North America Continuous Improvement Sr. Manager

CNH Industrial is a world-class equipment and services company dedicated to advancing the noble work of agriculture and construction workers. Driven by our shared purpose of Breaking New Ground, we are passionate about bringing Innovation, Sustainability, and Productivity to all that we do. As a truly global company, CNH Industrial’s 37,000 employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world through our core brands: Case IH, STEYR, New Holland Agriculture, CASE, and New Holland Construction.

We are now hiring for a North America Continuous Improvement Sr. Manager to help lead with the development of our CNH Business Systems.

Responsibilities

In support of the development of the CNH Business System, the North American Continuous Improvement Sr. Manager will be responsible for:

Provide Business Unit, Site and Functional Leaders across the business with support developing, deploying and building internal skills and capabilities in…

Ensure the development of an “engine” of Continuous Improvement built on…

• Utilization of Value Stream Mapping to establish a customer focused, quantified, prioritized Roadmap of Kaizen (Rapid Improvement Workshop) aligned to Strategy Deployment goals, Financial (Revenue, Profit and Cash Flow) and Operating KPI gaps
• Rapid, effective cadence of Kaizen applying the appropriate Lean/Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement toolsets (1 week, “no newspaper”, rigorously prepped and followed up – Shingijutsu style)
  

Build key Lean / 6 Sigma / Continuous Improvement Kaizen skills as need including…

• Value Stream Mapping – including monetization
• Standard Work Kaizen – including Std WIP, Std Work Combination, 1 piece flow, Karakuri Development (material and tool presentation) and 5S
• Variation Reduction Kaizen – Root Cause Problem Solving
• Transactional Process Improvement Kaizen (Variation Reduction / Standard Work)
• Rapid Change Over (SMED) Kaizen
• Material Pull Systems / Kanban / Heijunka Kaizen
• Total Productive Maintenance (Preventive, Autonomous)
• 3P (Process, Product, Layout, Structure) Design Kaizen
• Others….
  

Develop an integrated Daily-Weekly-Monthly Management/Operating System that drives incremental day to day performance improvement of the Key Performance Indicators (metrics) that are leading indicators of the financial performance of the business.

• Establish the critical KPIs to measure at the right levels in the organization tied to Customer, Employee, Shareholder and other Key Stakeholders’ satisfaction.
• Create customer-focused, rigorous, simple visual performance tools to drive consistent review versus targets, prioritization of problems and effective root cause problem-solving / countermeasure throughout the organization.
• Create, simple visual, easy to manage improvement ideas implementation system for employees
• Establish Leader Standard Work at all levels in the organization that drives operating reviews, problem solving, and continuous improvement activities to the core Value Streams that are tightly aligned to customers and the value drivers that will make them and us successful.
• Create an Engaged, High-Performance Culture that aligns the mission, values and strategy of the business to the behaviors of leaders, teams and individual contributors in the organization, embracing the principles of…
• Intense Focus on Understanding and Creating Value for Customers
• Daily Continuous Improvement & Elimination of Waste
• Cadence of Kaizen (rapid, sustainable process change)
• Root Cause Problem Solving based on data and facts
• Leadership Humility and a “Go to Genba” (point of impact) approach to learning and problem-solving.
• People Engagement, Teamwork, Diversity
• Results Focus, Transparency and Accountability
• Support execution of Strategy Deployment Process to drive breakthrough, transformational process and capability changes aligned to the execution of the Business Unit strategic business plan and in support of achievement of short- and long-term business financial and operational objectives.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or Business
• 8 years experience in industrial manufacturing business
  
  
  

Company Benefits

CNH Industrial offers a wide variety of benefits that not only encourages wellness and preventive care, but we also provide the right tools and programs to help you achieve it. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. Our industry leading 401k will support you in meeting your retirement objectives. Additional benefits include paid parental leave, flexible work policies, opportunities for self-development and paid leave for specific activities. Click here for more information!

The annual salary for this role is $155,250 - $207,000 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.)

EEO

US applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and its supplement here . CNH Industrial participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. You can view additional information here.

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Canada applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, place of origin, disability, marital status, family status, age, or any other ground prohibited by applicable provincial human rights legislation.