Site Business Excellence Manager

Position Summary: Manager- Business Excellence Works directly with the Site and/or Business leadership to lead and deploy Company’s Business Excellence program for the assigned site. Manages cross-functional collaboration, people development, and project execution required to progress through the program at a technology location. Major Responsibilities: Works with site or/& functional leadership to facilitate long term Strategic Vision & Policy Deployment (PD). Works with Site Leadership to engage functional leadership in developing the 1–3-year Continuous Improvement (CI) Roadmap for the site focusing on key performance initiatives of Safety and Sustainability, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Growth. Coaches & mentors Site’s functional team members through handholding on Lean Tools like 6S & Visual Daily Management, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Transactional Process Improvement (TPI), Value Add & Value Engineering (VAVE), 8 Wastes, A3/PDCA Problem Solving, DFMEA, PFMEA etc. Lead/Facilitate Monthly Performance/PD reviews. Identify Company ’s Lean tool training requirements in line with the CI roadmap. Inspire a culture of Continuous Improvement through facilitating Cross Country/Site Kaizen Events & CI projects utilizing Lean tools, methodologies, and philosophies to drive business excellence. Engages teams in implementing actions (JDIs, Kaizen Events & CI Projects) identified in the CI roadmap. Work with site leadership to develop Lean Tool Champions at Site. Drives self-directed work teams and works with Value Stream owners to achieve Site CI roadmap/Functional KPI/TTI goals. Measures, tracks, and communicates Company’s performance to Site leadership, and global stakeholders to identify improvement plans. Closely work with Segment/Regional Company’s leaders to align the Site’s Vision with Organization long term vision Share best practices between teams and sites. Work in coordination with other site Company leaders whenever possible and required for understanding and sharing best practices. Required Education / Experience / Skills: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Overall, 10-15 Years of experience, out of that 5-6 Years of minimum experience in the Engineering/Technology Domain. Relevant leadership experience of 4+ years in Business Excellence/ Performance Excellence. Having good experience of conducting Kaizen events. Having good experience in conducting Transactional Process Improvements in Kaizen Events. Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt Certified would be preferred. Certified VAVE tool champion would be preferred. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Good influencer. Dynamic, Unbiased & Open Mindset Travel: India or global, less than 10%. Show more Show less