Lean Excellence Manager

Valmont Industries, Inc.; Columbus (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, prescription, etc

401k retirement plan with companymatch

Paid time off

Employer paid life insurance

Disability with maternity leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Valmont Industries, Inc. is seeking a Lean Excellence Manager to support the Lean transformation across operations. The role focuses on coaching managers and teams in Lean tools, leading Kaizen-like events, and deploying Strategy Deployment to achieve ongoing improvements.

This is a developmental path toward site leadership, with collaboration across multiple functions. The incumbent will build relationships, drive KPI tracking, and champion a culture of continuous improvement while adhering to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years relevant experience or Associate's degree with 8+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Facilitation/coaching experience at TPM events, Standard Work Events, SMED events, RCA projects.
• Solid understanding of Lean principles and methodology.
• Demonstrated experience effectively managing others while delivering results.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Internet Explorer.
• Effective facilitation across all levels of the organization.
• Data driven decision making.
• Respectfully challenges the status quo.
• Travel domestically up to 10-15% of the year.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and facilitate the execution of a Site Transformation Plan through Value Stream Mapping, Critical KPI’s, 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 own action plans for improvement opportunity events.
• Ensure sustainment of improvement opportunity events.
• Provide specified communication throughout the improvement opportunity events.
• Assist in applying solid problem solving to action item generation for strategy targets.
• SQDC to Valmont Standards.
• Assist in the Lean assessment execution and evaluation.
• Schedule, support, and summarize Lean Steering Committee meetings.
• Identify barriers to results and communicate to leadership.
• Implement an operations-wide 5S program.
• Facilitate the celebration and communication of successful improvement opportunities.

Skills

Lean principles

Facilitation

Coaching

TPM events

SMED events

RCA

Data driven decisions

Leadership

Office software

Travel

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Internet Explorer

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
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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 utilize proper ergonomic safeguards such as monitor height and positions, keyboard location and height and proper wrist rests. The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds in working with large files, binders, computer equipment and shop equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short‑term and long‑term disability including maternity leave
• Work Life Support
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one‑on‑one health coaching, mortgage services and more

Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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