Job Description

A nationwide medical device manufacturing client is looking to add a Site Excellence Leader to their team to implement Continuous Improvement within the Injection Molding Space. This person will be brought in to create a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the network by leading the strategy development and deployment for overall Molding Excellence across our Manufacturing plants. Most of the time to be spent in the factory environment directly developing capability in the Molding processes. We are looking for someone to sit in New Jersey, Utah, South Carolina, Nebraska or Connecticut.

What You'll Do:

• Support business molding unit n creating strategic vision of improvement goals, (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across all functions and sites.
• Lead strategy development and deployment.
• Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs’) top down and bottom up.
• Challenge existing paradigms, encourage and promote internal and external benchmarking.
• Develop and grow zero loss approach across critical areas to optimize safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• As the Molding Excellence leader, teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in Excellence concepts and systematic approach, core components, Zero Loss mentality and all related methodologies/tools.
• Ensure execution of and resource breakthrough Kaizen events.
• Develop and grow capability through establishing the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability.
• Analyze and recommend growth in Molding capability gaps through internal and external development programs.
• Work across plants to establish a reporting and tracking metrics standardized by all Molding manufacturing locations
• Continue to drive Excellence capability development and impact through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies.
• Achieve long term CI objectives through multi-functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
• Develop and grow Molding Excellence capability, to help deliver a multi-year cost-to-win program.
• Focus on building capability that improves problem solving, increases loss awareness, and empowers teams to eliminate factory-loss in an impactful, efficient, and sustainable way.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business
• Knowledge of Injection Molding operations and processes
• Master’s degree desirable, e.g., business administration / LEAN production.
• Minimum 10 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
• Minimum 3-years’ experience operating a production system.
• Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner/specialist in multiple components of the Operating System by demonstrated successful systematic implementation where transformational business performance and capabilities are evaluated though a maturity assessment
• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
• Business acumen and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results
• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 75% to be present within plants
• Must be collocated at a large or significant site within Molding Manufacturing.

Technical Qualifications

• Demonstrates mastery of one or more areas of Site Excellence and has direct experience in leading the application of one or more areas of Operational Excellence / LEAN production.
• Basic knowledge of Injection Molding processes.
• Demonstrates expertise in problem solving, as well as training and coaching others.
• Previous experience in implementing, and solid understanding of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems.
• Development of Work Standards
• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service.
• Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels
• Strong track record in project or program management

Salary of $160-190 + 15% bonus and stock

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