Lean Manufacturing Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities

• Delivering in-class training of Engineers, Supervisors, Managers, and operators on Lean trainings (about 1x per week)
• Executing training and process improvement activities and meetings on manufacturing swing shift in addition to day shift (and possibly graveyard shift)
• Guiding teams to create miniA3s, A3s, and other process improvement documents
• Leading improvement workshops, kaizen events, chalk circles, VSM and other improvement events
• Implementing administrative work to upload and update the Lean SharePoint
• Organizing and facilitating the quarterly lean awards luncheon, attendees, invitation in the day shift and during swing shift
• Organizing and leading monthly evening Lean meeting with overseas sites

Qualifications

• 3 plus years of experience in Lean Manufacturing
• 3 plus years of demonstrated practical experiences in problem solving reporting, execution, achievement of goals such as PDCA, DMAIC or 8D
• Bachelor’s of Science degree in relevant Engineering or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated practical experiences in regular reporting, data manipulation and problem solving using MS Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Excel macros or similar tools
• 3 plus years of demonstrated practical experiences in value stream mapping and process improvement
• Demonstrated practical experiences in creating and executing standardized weekly reporting, measurable achievements to targets, and providing clear, concise, and visual reporting of metrics and improvements
• Demonstrated ability to write procedures, follow procedures, train others on procedures and perform regular checkup and follow-up on those that have been trained
• Experience working on the manufacturing floor performing daily manual operations
• Experience interfacing with engineers, program managers, manufacturing supervisors and production operators
• Experience providing PowerPoint presentations explaining process improvements to floor management, middle management and senior level management
• Demonstrated experience in supporting a Lean or Six Sigma program for an organization of 500 individuals for a minimum of three years
• Has led at least 5 process improvement activities and can provide examples of the activity and the improvements
• Provided training and execution of 5S activities for at least 500 participants. Can explain and show the results of their activities