THE COMPANY

Our client provides innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.

THE POSITION

The Director works and drives Lean initiatives with people at all levels of the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and maintains site Hoshin Policy Deployment.
• Drives toward meeting balance scorecard metric targets including: safety, quality, delivery, productivity and cost.
• Provides assistance to champions, functional departments and business unit leaders in identifying, planning and implementing Lean and Six Sigma projects that tie strongly to business strategic priorities.
• Conducts kaizen events using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to generate priority initiatives with measurable results.
• Responsibilities also include expert knowledge and practical application of problem solving 8D, PDCA, and DMAIC tools and methodologies.
• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to Lean leaders and Black / Green Belts to drive project execution. Identifies and tracks all Operational Excellence improvement projects and cost savings.
• Provides standard work guidance and support to all the levels of the organization, especially the shop floor.
• Provides shop floor and administrative areas Lean support. This includes expert knowledge and application of the TPS principles of Lean – 5S Workplace Organization, Value Stream Mapping, Visual Factory Management, Error Proofing, Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen, Kanban / Pull Systems, Set-Up Reduction and Standard Work.
• May lead complex projects that cut across various organizational, functional and international boundaries.
• Conducts regular plant Lean assessments.