Senior Lean Manager

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Leadership: Collaborate closely with executive leadership to formulate and execute advanced Lean manufacturing strategies that optimize the entire organization's performance, including safety, quality, profitability, waste reduction, and team excellence.
• Mentoring and Training: Provide mentorship, coaching, and advanced training to all organizational levels, fostering a culture of Lean methodology adoption and continuous improvement.
• Transformational Events: Identify, plan, and lead complex Lean transformation events (Kaizen) designed to enhance the organization's safety, quality, delivery, and productivity performance.
• 5S Excellence: Establish and sustain a robust 5S workplace culture & program, ensuring comprehensive process integration, metric development, and ownership at all organizational levels.
• Business Performance: Drive business performance enhancements targeting zero accidents, defect-free products, on-demand and on-time delivery, and cost reduction through Lean practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with process owners across the organization to facilitate cross-functional decision-making and effective communication of plant-wide changes.
• Employee Development: Facilitate employee understanding, adaptation, and growth within the organization's Lean transformation journey.
• On-Floor Presence: Maintain a daily on-floor presence to support production teams, address operational challenges, and champion Lean principles.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct regular factory 5S audits and work closely with department leaders to identify and eliminate waste through kaizen activities.
• Cost Reduction: Monitor and track all cost reduction projects to achieve maximum efficiency and cost savings.
• Standardization: Drive the standardization of visual standards throughout the organization to enhance operational clarity and consistency.
• Equipment Maintenance: Collaborate with operations to ensure equipment maintenance and meet daily production targets.
• Program Management: Oversee and program manage top projects and objectives as required by the organization.
• Create and implement Moxion's version of the TPS.

Skills to be Successful:

• Advanced Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, a science discipline, or a related field. 
• Minimum of 8-10 years of hands-on experience in production management within a manufacturing company, with at least 5 years of direct application of Lean tools and mentoring others.
• Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt certification and Lean or Six Sigma certification required.
• Leadership Experience: A minimum of 5 years of project management or team leadership experience, demonstrating a strong results-based management style and the ability to influence effectively.
• Lean Expertise: Expert proficiency in Lean tools such as the Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, TAKT, Kanbans/Pull Systems, Single Piece Flow, Seven Wastes, 5S, Poka-Yoke, PDCA.
• Manufacturing Experience: Extensive experience in process development/qualification, new product development, capacity/resource planning, and Lean Manufacturing.
• Adaptability: Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while interfacing with program representatives, internal and external customers, and stakeholders across the company.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to develop manufacturing strategies tailored to specialized business needs and align them with corporate objectives.
• Continuous Improvement: A commitment to pursuing continuous improvement in all aspects of the role.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present complex reports and data in a clear and concise manner.
• Flexibility: Willingness to work extended hours based on program needs and adapt to changing circumstances.