Lean Transformation Director

Big Tex Trailers; Batavia Township (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

American Trailer World (ATW) seeks a Lean Director to lead lean strategy development across manufacturing, distribution, and transactional assets, driving safety, quality, profitability, and productivity while reducing waste.

You will mentor plant-level Lean Tool experts and teams, coach through Kaizen events, and establish Lean Daily Management and 5S to embed durable process discipline and measurable performance gains.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of hands-on experience applying lean tools, training, mentoring & coaching at all levels.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (ME, IE, or other) preferred but with the right experience will consider other fields.
• Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred.
• MS Office proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) at a minimum.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate development of Lean strategy for manufacturing, distribution, and transactional assets to meet safety, quality, profitability and productivity objectives.
• Lead, mentor, train, and coach all levels on Lean methodology and tools.

Skills

Results based Leadership

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Toyota Production System

Lean Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

5S

PDCA

Root Cause Analysis

Job description

American Trailer World (ATW) seeks a Lean Director to lead lean strategy development across manufacturing, distribution, and transactional assets, driving safety, quality, profitability, and productivity while reducing waste.

You will mentor plant-level Lean Tool experts and teams, coach through Kaizen events, and establish Lean Daily Management and 5S to embed durable process discipline and measurable performance gains.