Lean Leader

Overview

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The Lean Leader is responsible for championing and leading the Parker Lean System initiatives at the plant level by utilizing and aligning to our corporate strategy. Incumbent will provide leadership and facilitation on cross-functional teams focused on solving a variety of high impact problems as well as design continuous improvement projects to improve quality, reduce costs, and establish appropriate process metrics and process controls.

Incumbent organizes and supports team members in value stream mapping and continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate waste in all office, factory, and support functions; measures and reports progress on an on-going basis through assessments, financial performance measures (DNE, DSI (Inventory), Labor Efficiency, Cost Savings, etc.) and various other measures. They will be tasked to inspire, lead, assist, coach, and mentor the overall site in the Parker Lean System while supporting leaders in the ownership of lean principles.

• Leads and guides Lean initiatives within the Plant. Establish project strategy and create project plans.
• Works with plant level management on Lean process projects using lean tools and metrics.
• Assists in the development of a Lean Strategy to be implemented plant wide and then provides consistent coaching and mentoring around the process.
• Ownership of process improvement projects. Coordinates initiatives at all levels of the plant around how to continually eliminate waste.
• Deliver breakthrough levels of improvement in process capability, produce designs and business processes to reduce defects and attain world class levels of quality.
• Ensures that steering committees and teams are implementing and adhering to the Parker Lean System. Train and teach team members on lean tools.
• Makes implementation and results a top priority and regularly updates the Plant’s Lean implementation plan.
• Empower team atmosphere of new ideas and innovation for continuous process improvements; coach and mentor team members with hands-on guidance and positive reinforcement of Lean.
• Provide change management, leadership, and optimization in implementing the corporate strategy across the Plant; act as a catalyst for successful and sustained lean implementation.
• Provide high level of technical and operational recommendations in meeting material control, product quality, and customer service goals. Support coaching and teaching of Parker Lean System components.
• Ensure ongoing education of all team members in Lean and promote a Continuous Learning environment.
• Understand the current culture by reviewing existing documentation and collaborate with operating disciplines to drive and deliver the corporate strategy.
• Proficient use of Lean and Six Sigma methodology and tools; apply problem solving/statistical techniques.
• Identify and remove barriers that slow or prevent achieving business goals; benchmark world-class processes; share Best Practices and Lessons Learned.
• Promote customer focus and strive to enable organization to become more self-sufficient in process improvement.
• Collaborate on the yearly creation of the Lean road map and vision.

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree with a preference towards a technical discipline such as Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Engineering, Technology, etc.
• 5-8 years of manufacturing technical experience demonstrating the ability to collaborate and drive results through influence.
• Minimum of 2 years  demonstrated experience working on process improvement related projects.
• Good understanding of Lean principles and Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools such as Value Stream Mapping, Just-in-Time, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow, Five S s, Visual Management, etc.
• Has participated in numerous lean events in manufacturing, engineering and support areas.
• Articulates the desired state, purpose and value of lean and consistently moves toward waste elimination.
• Good understanding of financial measurements and goals and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; capable of leading and…