Performance Excellence Specialist

You will be responsible for driving operational efficiency, process improvement, and performance optimization across all manufacturing areas. Your role will involve leading initiatives aligned with best practices such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Management (TQM) principles to enhance productivity, reduce waste, and ensure consistent product quality. As a change agent, coach, and facilitator, you will play a key role in embedding a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the plant. Your key responsibilities will include leading and supporting continuous improvement projects across the factory, analyzing production processes to identify inefficiencies, and recommending data-driven solutions to improve performance. You will facilitate kaizen events, value stream mapping, root cause analysis (RCA), and other problem-solving activities. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and reporting key performance indicators (KPIs) to track factory performance and improvement efforts. Collaboration with cross-functional teams to standardize best practices, providing training and coaching on performance excellence tools and techniques, and promoting a culture of excellence through effective change management strategies will also be part of your role. To qualify for this position, you should have a Graduate/Post-Graduate degree in Chemical, Electrical/Electronics, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field. You should possess at least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting with a focus on continuous improvement. A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is required (Black Belt preferred). Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, experience with data visualization and analysis tools, excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, as well as working knowledge of manufacturing systems, safety protocols, and quality systems are essential. Familiarity with various lean tools, hands-on experience in digital transformation initiatives in manufacturing, and the ability to work across different levels of the organization will be advantageous for this role.,