Business System Manager

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Apodaca; Remote; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Growth opportunities

Work-life balance

Job summary

Johnson Controls seeks a dedicated Continuous Improvement professional to drive plant performance in the Monterrey area. You will assess current operations, design a future state, and implement JCBS projects across teams to elevate efficiency and quality.

You will coach frontline leaders, manage kaizen events, and collaborate with senior leadership to meet annual goals while maintaining safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years in Continuous Improvement and 5+ years as an operational frontline leader.
• Strong leadership and change-management capability.
• Proficiency with statistics for process improvement and data-driven decisions.
• Certifications in lean methods from a reputable provider.
• Solid interpersonal skills and ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Identify gaps in plant metrics and establish strategies to improve them.
• Assess Operations, define Future State, and drive implementation plans.
• Coach frontline leaders and teams in JCBS and continuous improvement.
• Ensure process owners are involved in software development and team leadership.
• Prepare detailed plans and track progress using kaizen funnel systems to ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop a plant CI Roadmap balancing internal efficiency with external customer-focused projects.
• Document learnings and share best practices across AHU plants.
• Support Plant Manager with strategic initiatives and adherence to standards.
• Deliver annual plant goals and uphold safety and ethics standards.

Skills

Lean/kaizen

Leadership

Statistics

MS Office

Continuous Improvement

Project Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.

What will you do?

Working under the framework of Johnson Controls Continuous Improvement & Production system, will assess current state performance, identify gaps, visualize and establish a plan to get to the future state, monitor progress and share/acquire best-in-class ideas and systems. Defines, designs and implements process improvement as part of the Johnson Controls Business System (JCBS); ensures integration and alignment vertically and horizontally across organization. Defines improvement projects aligned with business strategies and priorities. Facilitates and coaches improvement teams.

How will you do it?

• Identify gaps in business metrics and then works with all levels of the plant in establishing and executing a strategy for improving them.
• Assess the current state of the plant’s Operations; Develop Future State vision and drive and monitor the implementation plan
• Coaches plant staff, front line leaders and associates in JCBS.
• Ensure process owner involvement in SW development and team leadership.
• Using kaizen funnel tracking and reporting systems, will prepare detailed plans, drive project performance, and assure timely completion and achievement of transformational and continuous improvement projects.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop a plant CI Roadmap, driving breakthrough or Best-in-class performance that balances resources between internal plant efficiency and external customer-focused effectiveness projects through 1. Just Do It improvements, 2. Kaizens, 3. Workshops.
• Assists Process Owners in identifying barriers to project success and helps to drive changes when needed
• Document improvement process learning and shares best practices throughout AHU plants.
• Identifies and brings forward to Champion new project opportunities· Assist Plant Manager in any strategic initiative that will help in compliance to standards, implementing new systems, and designing creative solutions that will continuously improve the plant.
• Is accountable to deliver the plant annual goals.
• All other tasks as assigned.
• Adheres to the Company’s Code of Conduct and Business Ethics standards.
• Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the Plant.
• Assesses current state performance, identifies gaps, visualizes and establishes a plan to get to the future state, monitors progress and shares/acquires best-in-class ideas and systems.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree required. 5 Years suggested minimum experience in Continuous Improvement and 5 years experience as a operational frontline leader. Has demonstrated high-level performance in current and previous positions.
• Has shown initiative, the desire to drive change and is motivated to exceed expectations
• Has solid leadership skills and able to manage both vertically and horizontally
• Possesses basic statistical knowledge and the ability to apply statistics to product and process improvement projects
• Can show certifications from a reputable lean leading company.· Has demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and the ability to exercise without authority.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite Applications (Word, Excel, Access, & PowerPoint) as well as Internet software and E-mail is required.

What do we offer?

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Commitment to work-life balance and employee well-being.
• Engagement in meaningful projects that make a difference.

Johnson Controls does not request pregnancy or HIV testing as a condition for hiring, continued employment, or promotion, in accordance with its commitment to labor equality and non-discrimination.