NAM Operational Excellence Leader

Flowserve Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 109,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Annual bonuses

Medical benefits day 1

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k)

Job summary

Flowserve Corporation is seeking a NAM Operational Excellence Leader to drive a rapid LEAN deployment, lead CI initiatives, assess performance, identify gaps, establish and implement improvement plans, and monitor progress while maintaining customer satisfaction and product quality. The role emphasizes change management and cascading best practices across sites.

You will coach teams, lead training, and apply Six Sigma/Lean methods to deliver measurable benefits.

Qualifications

• BS or BA degree in a relevant field and 8-10+ years of experience in manufacturing.
• Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt or LEAN certification.
• Change management and facilitation experience across functions.

Responsibilities

• Be the site CI leader, coach, and consultant to develop and sustain a Lean culture.
• Lead CI actions and cross-functional teams to achieve productivity goals.
• Implement train-the-trainer programs and rapid, sustained Lean deployment.
• Drive improvement projects, measure progress, and report benefits.
• Coach and train in Lean thinking and production processes.
• Collaborate to align CI plans with business area objectives.
• Disseminate benchmarking data and ensure benefits are realized.
• Ensure improvements are implemented and linked to operating results.

Skills

Lean thinking

Change management

Facilitation

Problem solving

Communication

Data analysis

Education

BS/BA degree

Tools

PowerBI

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

Role Summary:

The NAM Operational Excellence Leader will lead a consistent and rapid LEAN deployment, providing leadership for CI initiatives, assessing current business performance, identifying gaps, establishing and implementing improvement plans, monitoring progress, and sharing best-in-class ideas and processes. In this role, you will utilize CI to achieve and exceed business objectives and build plant confidence in the acceptance of change management and performance improvements while maintaining a focus on customer satisfaction and the quality of performance.

Responsibilities:

• Be the facility lead practitioner, coach, teacher, trainer and consultant in developing, supporting, and leading CI culture within your site and across Flowserve as required
• Facilitate CI actions and employee involvement teams throughout the platform / site and across all functional areas in the pursuit of sustained beneficial change
• Implement a train-the-trainer approach and rapid, sustained implementation through learn by doing methods
• Facilitate improvement implementation through employee teams, CI events, team improvement projects and LEAN Enterprise training workshops
• Provide local leadership, coaching and training in LEAN thinking, processes and production
• Co-create, sustain, revise and measure progress on the Business Area CI Plan that contributes to future state
• Focus teams on CI by involving people in meeting productivity and site / platform objectives
• Identify opportunities to implement common processes and best practices from other facilities within Platforms and across Flowserve
• Disseminate and act upon relevant industry and corporate benchmarking data
• Ensure that benefits related to CI initiatives are calculated according to corporate standards and are ultimately achieved within targeted time span
• Ensure that planned improvements are implemented, measured, driven to closure and crossed to operating results
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 8-10+ years relevant experience
• Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
• Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt or LEAN Certified
• Industry or Business experience where LEAN or Operational Excellence is core to the business
• Demonstrated Change Management experience
• Strong facilitation experience
• An interest in process and quality improvement
• Problem solving tools (Fishbone, 5 Why’s/ Ishikawa, Pareto Analysis, and Stratification)
• Knowledge in statistics tools and problem solving
• Able to work with/across all functional areas and all levels of the business
• Excellent verbal, written and facilitation communication skills
• Highly Proficient in the use of MS Office tools (Excel and PowerPoint in particular)

Preferred:

• Previous manufacturing experience
• Experience using PowerBI

Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!

The pay range for this role is $109,177.97 - $163,766.95 per year.