Operations Excellence Lead – Strategy, Audits & Improvement

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft in the United States is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Leader to drive Operational Excellence and govern the Business Operating System (BOS). You will lead cross-functional improvement initiatives, facilitate root-cause analysis, and convert findings into reusable standards and verified actions.

The role requires strong project management, data analysis and communication skills, with experience in ISO auditing and multi-site deployments preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in continuous improvement, operational excellence, or related function.
• Knowledge of ISO management systems, auditing and corrective action.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, communication, and project-management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver actions to closure.
• Lean/Six Sigma or change-management training or certification preferred.
• Experience with KPI dashboards, data visualization, and document-control systems.
• Experience coordinating global or multi-site process deployments and presenting to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives impacting safety, quality, delivery, cost, cash and customer outcomes.
• Facilitate root-cause analyses and drive corrective actions with verified closure.
• Lead project closeout and lessons-learned, translating findings into standards.
• Prioritize, charter, monitor and report continuous-improvement activities with measurable benefits.
• Govern the Business Operating System (BOS) locally and align with global requirements.
• Develop policies, procedures, process maps and standard work with process owners.
• Coordinate annual strategy deployment, alignment, measures and dashboards.
• Prepare KPI reporting and leadership updates with clear definitions and owners.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and manage corrective actions and closure.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Root-cause analysis

Facilitation

Data analysis

Project management

Process documentation

Performance management

Decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Engineering/Operations

Tools

KPI dashboards

Data visualization

Document-control systems

Job description

Dürr Aktiengesellschaft in the United States is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Leader to drive Operational Excellence and govern the Business Operating System (BOS). You will lead cross-functional improvement initiatives, facilitate root-cause analysis, and convert findings into reusable standards and verified actions.

The role requires strong project management, data analysis and communication skills, with experience in ISO auditing and multi-site deployments preferred.