LOCATION: Wotton or Manchester, UK; Leipzig, Germany, or Remote with travel

TRAVEL: 50% to European sites with occasional international travel

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of the Lean Business System will play a pivotal role in driving continuous improvement and organizational change as a member of the Corporate Lean group. They will be responsible for Lean deployment and strategy development across the UK and Germany-based sites for both company’s business units.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience driving Lean tools and methodologies while fostering a culture of Continuous Improvement across the organization. As a proven shop floor leader, they will be hands-on in Lean deployment activities including the introduction of foundational Lean tools (5S, Standard Work, TPI, Value Stream Mapping, and Problem Solving). They will balance the strategical elements of the Lean Business System with tactical deployment

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilizing the Lean Business System to improve safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and other KPIs
• Aligning corporate strategy with site-based goals, needs, and improvement priorities
• Providing overall support, assistance, and direction to plant leadership teams regarding CI initiatives
• Utilizing data to identify gaps in performance versus best practices; work with teams to execute improvement plans
• Leading and coaching CI events and Kaizens through hands-on participation
• Developing Lean competencies in others to ensure sustainment
• Assisting with improvement of asset utilization and equipment management
• Developing training materials and effectively delivering in a team environment
• Understanding and applying financial drivers and key performance indicators
• Documenting best practices and sharing improvements to leverage results across the organization
• Collaborating with global Lean leaders, plant teams, and executive leadership to ensure alignment on corporate strategy and goals

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Chemistry, or related
• 8+ years relevant work experience across Continuous Improvement and Operations within a manufacturing/industrial environment
• Experience in Life Sciences, consumables/instrumentation, or regulated industry preferred.  Industrial automation, genomics, cold chain, and/or GLP experience is beneficial.
• Visual Project Management experience preferred
• Training and dedicated experience with Continuous Improvement/Lean methodology; Lean certifications preferred
• Proven successful application of Lean tools including 80/20, Lean Leadership, including Daily Management, KPI Leadership, Standard Work, Gemba Walks, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Transactional Process Improvements, Kanban/replenishment systems, Structured Problem Solving, RCCA, etc.
• Experience leading manufacturing operations in addition to dedicated Lean roles
• Strategy / Policy Deployment experience preferred
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate Kaizen events to produce sustained, measurable improvements .
• Influential leadership skills to develop, mentor, and train employees at all levels without direct supervisory responsibility
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to people at all levels of the organization
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and general computer skills.  Power Automate, Power Apps, Tableau experience preferred.

Lean Focus LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

At Lean Focus, we help businesses overcome their biggest challenges by transforming them for the better, and for the long-term. A "who's who" of global leaders in every industry, our clients include some of the world's most respected brands and several members of the Fortune 1000.