Manager, Business Excellence

Date: Feb 8, 2025

Company: Joysonsafety

Job Function: Sales

Job Type:

Location: Auburn Hills, Michigan, US

Country/Region: US

Requisition ID: 1546

Position Summary:

Management of the activities and projects in Business Excellence Department. Lead the CPP, CRP and special project team members and responsibilities within the specified PBU.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities outlined in the job description are to be used as a guideline and are not meant to be all-inclusive of the essential functions of the position. Other duties may be assigned, as necessary.

• Organizational, technical, and commercial responsibility for the department and related projects/programs
• Lead the CRP activities for the associated PBU. Identify, develop and implement cost savings projects to meet or exceed the annual associated targets
• Track CRP performance and report out monthly on performance and project status
• Support development of the annual CRP savings target to support the AOP budget process
• Lead the CPP activities for the associated PBU. Targeted business acquisition plan development including benchmarking, BOM target pricing, initial design development and quotation development
• Lead the cross functional teams to bring all inputs together and challenge appropriately to support the on-time quote submission
• Align with GPL and other regions on component development toward market demands on product and cost to support targeted business
• Engage Sales and the PBU to communicate with customers and develop working relationships
• Develop and present the monthly executive presentation material for business acquisition
• Manage the CRP and CPP workload appropriately to balance special topics that are assigned
• Employee management with technical instruction (incl. defining KPIs) and disciplinary supervision, induction of new employees, goal setting and tracking and annual review development
• Enable employees to improve the processes within their department by themselves
• Elaboration of optimal work processes and improvement initiatives to ensure an efficient and standardized approach in all activities
• Informing management about decisions and actions in the department with escalation when needed
  
  

Qualifications:

• Analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Communication and presentation skills
  
  

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or equivalent technical degree
• 10 years experience