Continuous Improvement Leader

Flowserve Corporation
US - Maryland - Taneytown
April 18, 2024

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Continuous Improvement Leader Taneytown , Maryland ID: R-5285
Job Category: Operations
Job Type: Full time
Develop, set and implement transformational and continuous improvement strategy with sensitivity towards the organizational structure, finance approach, budget, culture, people and processes. Outline direction and deployment of lean methodology framework to ensure consistent and strict application across the business in line with best practices and HSE requirements. Responsible for the successful management and implementation of improvement projects. Steer actions to motivate the team and working relationships with different stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Be the facility lead practitioner, coach, teacher, trainer and consultant in developing, supporting, and leading CI culture within your site and across Flowserve as required
Facilitate CI actions and employee involvement teams throughout the platform/site and across all functional areas in the pursuit of sustained beneficial change
Implement a train-the-trainer approach and rapid, sustained implementation through learning by doing methods
Facilitate improvement implementation through employee teams, CI events, team improvement projects and LEAN Enterprise training workshops
Provide local leadership, coaching and training in LEAN thinking, processes and production
Co-create, sustain, revise and measure progress on the Business Area CI Plan that contributes to future state
Focus teams on CI by involving people in meeting productivity and site/platform objectives
Identify opportunities to implement common processes and best practices from other facilities within Platforms and across Flowserve
Disseminate and act upon relevant industry and corporate benchmarking data
Ensure that benefits related to CI initiative are calculated according to corporate standards and are ultimately achieved within a targeted time span
Ensure that planned improvements are implemented, measured, driven to closure and crossed to operating results
Able to work with/across all functional areas and all levels of the business
Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 3-5 years relevant experience
Excellent leadership and management skills.
7 Quality Tool Practitioner (fishbone, 5 Why's/ Ishikawa, Histograms, Control Charts, Pareto Analysis, Scatter Diagrams and Stratification)
Knowledge of statistics tools and problem-solving
Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making.
Commercially and financially aware.
Background in manufacturing and/or engineering environment.
Background in project management.
Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits
Job Family Group : Operations
Job Family : OP Production Process Management
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