What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dept Mgr-Industrial Engineering position at Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA?
Position Summary
Job Responsibilities:
Education / Experience:
- The CI Department Manager is responsible for deploying YMMC strategic initiatives, growing YMMC's Yamaha Production System through Strong Gemba principals, executing comprehensive skill up of Mfg human resources, overseeing performance improvement projects (CI, Lean, Business, Shop Floor) and growing YMMC's CI culture
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop & deploy YMMC strategic initiatives throughout YMMC
- Standardize Yamaha Production System throughout YMMC utilizing Strong Gemba principals
- Hyoujun Soubi, Zensu Ryouhin, Theoretical Value Production (TVP-VAA), Shukushuku, 5S/6F, and Break Even Point Management (BEP)
- Deploy YMC Global Training strategy
- Chair YMMC Education Steering Committee
- Co-develop and directly execute the comprehensive YMMC Mfg skills training program with Human Resources
- Skill up all functions, all levels of common skills, craft skills, job specific skills, growth/development skills, Supervisor/Leader skills, and Manager skills
- Management Chair, mentor, and Global rep for YMMC's Foreman Circle
- Committee Chair for 5-Star program and strong assist for execution throughout YMMC
- Co-identify and oversee campus wide business/shop floor performance projects, productivity, OEE, TVP-VAA, material flow synchronization, quality, business value stream, etc.
- Through CI resources, support each dept MTP/Annual Planned Improvements
- Analyze business process, value stream mapping, and ROI to prioritize initiatives
- Grow YMMC CI culture bottom up through training, CI internship, with Kaizen, Small Group, and Kaizen Blitz programs
Education / Experience:
- BS in Engineering (IE/ME strongly preferred)
- 20 years Industrial Mfg experience
- Prefer Production/Engineering including Automotive/Tier 1 Automotive
- Functional experience in Assembly, Injection Molding, Welding, Painting, Stamping is strongly preferred
- 10yrs YMMC mfg/engineering experience
- MBA strongly preferred
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt strongly preferred
- Certified Lean Manufacturing Champion strongly preferred
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Formal problem solving training
- Demonstrated ability to manage sideways through peer functions to drive business results
- Highly proficient MS-Office PC skills (Excel, Powerpoint, prefer Visio, Access, AutoCAD)
- Proficient project management and presentation skills
