Continuous Improvement Manager
POSITION INTRODUCTORY:
- Ensure sites are not constrained due to the lack of knowledge of what to do and the proper level of skills and qualification reside at the plant or facility to successfully deploy the loss elimination skill needed for the CBN.
- Provide Site Leadership a calibrated assessment of IWS implementation from a point of view of total integration of the pillars and also direct coaching to Site Leadership teams so they know what the next step is, why the next step is important and how to do the next step.
RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Promote reapplication of approaches and techniques while assuring the tools used are being used according to the standard.
- ensure close alignment with the Mfg director on the IWS strategy
- Ensure IWS work is loss focused and targeted to delivering CBN
- Assures IWS activities have a connection to loss elimination that will deliver required CBN results
- Coach of IWS technologies and approaches in all pillars to include on-the-floor activities
- Assessor of integrated activity implementation and standards calibrator with leadership team.
- Participates in all phase assessments to provide a calibrated and objective viewpoint
- Capture and disseminate Current Best Practices worthy of reapplication
- Develop capability in leadership teams and especially in the IWS manager whom they qualify
- Diagnose activities and identify technical know-how and organization behaviors that are barriers to implementation.
- Provide feedback to leadership teams that cause them to take action.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Able to influence plant managers and plant leadership teams, and Directors as required
- Ability to teach, coach and develop others for IWS
- On-the-floor credibility with people doing the work with IWS methodology
- Consulting skills (contracting, diagnosis, feedback, and enrolling leadership teams to take action)
- Technical skills in each pillar (fundamental skills in all pillars, in-depth skills in at least two pillars, minimum of level 3 qualification in UPS, Standardized Work, VSM, Leadership Envisioning, and DDS including RTT.
- Technical skill level requirements should be a little ahead of sites being consulted.
- Is an active listener, but can confront and be assertive.
- Has passion for the work and can help others see the vision.
- Personally committed to self-development required of the role.
- Able to speak English either as a primary of secondary language.