IWS (BME) Manager

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Oxford (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding program

Mentorship opportunities

CSR activities

Global, dynamic work environment

Work-life balance

Job summary

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is seeking a skilled IWS Quality Leader to orchestrate the site's IWS journey, aligning loss elimination to achieve CBN results. You will coach site leadership, collaborate with pillars, and ensure standard application of pillar capabilities while advancing continuous progress.

Proactive communication and education across the organization are essential. In this role you will develop leadership capability, identify barriers, and partner with pillar teams to sustain

Qualifications

• Requires working knowledge of problem-solving tools (IPS/UPS/PDCA/VSM) and DDS
• Consulting skills to diagnose, give feedback and enroll leadership to act
• Ability to influence plant managers and lead leadership teams to action

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate the IWS journey of the site to enable site phase progression
• Assures IWS activities link to loss elimination delivering CBN results
• Coach to remove barriers and build capability for stable operations
• Provide visibility and education to accelerate IWS understanding across site
• Assess integrated activity implementation and calibrate standards with leadership
• Develop capability in leadership teams and pillar networks
• Ensure continuity of staffing within the pillar network

Skills

Problem-solving tools

Consulting skills

Leadership

Communication

Tools

IPS

UPS

PDCA

OPM

Standardized Work

VSM

DDS

Job description

Company OverviewBridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.Job CategoryQualityPosition Summary• To assure the proper level of skills and qualification reside at the plant to successfully deploy the loss elimination skill needed for the CBN.• Ensure IWS work is loss focused and targeted to delivering CBN• Provide direct coaching to Site Leadership teams so they know what the next step is, why the next step is important and how to do the next step while creating capability to deliver stable and predictable operations.• Promote reapplication of approaches and techniques within the site while assuring the tools used are being used according to the standard.ResponsibilitiesOrchestrate the IWS journey of the site to enable site phase progressionAssures IWS activities have a connection to loss elimination that will deliver required CBN resultsCoach to find solutions and eliminating barriers to drive capability“Looks ahead” for what capabilities will be needed in the next 6 to 18 months, works closely with the Site Leader to ensure the Master Plan is on track, intervenes as required by involving the appropriate people to ensure continuous progressProvides publicity/promotion, general education and other communication that increase IWS understanding and accelerate progress across the site/organizationAssessor of integrated activity implementation and standards calibrator with leadership team.Participates in all phase assessments to provide a calibrated and objective viewpointWorks closely with the IC to ensure the site is receiving effective guidance/coaching and leads on best-in-class systems/tools for reapplicationDevelop capability in leadership teamsDiagnose activities and identify technical know-how and organization behaviors that are barriers to implementation.Provide feedback to leadership teams that cause them to take action.Spend time in self-development of skills.Work closely with Pillar Teams to assure standard application of their pillar capabilitiesSupport site leader in selecting the right pillar leaderEnsure continuity of staffing of the pillar networkMinimum QualificationsGood understanding of intent and working of each pillar or in-depth skills in two pillarsMinimum of level 3 qualification in problem-solving tools (IPS, UPS, PDCA, OPM, Standardized Work, VSM), Leadership Envisioning, and DDS including RTT DMS’s.Consulting skills (developing relationships, diagnosis, feedback, and enrolling leadership team to take action)Able to influence plant managers and plant leadership teams, and Directors as requiredAbility to teach, coach and develop othersOn-the-floor credibility with people doing the work.Is an active listener, but can confront and be assertive.Capable to define and deliver the IWS masterplanHas passion for the work and can help others see the vision.Is willing to stay in the role a minimum of 3 years.Personally committed to self-development required of the role.Able to speak English either as a primary of secondary language.Has a minimum operation experience and has the skills of at least the phase of where the plant or facility is currently working.Has had various line assignment in manufacturing.At Bridgestone, you are Free to BeWe believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they feel safe bringing their chosen version of themselves to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.What we offerAt Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.Corporate Social Responsibility activities.A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.An effective and inclusive team.Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all individuals for employment based on their unique merit and without regard to age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.Employment EligibilityIf hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.