Status: Current
Job position: European Lean Six Sigma Deployment
Type of contract: Full Time
Location: Lake Constanz
Country: Switzerland
Language: German + English
Remuneration: 65.000 - 70.000 € + Bonus
PIR Number: PIR009264
You work closely with the European MBB & Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leader and help him to create the Lean blueprint:
* Fuse Lean and Six Sigma into a comprehensive programme to strive for high performance
* Create awareness and acceptance for Lean Six Sigma at all levels
* Create a culture of continuous improvement across all functions
* Co-ordinate the efforts of the company’s Lean Experts & Practitioners in deploying Lean Six Sigma at the local site
The applicant will be responsible to:
- Lead the Lean part of the Lean Six Sigma Deployment at the local site
- Perform a Lean Baseline Assessment including Value Stream Mapping (current and future state) for the major product lines
- Help Champions & Process Owners to identify potentials for improvement along the Value Stream, to define activities and to actively manage the improvement projects portfolio
- Define and lead Kaizen activities
- Train and mentor Lean Practitioners across the business
- Co-ordinate efforts of local Lean Practitioners and provide support
- Coach the Quality community in Lean thinking
Experience Summary: Mandatory:
- Proven hands-on Lean deployment experience
- Operational experience in production at a management level
- High leadership presence
- Good English language skills
- Excellent German language skills
- Effective communication at all levels, specially with shop floor workers
- Lean Expert Training (min. 3 weeks by a multi national with a reasonable Lean program)
- Team player – comfortable with matrix organization
- Dynamic and passionate
- Highly creative and process improvement focussed
- Engineering degree
Preferable:
- Automotive/Aerospace/Defense business experience
- Deep understanding of Lean enterprise
- Cross functional exposure including sales, marketing, operations
- MBA or other post-graduate business management qualification
- Completed Six Sigma Belt training is a plus
Key Criteria: * hands on attitude in an operational environment
* candidate must have a very structured approach in Lean production
* cross functional continuous improvement expertise
* leadership presence
* reasonable Lean education & depth
Contact Name: Peter Klingenbrunner
Contact Number: +44 207 010 8833
Contact Email: peter.klingenbrunner@pacific-international.com
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