Plant CI Leader: OEE & Process Improvement

PPG Industries, Inc; Barberton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits

Matching 401k + retirement savings

Paid Vacation, Holiday pay

Job summary

PPG Industries, Inc. seeks an Operations Excellence Manager to lead the execution of continuous improvement strategy at our Barberton, OH plant.

You will use regimented LSS methods to enhance repeatable processes and ensure delivery of key objectives. You will work onsite at the Barberton plant and report to the Plant Manager, implementing standard work, driving OEE improvements, and coaching teams to elevate problem solving and project management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or process-driven field (Master's preferred).
• Minimum eight (8) years of working experience, including operational role (e.g., plant or operations management).
• Minimum LSS Green Belt certification, Black Belt certification preferred.
• Fluency in English and local plant language; regional focus; broad mindset.
• Visual basics, Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint expertise.

Responsibilities

• Operations and maintenance standard work process implementation across all operations in Teslin, OLED, and Optical.
• Improve reliability and OEE improvements in Teslin operations to meet sales and production goals through LSS methods.
• Post implementation coach for standard work process teams.
• Elevate then improve skills/capabilities of teams (problem solving, project management, etc.).
• Steward of the site 3-5-year site improvement plan (SIP).
• Facilitate annual Value Stream Map activity to identify gaps between current state and SIP.
• Develop improvement plans and measure the impact to organizational performance and structure.
• Ensure all improvement activities connect to business technology plan (BTP).
• Oversee improvement cycle - preparation, facilitation, implementation, sustainment, performance tracking of JDI, PDCA, Kaizen and DMAIC events.
• Owner of monthly plant continuous improvement metrics - performance, financial performance, and cultural transformation
• Participate in regional LSS/Continuous Improvement community collaboration session monthly.

Skills

English fluency

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

LSS Green Belt

Black Belt (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or process-driven field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Visual basics

Job description

PPG Industries, Inc. seeks an Operations Excellence Manager to lead the execution of continuous improvement strategy at our Barberton, OH plant.

You will use regimented LSS methods to enhance repeatable processes and ensure delivery of key objectives. You will work onsite at the Barberton plant and report to the Plant Manager, implementing standard work, driving OEE improvements, and coaching teams to elevate problem solving and project management capabilities.