Operations Excellence Leader – Continuous Improvement

Eaton Corporation; Royal Pines (NC); On-site; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Avery Creek/Asheville, North Carolina facility is seeking an Operations Excellence (OPEX) Manager to drive continuous improvement and elevate the Eaton Business System across the site. You’ll lead Lean Six Sigma deployment, capital planning, and cross-functional initiatives to deliver measurable performance gains.

The role requires engineering leadership experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and a proven track record in manufacturing/engineering with a strong focus on process

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Five years of progressive experience in manufacturing and/or engineering.
• One (1) year of leadership experience, such as Project Management, Product or Process Improvement/Implementation.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.

Responsibilities

• Drive continual improvement in the implementation of the Eaton Business System throughout the facility and plant organization.
• Drive Eaton Lean Six Sigma deployment through training, facilitation, and deployment resources.
• Foster continual improvement in project Management through the PROLaunch process.
• Identify and eliminate process variations resulting in external and internal failures through 8-D corrective action, Six Sigma, ELS, and other wastes. Drive method sheet improvements utilizing the manufacturing engineering team.
• Facilitate the discipline of the Leadership System for the site to drive performance through Operational Excellence
• Manage the capital appropriation process to ensure return expectations are met. Forecast capital expenditures for the current and future years.
• Responsible for manufacturing engineering which owns the manufacturing process and full scale industrialization efforts for project/programmatic product launches.
• Manage continuous improvement team and activities driving VSM execution with emphasis on Lean Material Flow, Problem Solving, Standard Work, and 5S+.
• Serves as launch leader for project launches ensuring connectivity to engineering, operations, and supply chain for successful and on time launches to meet internal/external expectations.
• Owner of cost out project initiatives and reporting in alignment with profit plan expectations
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Six Sigma

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Quality systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Eaton Corporation’s Avery Creek/Asheville, North Carolina facility is seeking an Operations Excellence (OPEX) Manager to drive continuous improvement and elevate the Eaton Business System across the site. You’ll lead Lean Six Sigma deployment, capital planning, and cross-functional initiatives to deliver measurable performance gains.

The role requires engineering leadership experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and a proven track record in manufacturing/engineering with a strong focus on process