Operational Excellence Manager

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life.

The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.

Job Description:

This role will be responsible for promoting and leading the Continuous and Process Improvements elements of Morgan.

This includes, but is not limited to, working with employees on improvement projects, as a facilitator, teacher or in support with analyzing data, creating visual management aids, creating standard work, aiding management in root cause problem solving, and creating Value Streams and associated value stream maps.

Responsibilities:

• Work with OpEx and Site leadership to deploy tactical lean tools and Morgan Production Systems Framework, including the development of the MPS Framework.
• Manage transformation projects necessary to enable the achievement of significant Cycle Time Reduction, COGS Reduction, PPV and efficiency improvements (waste reduction).
• Work with OpEx and Site leadership to drive the process for development of X-Matrix/Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri) within the site using LeanDNA to manage and report out.
• Deploy LeanDNA across site to Establish appropriate measurement systems to identify opportunities and to quantify implemented improvements.
• Manage and maintain LeanDNA Initiatives, Metrics and Targets, and provide LeanDNA administrative support to all site users.
• Work collaboratively with the BU Ops & Site Manager to support development of key frameworks.
• Maintain a continuous performance and quality improvement effort and monitoring and reporting system across all site functions.
• Facilitate the selection, scope, and planning of specific improvement & CI projects.
• Lead and conduct studies in cost, quality, productivity, flow, value stream mapping and root cause analysis.
• Conduct operational audits to identify areas of opportunity across the business.
• Identify and recommend work center specific and company-wide improvement initiatives and opportunities.
• Lead and/or coordinate Kaizens and similar team-based improvement initiatives.
• Train change agent employees, in all aspects of lean manufacturing, waste reduction, team effectiveness and continuous improvement.
• Leadership of cross functional CI project teams.
• Work with site teams to establish a daily regiment around key KPI performance and improvement.
• Lead Root Cause Problem Solving projects to improve site metrics in all areas of the business.
• Develop training materials and effectively deliver those materials in a team environment to ensure employees throughout the facilities are trained in CI concepts and philosophy.
• Access & ensure that existing processes maintain a high level of performance.
• With data driven focus, continuously review and refine processes to make site improvements.
• Focus on plant wide issues and inter-plant initiatives including developing synergies and business opportunities to optimize other sites.
• Use standardized tools, instructions, and training to create a performance standard with focus on the continual improvement of not only the shop floor, but office settings as well.

Key Measures & Milestones:

• Operations Performance (COTTP, WIP/Lead Time, Lead Time)
• Operational and Supplier Key Measures: OTTP, SOTIF, PPV, CDPPM, SDPPM
• Financial Performance (Revenue, Operating Profit, Operating Cash Flow, Order Intake); Profitable Growth; Customer Satisfaction; Operational Excellence; Safety; Talent; Inventory Control.

Organization Relationship:

Reports to the Site Manager with dotted-line into the Operational Excellence Group

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree, preferably in engineering discipline, manufacturing or a technical field
• 5-10 years experience in deploying and managing Lean Systems.
• Must be fully Bilingual speaker English & Spanish
• 5 years of directly related experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma/DMAIC methodology in the capacity of a Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Coordinator, or similar positions.
• Strong understanding and application with all LEAN tools including but not limited to Hoshin Kanri/X-matrices.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must be able to communicate and interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization from Production to Management, both verbally and in writing, including preparing presentations.
• Experience with statistics and Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting Value Stream Mapping exercises and leading teams through step function changes.
• Demonstrated experience in driving functional excellence initiatives.
• Experience in conducting and leading lean kaizen events both on the shop floor and in transactional departments, addressing production to takt time, targets & results, and daily/hourly/monthly performance measures.
• Experience in deployment of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen events and continuous improvement techniques to drive culture change of the organization and encourage employee engagement.

Technical Requirements:

A complete understanding of supply chain management and lean principles.

Managerial Experience:

Mentor and coach individuals to implement change who are resistant to embracing new processes by using the tools within the Morgan Production System. Tools are not exclusively limited to MPS.

Lifting Requirements:

May need to lift up to 25 pounds

Climbing:

May need to climb stairs

Bending/Stooping/Sitting:

Yes / Yes / Yes

Walking:

Yes