Director, Lean Transformation (Remote/Travel)

Lean Focus; Miami (FL); Remoto; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lean Focus LLC seeks a Director of Continuous Improvement to lead Lean transformation initiatives, starting in the Miami area, with heavy travel. The role partners with the Chief Transformation Officer to deploy Lean in logistics, warehousing, and distribution environments.

The candidate will act as a shop floor leader, guiding CI tools and Kaizen events, and training staff on Lean principles to sustain improvements across sites.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
• 10-15 years of experience leading cultural change to a Lean environment.
• Experience across logistics, warehousing, and distribution.
• Experience deploying Lean tools including Strategy Deployment, Value Stream Mapping, KPI development, FMEA, Kanban, Visual Daily Management, 80/20.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus.

Mansioni

• Deploying Lean fundamentals and training across company locations.
• Creating a problem solving culture and developing subject matter experts.
• Developing Lean/CI competences in site-level leadership and other key employees.
• Aligning Lean transformation roadmap and strategy with overall corporate strategy and site-level leadership.
• Utilizing Continuous Improvement tools to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and cost while reducing waste.
• Leading and coaching CI / Kaizen events through hands-on participation.
• Utilizing tools like SMED and material flow to lay out facilities and warehouses.
• Developing training materials and delivering them in a team environment for CI concepts.
• Using data to identify gaps and executing improvement plans with local teams.
• Understanding and applying financial drivers and KPIs.
• Documenting best practices and sharing improvements across regions.
• Providing overall support and direction to leadership on CI initiatives.

Conoscenze

Lean tools

SMED

5S

Standard Work

Value Stream Mapping

Problem Solving (A3)

Visual Management

Kaizen Leadership

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/Operations Management

Strumenti

Strategy Deployment

KPI Development

Transactional Process Improvement

FMEA

Kanban

Visual Daily Management

80/20

Descrizione del lavoro

Lean Focus LLC seeks a Director of Continuous Improvement to lead Lean transformation initiatives, starting in the Miami area, with heavy travel. The role partners with the Chief Transformation Officer to deploy Lean in logistics, warehousing, and distribution environments.

The candidate will act as a shop floor leader, guiding CI tools and Kaizen events, and training staff on Lean principles to sustain improvements across sites.