Lean Ops Leader: Excellence & NPI

Flint Hills Resources; Región Sur; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Koch Companies seeks an Operational Excellence and NPI Manager to drive the Molex Operating System across the site, delivering measurable cost savings and continuous improvement. You will mentor leaders, advance tiered daily management, and lead Lean and NPI projects to ensure robust product launches and sustained performance.

Reporting to the Site Director, you will prioritize initiatives, shape strategy, and ensure safety and compliance while delivering tangible business value.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 7 years’ experience in Lean manufacturing, 5S methodology, and industrial engineering tools.
• Demonstrated, hands-on leadership of site-level Operational Excellence and NPI Programs

Responsabilidades

• Lead deployment of the operational excellence strategy using the Molex Operating System with a bias toward action to drive measurable continuous improvement and cost savings across the site.
• Serve as a trusted leader reporting directly to the Site Director, influencing strategy, prioritizing initiatives, and representing operational excellence and NPI on the site leadership team.
• Mentor, develop, and empower Operational Excellence leaders and frontline teams through Principle Based Management, encouraging principled entrepreneurship, challenging the status quo, and creating sustainable value.
• Design, implement, and mature tiered daily management, visual controls, and standard work to create predictable, repeatable operations and long-term performance.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead Lean and NPI improvement initiatives (kaizen, VSM, SMED, TPM, 5S/6S, etc.) to remove waste, improve throughput, and ensure robust New Product Introduction readiness.
• Build and manage the improvement pipeline: quantify benefits, track forecast vs. realized cost improvement savings, close projects with sustainable countermeasures, and align outcomes to site business goals.
• Coach and deploy problem solving and rigorous root cause analysis across the organization; ensure verification, learning, and standardization of successful countermeasures.
• Partner with safety, quality, engineering, and business leaders to ensure all improvements preserve compliance and safety, surface risks early, and deliver measurable business value.
• Manage multiple large projects and kaizens concurrently - developing schedules, milestones, and contingency plans - while communicating status and results clearly to the Site Director and stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Lean manufacturing

5S methodology

Industrial engineering tools

Leadership

Project management

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering

Descripción del empleo

Koch Companies seeks an Operational Excellence and NPI Manager to drive the Molex Operating System across the site, delivering measurable cost savings and continuous improvement. You will mentor leaders, advance tiered daily management, and lead Lean and NPI projects to ensure robust product launches and sustained performance.

Reporting to the Site Director, you will prioritize initiatives, shape strategy, and ensure safety and compliance while delivering tangible business value.