Continuous Improvement Project Manager

Company Overview:

Dura-Shiloh is inspired to play a lead role in advancing safe, sustainable, and innovative mobility. Our Agile focus on product innovation and process efficiency builds expertly crafted lightweight products and mechatronic systems that deliver superior function and value.

Success is only created through the well-being of our customers, our people, and our plant. Our world continues to become more connected with mobility at the forefront of innovation. As vehicles transform to lightweight and electric platforms, Dura-Shiloh will continue to inspire and lead.

To learn more about our company, visit durashiloh.com

Our benefits include bonuses; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; paid time off plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; service and performance awards as well as various social and recreational activities.

Who we want:

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Business-oriented evaluators. People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulations, management, and leadership teams.

Position Description:

This dual-role position will be responsible for lead customer communication, act as a single point of contact for problem and issue resolution, open issue documentation, and review resolution effectiveness. Act as liaison between plant/engineering and customer. Coordinate the identification/communication of customer direction and concerns to organization. Manage Platform/Program reviews with senior staff. Process owner for compilation and maintenance of statement of work. Manages/facilitates the Continuous Improvement Process; plans utilization of facilities, equipment, material handling and personnel to improve efficiency of operations. Evaluates work processes to determine strategies and programs which provide greater productivity and efficiency of company functions by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Coordinates all new programs between tooling source and customer from planning to PPAP.
• Facilitates the APQP cross-functional team and follows-up on open issues.
• Initiates and leads part print and process reviews, both internal and external. Works with the customers and Quality Engineer to insure process capability to print tolerances.
• Participate in gage reviews with quality.
• Initiates and participate in tooling design reviews.
• Works with tooling source to develop, and track performance to time lines for entire project and issues progress reports.
• Maintains regular communications between customer and tooling source through the tool build process.
• Monitor performance and deliverables for the key program inputs.
• Primary point of contact for Corporate Sales, Program Management, and Engineering personnel.
• Facilitates tool tryouts, equipment trials, and related offsite activities as required as well as customer meetings relating to programs.
• Develop and maintain timing charts for all projects and engineering changes.
• Facilitates internal Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement activities.
• Gathers information to evaluate current work processes in order to determine optimal flow of work, time requirements, costs, and duration.
• Recommends methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations and equipment, and cost justification of new equipment as necessary.
• Participates in cost control and reduction programs and committees when his/her general knowledge or special skills will help functioning of the management group.
• Develops and coordinates programs to recognize and reward groups or individuals for suggestions and actions related to process improvement.
• Train employees, as needed, in all aspects of lean manufacturing, team effectiveness and continuous improvement.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This role does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, with preferred concentration in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering. Equivalent experience in tooling, manufacturing or quality is acceptable.
• Previous experience as a Launch/Program manager is a plus. Lean experience desired

Skills and Abilities

• Good written and verbal communication skills required. i.e., language skills, mechanical aptitude, problem-solving, communication, etc.)
• Must have mechanical skills and working knowledge of Industrial Engineering tools (Time Studies, Work Flow Analysis, Pareto Charts, etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to implement win-win solutions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, group presentation skills, communication skills and computer proficiency (including Excel and Word).
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently as needed.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Certification in Lean Manufacturing Principles or Six Sigma certifications, preferred

Additional Competencies

• Leadership, Team Skills, Global Mindset and Strategic/Systemic Thinking

What you will enjoy:

• Culture that supports teamwork to deliver results
• 5% annual bonus
• Workplace where teams care about each other and your voice is heard.
• Learning and development opportunities
• 401(k) program with 4% company match
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dura-Shiloh is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Shiloh is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.