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Leads and supports the development of key aspects of the transformation and Continuous Improvement of the Kenco Operation System (KOS) to drive results and enable efficiency, effectiveness and productivity improvements across the enterprise. Success in this position will be determined utilizing a qualitative and quantitative approach regarding this position's impact in the following areas:
• Continuous Improvement of the Kenco Operating System (KOS)
• Effective leadership of the Continuous Improvement Engineering Team
• Partnering closely with Kenco executives and site leadership to enable sites to achieve KOS maturity targets
• Tracking value (VCI) created by the Continuous Improvement Engineering team
• Ensure Work Measurement system effectivity
• Coach/mentor at all levels of the organization regarding all change management initiatives
Functions
Ability to coach and mentor at all levels at clients' sites in deployment of the following skills.
Secondary abilities / responsibilities
Qualifications
Competencies
• Business Acumen - Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization.
• Communicate for Impact - Devoting the time and resources necessary to communicate the strategic vision, direction, priorities, and progress of the team for which you are responsible.
• Leading People - Ability to develop and implement strategies to maximize employee performance and foster employee engagement in meeting the organization's strategy.
• Managing Transitions / Change Management - Effectively plans, manages and communicates changes in processes with appropriate stakeholders.
• Relationship Management - Building and maintaining relationships with internal partners to successfully complete projects and organizational objectives.
• Strategic Agility - Gains perspective and balances the pressure between daily tasks and strategic actions that impact the long-term viability of the organization.
Travel Requirements
For California residents - please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco's privacy policy.
https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Leads and supports the development of key aspects of the transformation and Continuous Improvement of the Kenco Operation System (KOS) to drive results and enable efficiency, effectiveness and productivity improvements across the enterprise. Success in this position will be determined utilizing a qualitative and quantitative approach regarding this position's impact in the following areas:
• Continuous Improvement of the Kenco Operating System (KOS)
• Effective leadership of the Continuous Improvement Engineering Team
• Partnering closely with Kenco executives and site leadership to enable sites to achieve KOS maturity targets
• Tracking value (VCI) created by the Continuous Improvement Engineering team
• Ensure Work Measurement system effectivity
• Coach/mentor at all levels of the organization regarding all change management initiatives
Functions
Ability to coach and mentor at all levels at clients' sites in deployment of the following skills.
- 5S
- Kaizen facilitation
- Line Balancing and one-piece flow analysis
- Takt time methods
- Project Management abilities
- Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
- Process mapping and data collection
- Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
- Process Capability and performance (Cp/Cpk)
- Exploratory Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing and Analytical methods
- Process Improvement Methods
- Waste Analysis (VA-NVA)
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Control Charting and Control Planning
Secondary abilities / responsibilities
- Ability to align the organization around lean principles and drive establishment of lean systems in all areas through use of Hoshin planning activities.
- Ensure that the correct tools be utilized to solve the most important problems affecting our customer's satisfaction, quality, cost and delivery.
- Ability to develop and implement appropriate companywide measurement systems that drive correct behaviors and support attaining business goals
- Utilize lean and six sigma methodologies to reduce waste and variation within the operation
- Willing to set the bar ever higher and see their servant/leader role as being analogous with encouraging and supporting attainment of stretch goals that focus on increasing customer value
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering preferred or Bachelor's degree in related field required. Equivalent years of Logistics/Supply Chain experience would be considered. Equivalent years of Logistics/Supply Chain experience is defined as one year of professional experience for each year of college requested.
- Minimum of 5 years leadership experience
- 5 years of applied and demonstrated Lean experience
- Lean certification required
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required at minimum
- Experience with change management development and execution
- Demonstrated experience in applying Lean Six Sigma process improvement methods with evidence of results
- Demonstrated ability to effectively analyze data to identify trends, performance results, and opportunities for improvement
Competencies
• Business Acumen - Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting his/her business and organization.
• Communicate for Impact - Devoting the time and resources necessary to communicate the strategic vision, direction, priorities, and progress of the team for which you are responsible.
• Leading People - Ability to develop and implement strategies to maximize employee performance and foster employee engagement in meeting the organization's strategy.
• Managing Transitions / Change Management - Effectively plans, manages and communicates changes in processes with appropriate stakeholders.
• Relationship Management - Building and maintaining relationships with internal partners to successfully complete projects and organizational objectives.
• Strategic Agility - Gains perspective and balances the pressure between daily tasks and strategic actions that impact the long-term viability of the organization.
Travel Requirements
- This position is expected to travel approximately 25% - 50%.
- Flexible location
For California residents - please enter or copy/paste the address below into your address bar to review an important notice regarding Kenco's privacy policy.
https://www.kencogroup.com/ccpa-notice-at-collection-for-employees-and-applicants/
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
