Lean Transformation Leader – Operations Excellence

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

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