NAM Operational Excellence Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

competitive pay

annual bonuses

medical benefits on day 1

generous paid vacation time

paid holidays

401(k)

many other excellent benefits!

Job summary

Flowserve US Inc. seeks an NAM Operational Excellence Leader to drive a rapid LEAN deployment, lead CI initiatives, assess performance, identify gaps and implement improvement plans across the site.

You will monitor progress, share best practices, and ensure change management is embraced to improve customer satisfaction and performance. Responsibilities include coaching CI culture, leading cross-functional teams, implementing train-the-trainer programs, and co-creating the Business Area CI Plan

Qualifications

• BS or BA degree in a relevant field.
• 8–10+ years in industrial manufacturing/operations.
• Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt or LEAN certification.
• Experience leading continuous improvement in industrial settings.
• Proficient with PowerBI and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Be the facility lead practitioner, coach, trainer in CI culture.
• Facilitate CI actions and teams across platform/site.
• Implement train-the-trainer and learn-by-doing methods.
• Lead improvement projects and LEAN Enterprise workshops.
• Provide leadership in LEAN thinking and production.
• Co-create and measure progress on the CI Plan.
• Focus teams on CI to meet productivity objectives.
• Share best practices across Flowserve.
• Disseminate benchmarking data and ensure benefits.
• Ensure improvements are linked to operating results.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Facilitation

Change management

Problem solving

Lean thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS or BA degree in a relevant field

Tools

PowerBI

MS 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

Benefits

• competitive pay


• annual bonuses


• medical benefits on day 1


• generous paid vacation time


• paid holidays


• 401(k)


• many other excellent benefits!

Salary

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