Continuous Improvement Manager

Continuous Improvement Manager

Position ID: req43202

Sector: BA North America

Functional Area: EMS/EPS/Continuous Improvement

Location: Charlotte Office

Number of Openings: 1

Employment Type: Permanent

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

A REGULAR DAY AT WORK (Essential Duties):

For us going to work every day has an even greater purpose than putting the latest product or technology on the market. It's about improving the everyday lives of millions. By being sustainable and open to new ideas we can push the boundaries of cooking, cleaning, and wellbeing at home. But to keep doing so, we need more people who want to innovate and re-imagine what life at home can be.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive the EMS deployment across the North America Operations.• Implement the lean tools and standard to achieve the objectives for quality, cost, safety, deliveries, and environmental sustainability.• Track the status of implementation of EMS in the North America.• Ensure all EMS training and improvement activities are according to the globally defined standards.• Ensure training for Change Agents and sponsors within factories.• Ensure that the lean certification processes are adhered to standards and targets.• Promote lean manufacturing best practice sharing across operation including benchmarking with other companies in the field of lean manufacturing.• EMS point of contact for external organizations.• Co-drive the EMS cultural change motivating and empowering all employees.• Drive the Value Stream Mapping deployment in all plants to ensure the foundations of the CI workshop.

WHO YOU ARE:

• With a number of projects running simultaneously, flexibility and agility are essential.• You work efficiently and proactively to deliver results.• You always strive for better, in your work and for your future.• With an eye for detail and the ability to interpret complex data, you can also translate this into meaningful, useful information that informs service delivery.• You build networks and trust, good working relationships and apply your influence to shaping change. • Whether face-to-face or on the phone, you can communicate plans and articulate your ideas with colleagues and customers at all levels.• You start and you finish, taking leadership of getting things done, on time and to high quality, tying up all the loose ends along the way. • You're open minded about where ideas come from and how they can be applied to enable innovation.• You understand and empathize with people and can apply your people and problem solving skills to reassuring customers.• Your enthusiasm is infectious and inspires and engages your colleagues and collaborators to achieve, deliver, be accountable and own their work. You'll also have the stamina essential to delivering results in both the short and long term.• You love to explore new ideas and drive continuous improvement, not only to do your best work but to develop your capabilities and acquire new skills. • You know how to structure a case and get people on board.• You have a vision and a purpose, and you can inspire and influence others to not only share it, but apply their abilities to achieving it.• For you, every challenge offers opportunity and potential. You just have to find it. • You seek out the opportunities and set about realising them with a customer first mind-set.• You can work autonomously but will never be on your own, working proactively to identify the opportunities and implement the plan.

We employ great people from a wide variety of backgrounds - not just because it's the right thing to do, but also because we believe that diverse perspectives make our business stronger and more innovative. If you share our values, come find your place in our global community. Meet us on @lifeatelectrolux and career.electroluxgroup.com to learn more.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (Minimum Qualifications):

• University degree in Lean Manufacturing/ Logistics/ Supply Chain/ Production/ Project Management.• 5 years minimum experience leading lean implementation and cultural change in a manufacturing environment.• 5+ years' experience in Lean, Lean sigma or similar (5S, Waste Elimination, Visual Management, Standardized Work, Teaming, Problem Solving, Setup Improvement, TPM, Jidoka, Value Stream Mapping, etc.• 3+ years' experience in Lean material flow (Inbound Logistics, Plan for Every Part, Kanban, Supermarkets, hiejunka, mixed model flow, Single Piece Flow, etc.)• Min. 5 years of implementation Lean Manufacturing projects and demonstrate project management (also remote) skills. • Fully proficient in English both verbal and written.• Willing and able to travel extensively.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Leadership skills express in leading and inspiring members of the team to develop and achieve great results. • Influencing skills and coaching the team through creating the space, where people want to go out of the comfort zone and take new challenge. Boosting others to grow, always keen to share your knowledge and hear out other perspectives.• Teamwork oriented. In this role cross-functional collaboration is everything, so you should be comfortable in dealing with people with different backgrounds and responsibility, valuing and leading teamwork approach.• Acumen demonstrated. You draw attention to details, analyze and manage complex amount of information. You notice correlations and draw accurate conclusions for micro- and macro scale. • Proactive. You're not just solving the tasks you are given; you always think ahead.• Result-oriented and passion for process excellence. You cope with daily challenges avoiding distractions and focus on implement the best-in-class processes.

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Electrolux shapes living for the better by reinventing taste, care and wellbeing experiences, making life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people. As a leading global appliance company, we place the consumer at the heart of everything we do. Through our brands, including Electrolux, AEG, Anova, Frigidaire, Westinghouse and Zanussi, we sell more than 60 million household and professional products in more than 150 markets every year. In 2017 Electrolux had sales of SEK 122 billion and employed 56,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.