The Process Excellence Specialist will work as part of the NA Total Industrial Engineering department with the mission to strengthen NA Manufacturing Structure through the daily application and enforcement of Excellent Factory disciplines TIE, TPM, and TQM and Manufacturing Standards. 

NATIE is aggressively pursuing to establish a high-efficiency plant that can operate without relying on people and can flexibly respond to “Future environmental changes" and “fluctuations" without Production / Conveyance loss. Each EF member has 4 key responsibilities which supports our department mission: Process Excellence (NA Health Assessment & Manufacturing Minimum Standards), Planning (Strategic Kaizen for Target Plants), Promotion (Direct Kaizen Support) and Emergency Support.

Responsibilities:

Leadership for the North American Manufacturing Health Assessment (MHA) - Create, Expand, Confirm, Kaizen for disciplines of SHE, TQM, TPM, TPS, and PC Lead Annual Plan for MHA w/ category leaders Annual improvement of the Health Assessment Tools and Methods Lead update of target setting, scoring, and reporting Establish MHA Regional / Global Best Practice Share and Expansion Method  Establish Best Practice Ceremony  Monthly Report to Director Direct Kaizen member for DENSO and affiliate activities linked to achieving business targets related to Health Assessment Level Up improvement.   Quickly access current condition, set strategy, organize resources and make action for immediate improvement.  Communicates effectively across multiples companies, captures/understands key data, and adapt to changes in work environment. Lead Long-Short Term Strategy Dev. for North American Manufacturing Minimum Standards Est Primary Policy, Standards, Tools, Methods and ‘Core’ HRD for NA.  Establish and Maintain Management Cadence for Activity and Reporting of KPI / Governance and Project Mgt  Travel as required to support projects and department activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred 5-8 years of relevant manufacturing experience required. A combination of degree and experience can be considered Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills Strong people and process management skills with the ability to develop positive working relationships Embrace a fluid and diverse work environment Comfort working individually and with teams at all levels of management Working knowledge of Office Suite including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Access

Physical Requirements:

This job will require working in an office environment but also include significant time in manufacturing and logistical areas which may have specific PPE requirements. This job requires frequent sitting, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, pulling and or pushing, carrying, grasping, reaching, stooping, crouching, crawling, color determination and near acuity.

Benefits Summary:

Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans  Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance  Flexible Spending Account  Employee Assistance Program  401K with 4% company match  Bonus Program  Wellness Program  Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location) Tuition Reimbursement  Career Development and Ongoing Training  Paid holidays and vacation   Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location)  Volunteer opportunities  Employee recognition (employee and milestone events) 

 Annual Salary: $78,000-$98,000