Business Excellence Leader

Flex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Business Excellence Leader to join our Austin, Texas team. This role focuses on driving a culture of excellence using lean and six sigma methodologies to remove waste and improve processes across the organization.

You will act as a change agent, deploying Flex Lean Enterprise Values and guiding improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring 1–3 years of related experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional projects.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 1–3 years of related experience.
• Demonstrates functional, technical skills as well as customer service attitude (external and internal).
• Teamwork participation to enable project improvement.
• Comprehends the strategic & tactical impact of the function across sites.
• Must be able to guide direct projects and business initiatives.
• Financial, research and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
• Demonstrate good level knowledge of Industrial Engineering Lean & Six Sigma methodology.

Responsibilities

• Drive lean and six sigma activities as defined in the GBE A3 and act as a change agent.
• Deploy Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the organization.
• Eliminate waste and reduce variation to create value and sustainable results.
• Lead Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce non-value-added activities.
• Create and validate standards based on standard work and best practices.
• Identify and drive best-practice Kaizen projects with clear timelines.
• Provide Lean training and accelerate Lean deployment across the organization.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Industrial Engineering

Kaizen

Change agent

Process improvement

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Business Excellence Leader located in Austin, Texas.

Reporting to the Director, Business Excellence. Business Excellence Leader role will be in charge of continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization and enabling waste removal activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion.

What a typical day looks like:

• Work as a change agent and drive lean and six sigma activities as defined in the GBE A3.
• Applying and deploying Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the entire organization.
• In charge of eliminating waste and create value by reducing variation in the processes to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities in the process.
• Create and validate processes/standards based on standard work and BPs.
• Identify, Drive and Yokoten Best practices-based Kaizen projects on the accord timelines.
• Conduct Industrial Engineering lean and six sigma training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean culture thru out the organization by guiding and facilitating Continues Improvement Lean Deployment.
• Perform assessment of Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) Operation/Supply chain/Office and drive initiatives to close gaps.
• Agile participate in the selection and executions of lean and six sigma projects.
• Transformation (continuous workshop in 90 days). Facilitate Continues Improvement Transformation activities through Kaizen, workshops, and Small Group Activities.
• Comprehend and use Center point portal as depository to enable data research and cost saving effectiveness.
• Achieve Industrial, Lean & 6 sigma training & Certification in order to become subject matter expert in the organization.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires 1 -3 years of related experience.
• Demonstrates functional, technical skills as well as customer service attitude (external and internal).
• Teamwork participation to enable project improvement.
• Comprehends the strategic & tactical impact of the function across sites.
• Must be able to guide direct projects and business initiatives.
• Financial, research and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
• Demonstrate good level knowledge of Industrial Engineering Lean & Six Sigma methodology.

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