Global Lean & Continuous Improvement Engineer

KION Group; Guadalupe; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

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Job summary

KION Group is seeking a Global Continuous Improvement & Lean Deployment leader to drive Lean methodologies across all global manufacturing plants, identify waste, and implement sustainable countermeasures that improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Reporting within Global Manufacturing, you will partner with operations, engineering, finance, and supply chain to standardize processes, share best practices, and build CI capability while shaping a 3–5 year digital and analytics roadmap.

Qualifications

• Lead and drive Lean methodologies across all global manufacturing plants (e.g., Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work).
• Identify waste, inefficiencies, and variation in processes; implement sustainable countermeasures.
• Facilitate hands-on improvement events and workshops with plant teams to deliver measurable gains in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive Lean methodologies across all global manufacturing plants to eliminate waste and improve performance.
• Develop and execute cost-saving initiatives in collaboration with plant leadership, engineering, and finance.
• Standardize processes and operating procedures across the global network to enable benchmarking and transparency.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, and supply chain to align improvement initiatives with business priorities.
• Coach plant teams on Lean principles and develop internal CI champions to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Support evolution toward a more digitally enabled, data-driven manufacturing environment and contribute to the CI roadmap.

Skills

Lean methodologies

Kaizen

Value Stream Mapping

Standard Work

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Capability building

Job description

KION Group is seeking a Global Continuous Improvement & Lean Deployment leader to drive Lean methodologies across all global manufacturing plants, identify waste, and implement sustainable countermeasures that improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Reporting within Global Manufacturing, you will partner with operations, engineering, finance, and supply chain to standardize processes, share best practices, and build CI capability while shaping a 3–5 year digital and analytics roadmap.