Continuous Improvement Specialist

Fuyao Glass America Inc; Plymouth Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuyao Glass America Inc. in Plymouth, MI seeks a Continuous Improvement Specialist to support lean and 6-Sigma initiatives across manufacturing and office environments. You will assist in planning, tracking projects, and ensuring improvements meet goals, with regular publication of progress and benefits.

The role blends manufacturing and office tasks, requiring 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. hours, occasional overtime, and travel as needed. A bachelor’s degree and strong data-analysis skills are required.

Qualifications

• Min. bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Statistics, Econometrics, or similar.
• Strong planning, organization and coordination skills.
• Ability to check and ensure data integrity and quality.
• Experience using data analysis and statistical methods.
• Proficient with standard office software.

Responsibilities

• Promote and manage various improvement projects across the company.
• Identify, team, track and coach improvement initiatives.
• Improve project revenue goals and efficiency.
• Lead production process improvements and optimization.
• Prepare regular summaries of improvement projects.
• Follow up on issues from weekly meetings and propose solutions.
• Gather and promote rationalization proposals and drive implementation.
• Support talent development and on-site 5S activities.

Skills

Planning & coordination

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Office software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics / Econometrics / related

Job description

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Plymouth, MI, US

9 days ago Requisition ID: 8614

Job Description

The primary role of theContinuous improvement Specialistis assisting the lean & 6-Sigma Manager to lean and advance the department planning and the overall operation planning. Meantime, grasping the company business conditions in times and distinguishing the improving program from quality, effectiveness, inventory, and material consumption etc. Updating well organized work plans and project management documents on time. Ensure the project meets the goal and achieves expected benefits. Improving processes by lean methods to improve efficiency, promote self-process completion and improve good product condition and compliance. Furthermore, grasping the progress of each project in time, promote the development of project and regularly organize project collection and publication.

Direct Supervisor

Lean & 6-Sigma Manager

Backup

Related KPI

• Improve project completion rate.

Summary/Objective

The primary role of theContinuous improvement Specialistis assisting the lean & 6-Sigma Manager to lean and advance the department planning and the overall operation planning. Meantime, grasping the company business conditions in times and distinguishing the improving program from quality, effectiveness, inventory, and material consumption etc. Updating well organized work plans and project management documents on time. Ensure the project meets the goal and achieves expected benefits. Improving processes by lean methods to improve efficiency, promote self-process completion and improve good product condition and compliance. Furthermore, grasping the progress of each project in time, promote the development of project and regularly organize project collection and publication.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the promotion of various improvement projects of the company.
• Responsible for identification, teaming, tracking and coaching of company improvement projects.
• Responsible for improving the project's revenue goal.
• Responsible for production process improvement and optimization.
• Responsible for assisting the company's improvement project regular summary report.
• Responsible for the follow-up of the problem points of the weekly meeting.
• Responsible for the collection of rationalization proposals and promotion of implementation.
• Responsible for improving the cultivation of talents.
• Promotion and supervision of on-site 5S.
• Lean staff promoted to raise wages.
• Inspect proposals from various departments.
• Recommend lean talent rights to general manager and personnel department.
• Implement the monitoring of the process and results of on-site activities and the power to propose rectification of non-conformities and shortcomings.

This job operates between manufacturing and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines as well as interfacing with the operation of machinery on the floor.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
  This is a full-time position. The days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Travel

Occasional travel is expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience

• Min. bachelor’s degree, Statistics, Econometrics and similar.
• Proficient in strong planning, organization, and coordination skills.
• Proficient in Ability to check.
• Proficient in Master the use of data analysis and statistical methods
• Proficient in office software.

Position Key Result Index

• Project completion rate.
• Rationalize the number of proposals and participation rate.

Preferred Education and Experience

With one or more years of plastic processing and design experience, an undergraduate degree and/or a combination of education and experience.

Bilingual in English and Chinese

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.