Director, Continuous Improvement

Abteilung Information:

Barry-Wehmiller ist ein breitgefächerter globaler Anbieter von Lösungen für Engineering, Beratung und Fertigungstechnologien für Verpackungs-, Wellpappen- und Papierverarbeitungsindustrien. Die Kombination eines mitarbeiterorientierten Führungsstils mit operativen Strategien und nachhaltigem Wachstum ließ Barry-Wehmiller zu einem 3 Milliarden USD Unternehmen wachsen, dessen fast 12.000 Mitarbeiter eine gemeinsame Vision haben: Building a Better World through Business.

Jobbeschreibung:

The Director Continuous Improvement will lead the deployment of Barry-Wehmiller’s operating model, the BW Way, across the organization. This position will be focused on driving both short and long-term strategic goals driving a culture of Continuous Improvement while achieving year over year performance improvement. As a key member of this team, this role will impact results and culture by establishing standards, institutionalizing management systems, and ensuring effective problem-solving skills (& tool capability) across the organization.

• Support the organization in achieving SQDC and financial objectives through effective application of the Business System tools and methodologies to achieve continuous improvement.
• Lead and drive CI Roadmaps for assigned businesses.
• Coach, mentor, and train team members and leaders on continuous improvement methods based on Subject Matter Expertise. Ability to both formally train and "stop and teach" while at Gemba.
• Lead and coach multiple projects and Kaizen events simultaneously though both a hands-on and influential approach.
• Build, activate, and optimize continuous improvement capabilities to support excellence in planning and execution of business goals.
• Create future state processes in conjunction with business unit and functional teams.
• Lead the implementation of the BW Way system across sites.X-matrix alignmentKaizen facilitation
• Operational Excellence-|BW Way talent developmentCreate a roadmap to developing Continuous Improvement Excellence talent throughout the organization.Provide ongoing coaching and development.
• Identify and lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives using data to target and drive cost and lead time reduction.
• Champion process improvement, commercial excellence, and cross facility collaboration to achieve optimized performance across our manufacturing footprint and the achievement of business goals.
• Analyze key metrics and apprise stakeholders of observed trends, inconsistencies, and opportunities.
• Help drive customer trust and business sustainability.

Competencies

• Instills Trust
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Customer Focus
• Manages complexity.
• Comfort with Ambiguity
• Indirect Leadership
• Drives Vision & Purpose
• Leverages Business Insight

Qualifications & Skills:

• 8-10 years of related work experience driving continuous improvement in a high performing organization.
• Be a strong communicator that can effectively lead and mobilize people through positive interactions.
• Have a strong global perspective with the ability to connect across cultures and navigate complex relationships.
• Have a demonstrated ability to lead through influence to drive higher levels of business performance.
• Be adept in continuous improvement toolsets (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex business issues and turn vision and strategy into practical, actionable, and quantifiable plans.
• Proven Successful application of multiple CI tools: 80/20. Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Lean Conversion, Standard work, Visual Daily Management, Advance Problem Solving.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate Kaizen-type events to produce measurable improvements (Financial, Service, quality, etc.)

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Company:

BW Corporate US