Regional Operational Excellence Manager

About the role

The Regional Operational Excellence Manager at Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company, is responsible for leading and managing the global deployment of the Operational Excellence Strategy. This role involves the effective implementation of operational excellence principles, systems, and tools, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of the operational excellence strategy with a bias toward action, driving SQDC operating system performance/results and CIP cost savings
• Mentor Operational Excellence Leaders to accomplish key objectives, site operating plans, and SQDC metrics/expectations
• Work with sites to continue the maturation of tiered daily management, enabling long-term operational success
• Maximize operational performance by proactively identifying areas for improvement, leading lean initiatives and projects, utilizing lean tools and techniques, analyzing and reporting key metrics, communicating continuous improvement activities, and training team members to accomplish the same
• Lead and mentor the evaluation of operational metrics and trends, PDCA thinking, scientific thinking, root cause analysis, and standard work at all levels of the organization to accomplish SQDC metrics/expectations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or 4+ years’ experience in the practical application of operational excellence principles, systems, and tools
• Demonstrated experience influencing and effecting cultural change
• Demonstrated experience leading and executing cost savings initiatives including the development of improvement pipelines and achieving cost savings goals

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams to achieve performance metrics and business objectives
• Performance mindset with a passion to improve people, process, and tools/methodologies
• Excellent training and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects and/or kaizens at the same time
• Ability to develop and meet project schedules, along with contingency plans

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

Onsite position with requirement to be onsite 100% at our WI manufacturing sites to ensure close collaboration with on-site teams and timely support of operational activities. Potential travel outside of WI on an as needed basis.