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Form of workWe are a technology company that aims to help people return home safely from their worksites by building smart safety systems. We have a hyper focused safety culture that puts our customers and our employee safety first. As a company, we aim for stable and sustained business growth and this strategy has supported our growth. We hire carefully to ensure our growth strategy as well as culture fit and value each hire tremendously. We hugely value learning and continuous improvement and believe strongly in furthering the careers of all our employees. We recognize that our careers can take us in different directions, and we value retention by recognizing and even encouraging this diverse career growth. Being a global organization, we are well positioned to have varied opportunities within the organization to support growth in different directions. Our compensation and benefits packages are competitive.
MSA is an organization that respects boundaries, encourages people to unplug and recharge, and prioritizes the well-being of everyone on the team, all while sustaining reasonable growth and remaining committed to our meaningful mission.
ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities:
- Act as a project leader, developing and gaining buy-in for global, enterprise-wide improvement programs and projects in alignment with key elements of corporate strategy, including but not limited to VAVE, lean/Kaizen supplier events, & supplier summits
- Improve material, processes, and training programs focused on the MSA Operating System and Lean principles
- Guide the planning, material development, and execution of supplier continuous improvement events
- Partner with program stakeholders to identify short and long term objectives to support business goals and coach on tactical strategies to achieve desired results
- Proactively and effectively influence necessary members of management and other opinion leaders to identify, address and eliminate obstacles in order to promote sourcing-related continuous improvement
- Lead development & change management regarding updates to systems & processes in support of continuous improvement initiatives
- Examine and evaluate areas of sourcing improvement after implementation to identify refinements needed
- Track and communicate metric / KPI results using defined tools and documents, in order to articulate the efficiency gains of process / project improvements
Qualifications
Education & experience required:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or equivalent
This position is available at 2 levels, based on experience:
Level I:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in industry as CI leader/Specialist
- Experience leading workshops at office & shop floor and performed improvements implementation.
- Extensive experience in training and deploying Lean tools in office and manufacturing
- Lean / Six Sigma MBB or BB formation (or equivalent)
Level II:
- 5+ years of experience in industry as CI leader/Specialist (in addition to Level I requirements
Education & experience preferred:
- Masters degree in Engineering, Business or equivalent preferred
- Plant Operations Management
- Knowledge of MSA-OS
- Knowledge in SAP & Excel/Power BI
- Knowledge in process automation and digitization
