HUB Continuous Improvement Specialist

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HUB BU NAM Continuous Improvement Specialist

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity Collaboration = Great Innovation

Hitachi Energy is seeking to fill one position for a North America HUB BU Continuous Improvement specialist will be reporting to the NAM HUB BU Continuous Improvement Manager, and responsible to establish and maintain a continuous improvement (CI) culture in Hitachi Energy focusing on Safety, Customer & Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Cost (S>>Q>D>I>C) by deploying a set of CI competencies, utilizing Lean Six Sigma (L6S) as the CI methodology, and creating transparency to monitor progress, within the area of responsibility.

Your responsibilities

• Safety & Integrity: Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business.
• Continuous Improvement Deployment: Deploying and executing the Hub/GPG strategy to continuous improvement and strategy deployment via L6S. Facilitating best practice sharing within your locations. Work directly with key stakeholders in locations to achieve buy-in and execute strategy.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Developing overall technical competences within the HUB when it comes to Testing and Lean Manufacturing .
• Support the implementation of major projects, that would lead to improved Operational performance.
• Mentoring and coaching Business CI. Developing critical mass on CI skills.
• Business Partnership: Understanding the organization’s vision, objectives, and improvement needs and suggest projects and improvement actions that support objectives. Working with leaders to identify and access the best resources (internal or external) with which to work.
• Developing pipeline of Improvement Projects (Kaizen) to drive business results.
• Performance Transparency & Improvement: Providing organization-wide visibility of the current portfolio of continuous improvement efforts; track via metrics/KPIs progress and value from these efforts in order to help decision makers allocate resources and recognize success, with special focus on operational cost reduction.
• Working effectively with other CI leaders from Hitachi and Hitachi Energy Network to standardize processes and develop best practices.
• Capability Building: Providing training, coaching and facilitation support to individuals and teams so that they are better equipped to drive their improvement efforts for themselves. Support/Train in line with training and development structure for respective locations and to make sure the knowledge is well transferred within the CI community.
• Change Management: Driving cultural transformation within the scope of responsibility, with a hands-on (´Gemba´) approach. Understands and promotes behavioral change to continuously improve function performance through programs and initiatives.
• Guiding, motivating and develops direct/indirect subordinates within HR policies. Developing the skills and competences to create a highly effective and efficient team.

Your background

Minimum 5-10 years of experience from leading positions in an operation and/or Production environment.

Working experience in an international team and feel confident in managing change through a dotted line organization.

Profound knowledge of Lean principles and six sigma is required as well as a bachelor in engineering.

Must be solution oriented to come up with creative solutions to challenges to achieve project goals and deliverables.

Position is based on site at our Mt. Pleasant facility.

Candidate must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. We welcome you to apply and want you to know that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veterans' status or any other legally protected characteristic. For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.dol.go v/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/ posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling a Hitachi Energy HR Representative at 1-888-504-2007 or by sending an email to: us-pg-askhr@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-NAM1

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