Lean Transformation Coach

Valmont Industries, Inc.; Columbus (NE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Work life support

Tuition reimbursement

Voluntary programs

Job summary

Valmont Industries, Inc. seeks a Lean Coordinator to support ongoing Lean initiatives across the Columbus plant. The role focuses on coaching Lean events, facilitating continuous improvement projects, and delivering data-driven updates to leadership.

The successful candidate will partner with Engineering, manage visual boards, and help build a culture of continuous improvement while ensuring safety and productivity targets are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in relevant field or Associate degree with 3+ years of experience or 5+ years lean experience.
• Understanding of Lean principles and methodology.
• Ability to motivate, develop and direct people without authority.
• Strong leadership, problem solving, planning skills and attention to detail with accuracy.
• Schedule daily workload without supervision or direction.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the workforce and management.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% on an annual basis.
• Working knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coach Lean events, coordinate Lean activities, act as a liaison between teams, support groups, management, and other functional areas, removing obstacles that may affect team performance.
• Support Lean-related metrics and measures, help develop visual boards, and communicate data to relevant team members.
• Prepare and deliver weekly/monthly updates to the Leadership team on progress made through data-driven improvements.
• Partner with Engineering to understand processes, machine requirements, standard metrics and capacity capabilities.
• Establish credibility as a knowledgeable resource to assist in driving continuous improvement through trusted and respectful changes.
• Provide Lean training to all stakeholders in operations and management teams.
• Identify and prioritize improvement opportunities with site leadership to develop event funnel.
• Help develop and sustain a Continuous Improvement Culture.
• This position reports to the Plant Manager.

Skills

Lean principles

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication skills

Travel

Planning

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's/Associate degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Valmont Industries, Inc. seeks a Lean Coordinator to support ongoing Lean initiatives across the Columbus plant. The role focuses on coaching Lean events, facilitating continuous improvement projects, and delivering data-driven updates to leadership.

The successful candidate will partner with Engineering, manage visual boards, and help build a culture of continuous improvement while ensuring safety and productivity targets are met.