives, action plans, KPI's and leads in development of Kaizen plan to support the overall needs of the organization.

• Change agent and champion of a continuous improvement culture focused on waste elimination across the organization using ITM Lean methods, processes and tools, such as 5S, Daily Management, LSW, VSM, TPM, Kaizen, etc.

• Lead all activities in the organization to implement the ITM system and drive improved maturity scores to advance the organization through the ITM phases of deployment.

• Drive optimization of KPI's throughout the Factories and Functional organizations that you support.

• Develop Financial acumen to ensure priority actions are focused on driving the right improvements in the business, impacting the bottom line.

• Ensure effective sustainment of results and support problem solving (Root Cause Countermeasure) as needed to close gaps to targets.

• Build a Coaching culture across the organization with focus on Employee Engagement and Accountability.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or business and minimum 5 years of experience in areas of Lean operating/management systems, continuous improvement, manufacturing, engineering, and/or process improvement.

• Experience in the implementation of one of the following: Toyota Production System, Danaher Business System, Honeywell Operating System or similar. Track record of delivering breakthrough results impacting the bottom line.

• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, with strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to foster teamwork. Developing strategy and translating into actionable plans & driving sustainable change through influence. Experience in challenging conventional thinking, approach and methodology and driving improvements, and the ability to lead teams through influence without authority.

• Proven capacity to coordinate and lead remote teams, working in different geographic locations. Ability to do so in proficient English.

• Certifications in Lean/ Six Sigma (e.g., Lean Master, Lean Expert, Black Belt, etc.) Experience leading training sessions is a plus.

• Availability to travel 50%.