Manufacturing Excellence Specialist

About the role

As the Factory Specialist ME, you will actively help improve factory performance by strengthening TPM routines, building capability across the Local Leadership Team (LLT) and shop floor teams, improving data reliability, supporting loss elimination, and accelerating execution of key improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Supports definition, alignment, and implementation of the Local Leadership Team performance improvement plan/strategy.
• Co-develops Local Leadership improvement strategy considering:
  • Factory Operational Master Plan
  • Loss Analysis / External Benchmarks
• Gains alignment from the Local Leadership Team (LLT) / Key Stakeholders around the improvement plan and supports rollout across the Production Department.
• Ensures the improvement plan delivers expected results, including:
  • Long-term TPM rollout plans
  • Other factory key enablers (Digital, CAPEX, MUV/cost savings, etc.)
  • Key improvement projects
  • Key competency building activities
  • External support requirements
• Supports execution of the improvement plan by:
  • Ensuring proper governance/routines at LLT levels to track execution progression and improvement sustainability
  • Spending time on the shop floor to evaluate maturity progression and identify key opportunities
  • Providing guidance and feedback to LLT and aligning corrective actions to adjust the improvement plan
• Develops critical competence within the Local Leadership Team (e.g., ability to identify opportunities to transform workplace, people, and behaviors to deliver results through GEMBA visits).
• Partners with HR/Training to establish and evaluate the robustness of function/pillar capability plans for LLT.
• Trains and coaches LLT/shop floor owners on systems health and competencies (e.g., Cleaning/Inspection, Centerline, Changeover) and escalates for external support as needed.
• Evaluates maturity of key systems and provides feedback to functional/pillar leads, guiding conversations around steps to improve.
• Member of the FI Pillar, including development of competence building and health of FI systems and routines (Problem solving, Project & Stakeholder Management, Loss Intelligence, etc.).
• Accountable for FI pillar and Industrial Performance-related activities within the Local Leadership Team, including health and competency building of systems/routines such as:
  • Labor utilization studies
  • Data reliability
  • SAP BOM/Master Data
  • Planning Rate Reviews
  • Asset Intensity systems (DMO)
  • Tagging/Prometheus
  • St 21-908
  • Capacity Utilization

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant work experience considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 1-3 years of experience in Manufacturing.
• 1-3 years working with Factory Management & Leadership team, with success in supporting & developing cross-functional teams.
• 1-3 years with an active role in the implementation of Goal Alignment/TPM/Lean.
• Understanding of cultural change management, process improvement, and business connections.
• Experience working with line labor standards, budget preparation/review, and line capability/speed studies.
• 1-3 years working & developing improvement projects, loss analysis, & strong experience in leading/applying problem-solving tools.

Skills

• Ability to collaborate well with others and work cross-functionally across shop floor, LLT, and factory leadership levels.
• Strong coaching and influencing skills with the ability to build capability and drive behavioral change.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to interpret manufacturing losses, performance trends, and operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Digital skills and past exposure to digital systems (experience with Microsoft Office required; SAP, DMO, Prometheus, POKA, Power BI preferred), otherwise with a strong desire to learn.
• Goal Alignment/TPM/Lean/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple improvement initiatives simultaneously, prioritize work, and drive execution through cross-functional teams.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.