LDR, Lean Continuous Improvement

Company: Bio Springer North America Corporation
Location: Cedar
Posted on: May 26, 2023

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Hands-on problem-solving activities to increase safety and quality
• Effective at Go See/Go to Gemba and proven history of building consensus, making observations, collecting facts, and brainstorming with team members
• Lead and facilitate Lean Kaizen activities throughout the organization to achieve Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery goals.
• Support the organization in deploying the Lesaffre Global Performance System
• Provide training and coaching in Lean philosophies and concepts to stakeholders.
• Document and report out on Lean initiatives and activities on a monthly basis Travel
  You can expect to travel about 10% within the region.
  Supervisory Responsibilities
  No direct reports.
  Competencies
  To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
  • Proactively seeks out problems and engages the team at the Point of the Problem to achieve the best countermeasures
  • Expert level knowledge and application of 5S, Visual Controls, Visual Management, Standard Work, Root Cause Analysis, and SMED
  • Excellent leadership and management skills.
  • Outstanding interpersonal communication skills.
  • Superb facilitation skills
  • Skillful written, verbal and presentation skills.
  • Exceptional organizational and follow-up skills.
  • Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making.
  • Ability to prioritize and execute on daily/weekly/monthly activities
  • Capability to establish and grow teams using the Kaizen process
  • Superb skill to simplify and explain complex problems and methodology. Education and/or Experience
    Bachelor's degree required, with an emphasis in Manufacturing, Food Industry and/or Engineering
    • Good knowledge of safety and quality systems.
    • Experience and knowledge in the Toyota Production System
    • Minimum 1-5 years' experience in leading continuous improvement activities with an emphasis in 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Poke Yoke, SMED, and PDCA
    • Data analysis and statistical knowledge is preferred
    • Qualified trainer certification is a plus.

Keywords: Bio Springer North America Corporation, Green Bay , LDR, Lean Continuous Improvement, Other , Cedar, Wisconsin