Lean Excellence Manager

valmont; Columbus (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont Group seeks a Lean Excellence Manager to guide site transformation and Lean implementation across operations. You will coach managers and shop floor teams in Lean tools, lead Kaizen events, and measure progress with critical KPIs.

The role focuses on sustaining improvements and expanding Lean across the plant. Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree with extensive Lean experience or equivalent years of hands-on leadership in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years relevant experience or Associate’s degree with 8+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Preferred facilitation/coaching experience at TPM/SMED/KAIZEN events and RCA-driven improvement projects.
• Solid understanding of Lean principles and methodology.
• Experience in managing teams while delivering results to a business.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint; strong communication across levels.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and facilitate the execution of a Site Transformation Plan using Value Stream Mapping and KPIs.
• Drive strategic vision within the business.
• Provide training and leadership for Lean initiatives.
• Lead and own action plans for improvement events and sustainment.
• Communicate progress across organization and support Lean Steering Committee meetings.

Skills

Lean Principles

Coaching

Facilitation

Value Stream Mapping

5S

Problem Solving

Data Driven Decision Making

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree +6+ years

Associate degree +8+ years

10+ years relevant experience

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

SharePoint

Job description

1600 East 29th Ave Columbus Nebraska 68601

Why Valmont

We're Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today . We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

This position is developmental with a potential future as a site leader within Valmont. Indirect leadership position is responsible for assisting in the Lean transformation for Operations through influence and relationship, as directed by the Sr. Plant Manager. The incumbent will coach and train managers, supervisors and office & shop floor team members in the applications of Lean tools and processes including Kaizen events and key metrics associated with ongoing Lean improvement. This position will also be responsible for assisting the Lean journey by implementing and utilizing Lean Principles and Methodologies. The role of the site Lean Excellence Manager is to champion the use of effective tools to improve operations, measure success and deliver ever-improving results. This position will build strong relationships throughout the organization to establish trust and credibility in the methodologies of Lean.

Essential Functions

• Identify, prioritize, and facilitate the execution of a Site Transformation Plan through: Value Stream Mapping, Critical KPI's, our Lean Assessment Tool, and Strategy Deployment.
• Drive the strategic vision within the business
• Identify improvement opportunity participants
• Provide relevant training and execution leadership
• Lead, facilitate, and identify ownership of action plans for improvement opportunity events
• Ensure sustainment of improvement opportunity events
• Provide specified communication (including visual management) throughout the improvement opportunity events
• Assist and facilitate the utilization of solid problem solving methodology to assist in action item generation for strategy deployment targets
• SQDC to Valmont Standards
• Assist in the execution and evaluation of the Lean assessment
• Schedule, support, and summarize/report the Lean Steering Committee meetings
• Identify barriers to achieving results and provide direct communicate to leadership
• Implement an operations wide 5S program
• Facilitate the celebration and communication of successful improvement opportunities

Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

Preferred Bachelors with 6+ years relevant experience or Associates Degree with 8+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience

Preferred facilitation/coaching experience at TPM events, Standard Work Events, SMED events, RCA's manufacturing and administrative value stream improvement projects

A solid understanding of Lean principles and methodology

Demonstrated experience effectively managing others while facilitating and delivering results to a business

Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Share Point, Internet Explorer

Effective facilitation skill set for interaction with all levels of the organization

Data Driven decision making

Respectfully challenges the status quo

Other professional job duties as required

• The ability to travel domestically up to 10-15% of the year

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

• PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification
• Advanced Degree
• A professional Lean Certification and commitment to continuous Lean learning

Working Environment and Physical Efforts

Work is performed in a factory setting, with most of the time being spent moving around different areas of manufacturing and shipping areas. The incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time, as well as talk and listen on the phone and in personal conversations or meetings. This position will be exposed to all hazards located at manufacturing sites including noise, fumes, excessive heat/cold, dust, welding arc, all chemicals associated with the manufacturing areas, fire, smoke, unstable debris and confined spaces. Environment is fast-paced and demanding most of the time. This position will require long days to support the Lean initiative for a multi-site, four shift, seven day a week operation. The employee is frequently required to use hands to fingers, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms while working in the office with various files and forms and while working on the computer. Incumbent must uti