Regional Operational Excellence Manager

About the role

The Regional Operational Excellence Manager at Phillips Medisize, a Molex Company, is responsible for deploying and implementing the Operational Excellence Strategy globally. This role involves leading continuous improvement efforts, driving SQDC operating system performance, and cost savings initiatives.

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

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• Experience with Lean methodologies and tools
• Ability to drive organizational change and cultural transformation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.