Technical Lead

VBeyond Corporation; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant d'entreprise

Job summary

VBeyond Corporation in Appleton, WI seeks a seasoned Industrial Engineering leader to drive Lean initiatives across 4–5 plants. You will lead time studies, line balancing, and productivity programs while coordinating with customer, onsite, and offshore teams for measurable improvements.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, data-driven decision making, and experience delivering cost reductions in high-volume environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Lean transformations in high-volume manufacturing.
• Proven ability to manage multi-site teams with onsite and offshore elements.
• Strong data analytics and KPI tracking capabilities.
• Excellent communication and change-management skills.
• Knowledge of Kanban, Poka-Yoke, and TQM principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage onsite Industrial Engineering teams across 4–5 facilities.
• Drive time studies, work measurement, line balancing, and productivity initiatives.
• Oversee project governance, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Identify cost reductions and implement process improvements.
• Collaborate with customer leadership, engineering, and sales to expand engagement.
• Develop SOPs and standardized work methods; ensure execution excellence.
• Coordinate with cross-functional and offshore teams for delivery.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Kaizen

5S

Kanban

Poka-Yoke

TQM

Time Studies

Line Balancing

Productivity Improvement

Data Analytics

Stakeholder Mgmt

Cross-Functional Team

Job description

• Lead and manage a team of onsite Industrial Engineers supporting 4-5 manufacturing facilities in the Appleton, WI area, ensuring successful execution of time studies, work measurement, line balancing, productivity improvement, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Customer, Onsite, and Offshore teams, driving project governance, resource planning, risk management, stakeholder communication, and executive reporting. Oversee delivery quality, schedule adherence, value realization, and implementation of process optimization recommendations across multiple plants.
• Support ongoing manufacturing transformation programs, including assembly line consolidation and high-flow line implementation, identifying opportunities for labor optimization, automation, robotics, material flow improvements, and digital manufacturing solutions.
• Actively collaborate with customer leadership, operations, engineering, and sales teams to expand the engagement footprint, develop new business opportunities, and drive sustainable operational and financial benefits.
• Coordinate effectively with cross-functional and offshore teams to ensure execution excellence.
• Experience in performing Video based time studies and work breakdown activities.
• Identify process improvement and support in productivity improvement initiative.
• Should have experience in high volume and high mix production environment
• Experience in multi model line balancing and level loading.
• Knowledge on Lean manufacturing, Total quality management, Kaizen, 5s, Material tracking - Kanban, Poke - Yoka etc.
• Drive, Identify and Implement the key projects to improve quality, reduce cost, increase productivity, and improve cycle time.
• Develop SOPs, work instructions, and standardized operating methods to improve process consistency and performance.
• Identify opportunities to reduce labor, route optimization, warehouse and inventory optimization.
• Streamlining Operations for Increased Productivity & Cost Reduction through Automation
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the manufacturing teams. Develop and implement improvement plans, set KPIs, and track progress to ensure sustainable changes.
• Data Analysis: Leverage data analytics tools to collect, analyze, and present data related to engineering processes. Create dashboards and reports that provide insights for decision-making.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with different teams.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and roadblocks in improvement projects and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior management, to ensure alignment of objectives and support for improvement initiatives.
• Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, and Total Quality Management (TQM).
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, conflict resolution, and change management skills.
• Proven ability to lead global teams and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Program Governance, Multi-project Delivery Management, Risk & Issue Management, KPI / Metrics Driven Delivery, Customer Escalation Management, Onsite-Offshore Delivery Model, Lean Transformation, Stakeholder Management.