Job Description Summary

Drive lean initiatives across the site including lean flow line creation, conducting action workouts (AWO’s), and leading lean culture. Work with Plant Leadership team to establish a customer-based improvement strategy, which drives safety, customer responsiveness, lead time reduction, quality improvement, and cost reductions in line with business/functional objectives.

Job Description

What you'll do:

• Create the Lean vision and implement a Lean strategy to reduce inventory, lead time, and waste

• Lead and develop Lean Facilitators. Build and develop a Kaizen Promotion Officer (KPO) team and shop.

• Support early integration of Lean principles in product design & process development for New Product Introductions

• Drive measurable improvements in lead-time, customer delivery, productivity, and inventory.

• Develop value stream maps for the Organization and eliminate process waste through implementation of Lean techniques

• Establish and drive a Gemba walk methodology that drives cross functional problem solving on the shop floor

• Prepare Lean review presentations and pitch to business leaders on Lean business reviews.

• Prepare operational budgets to fund Lean annual activities and estimate productivity gains.

• Coach, train and mentor site leadership on the fundamentals and principals of Lean Manufacturing.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in manufacturing or services operations
• Lean Action Workout Experience or other hands-on experience in Lean deployment and driving changes in production shop floor through strategic projects.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English language.

What will make you stand out:

• Strong oral and written communication skills in Arabic language.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time, as required

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