Manufacturing Process Excellence Manager - Canaan, Connecticut ***Relocation Available - $140,000 to $150,000

• Lead strategy deployment (SD). Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs’) top down and bottom up. Support site leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across relevant BD Excellence components.
• Partner with plant Leadership team and Business Unit Managers / Leader to co -develop and complete the plant’s implementation of the Manufacturing Process Excellence and Cost to Win plan /budget.
• Coach the plant leadership team, with regards to Manufacturing Process Excellence, with focus on external and internal benchmarking. Develop and mentor zero loss approach across critical areas to optimize quality, delivery and cost while improving safety.
• Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide site to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.
• Coordinate Manufacturing Process Excellence components deployment. Continue to drive Manufacturing Process Excellence capability development through deployment of progressively advanced aspects of component methodologies. Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
• Teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in Manufacturing Process Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss attitude and all related methodologies / tools. Lead and facilitate breakthrough Kaizen events.
• Lead the Focused Improvement component team. Develop and grow problem solving capability at all levels. Drive collaboration with site leadership team to generate, sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, oversee governance processes, and optimization of the site loss landscape.
• Coordinate activity of all component teams and focused improvement project teams to eliminate loss, according to strategic goals. Meet or exceed CTW (Cost to Win) goals through leading and /or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss lands cape. Create and manage CI budget.
• Immediate supervisor of Manufacturing Process Excellence Factory Engineers.

• Previous experience in implementing, and strong knowledge of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems. Six sigma black belt certification preferred.
• Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity and operational excellence
• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service
• Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels
• Strong track record in project or program management
• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
• Discernment and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results

• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 25%
• Language: Fluent English mandatory
• Ability to influence without authority
• Leadership and Critical thinking
• Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy
• Building effective transversal team and network
• Managing Complexity and diversity / Adaptability
• Financial competence
• Ability to translate business objectives into tactical activities for the plant
• Results Oriented

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum 7 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
• Minimum 3-years’ experience operating a production system.
• Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner.

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Salary : $140,000 - $150,000