Continuous Improvement Specialist/Lean Specialist

Company: Lydall Corporation
Location: Rochester
Posted on: June 13, 2021

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing development of an enterprise wide continuous improvement culture. Assist in efforts focused on driving employee engagement, enhancing organizational capability, and developing plant-based change agents.
• Provide expertise in all areas of Lean, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, Quality Improvement Methods, and other appropriate areas of knowledge.
• Work with the site leadership team to identify, define value and deliver targeted savings in the operations and business processes.
• Study existing processes across all business functions to identify opportunities to drive out waste and improve profitability, process efficiency and productivity.
• Train others in Lean Manufacturing methods, coach, and mentor those working on these initiatives.
• Expert "hands on" knowledge of manufacturing and business improvement processes.
• Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives through to delivery of stated value.
• Report planned vs. actual savings achievement on a regular basis.
• Identify roadblocks to achieving any targeted savings and manage sub-teams to remove such roadblocks.
• Work in a team-based environment being a leader and team member.
• Creative, team-based problem solving with consensus building to generate pro-active and sustainable process improvements.

Other:

• Must adhere to all company and location policies and safety rules
• Must be able to work extended hours when required
• All other duties as assigned

Education, Experience, Skills and Abilities Required for Consideration as a Candidate:

• A history of operational excellence leadership, ex. Lean Six-Sigma greenbelt, with demonstrated implementation successes.
• Manufacturing experience, able to work effectively in production environment.
• Understanding of Lean tools, capable of applying and teaching.
• Three to five years of experience in Lean or Lean/Sigma implementation
• Kaizen facilitation experience, TPM knowledge and implementation experience
• Root-cause problem solving, (FMEA, 5 Whys, etc.)

• Business Process Design & Optimization experience, such as: S&OP, Demand Management

• A history of effective team leadership, milestone planning and project completion successes.
• Adept in Microsoft Office product suite and computer skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable at presenting project activities to various levels of the organization.
• Degree in Science/Engineering (Bachelor of Science).

Additional Education, Experience, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Project management training preferred
• Lean Leader training preferred

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