Ops Excellence Transformation Leader (Multi‑Site)

Page Mechanical Group, Inc.; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astec Infrastructure Solutions seeks a hands-on transformation leader to convert priorities into actionable improvements across plants and functions in Chattanooga. You will own enterprise kaizen deployment, drive flow, and ensure measurable PQVC impact with a focus on implementation discipline.

You will lead cross-site coaching, establish standard practices, and partner with site leaders to sustain gains while maintaining accountability and transformation velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of seven years of experience leading Lean transformation, continuous improvement, or multi-site implementation in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success leading kaizen events and implementation efforts that deliver measurable operational and financial impact.
• Strong knowledge of Lean principles and methods, including value-stream mapping, flow, pull, visual management, standard work, problem solving, and sustainment.
• Practical understanding of supermarkets, pacemaker processes, replenishment loops, internal logistics, and production-flow improvement.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills across hourly, salaried, and leadership audiences.
• Strong project and portfolio management discipline.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect improvement work to profit-and-loss impact.
• Ability to influence leaders and teams from the shop floor to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change in a decentralized, multi-site environment without direct authority — including managing resistance, building credibility at site and senior leadership levels, and sustaining gains through leadership transitions.
• Proficiency with digital project tracking, dashboarding, or workflow tools to support execution discipline, funnel visibility, and transformation reporting.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to support plants, workshops, and major implementation efforts

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise deployment of Operations Excellence transformation priorities across plants and selected business functions.
• Convert business needs and performance gaps into executable improvement plans with clear owners, timing, and measurable targets.
• Support plant recovery, performance stabilization, and breakthrough improvement efforts.
• Maintain a structured transformation model that balances urgency, impact, plant readiness, and available resources.
• Own the enterprise funnel for focus kaizens, transformation workshops, and implementation projects.
• Establish standard definitions for intake, scoping, prioritization, approval, execution, follow-up, and closure.
• Maintain visibility to opportunity size, business case, resource requirements, expected timing, and actual results.
• Facilitate high-impact kaizens and workshops across plants and business functions.
• Ensure events end with clear implementation ownership, due dates, and expected PQVC impact.
• Drive post-event implementation facilitation, ensuring action items are completed, barriers are escalated, and gains are sustained.
• Apply standardized 30-, 60-, and 90-day follow-up methods where appropriate.
• Strengthen the business’ ability to move from identified opportunities to implemented results.
• Support value-stream mapping, future-state design, and major flow improvement work across plants and selected support functions.
• Help plants and functional teams move from isolated local improvements to end-to-end flow thinking.
• Support design and deployment of pull systems, supermarkets, pacemaker processes, replenishment loops, and material presentation methods.
• Support internal logistics, water spider concepts, route-based replenishment, and point-of-use material strategies where appropriate.
• Improve the connection between schedule stability, material flow, staffing, and process flow.
• Support deployment of leveled scheduling and production stabilization practices where practical for the business model.
• Help identify production instability, schedule swings, and batching behavior that negatively affect flow, labor efficiency, and delivery.
• Partner with plant and supply chain leadership on realistic approaches to level loading, mix management, and flow improvement.
• Ensure production-control improvements are tied to measurable business impact and plant constraints.
• Leads transformation by turning priorities into lasting results.
• Owns implementation, ensuring real business outcomes with set accountability.

Skills

Lean transformation

Kaizen events

Facilitation

Project management

Change management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or related field

Tools

Digital project tracking

Dashboarding

Workflow tools

Job description

Astec Infrastructure Solutions seeks a hands-on transformation leader to convert priorities into actionable improvements across plants and functions in Chattanooga. You will own enterprise kaizen deployment, drive flow, and ensure measurable PQVC impact with a focus on implementation discipline.

You will lead cross-site coaching, establish standard practices, and partner with site leaders to sustain gains while maintaining accountability and transformation velocity.