Continuous Improvement Manager
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Kimball Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.No sponsorship is available for this position.The Continuous Improvement Manager will improve the KEJ's facility's Lean/6 Sigma improvement activities and oversee the ESD program. The focus will be to maintain personal safety, quality and manufacturing reliability while reducing waste and improving efficiencies, yields, and costs. Working under the direction of the Quality Manager, you will be the leader for process improvement and lean implementation throughout the operations and manufacturing facility. You will be a necessary driver of business process improvement and waste elimination focused on the customer. You are someone with the skillset to facilitate cross functional teams at all levels of the organization to drive sustainable process improvements.Basic Background RequirementsExperience with MinitabLean manufacturing methodologies with a Six Sigma Master Black beltLead the use of continuous improvement methodologies and tools such as Lean and Six Sigma in all work streams by teaching othersManage important resources to support continuous improvement activities including standard work, 5S, SMED, TPM, Kaizen events, and Yellow/Green/Black Belt projects3+ years of manufacturing practices within the environment is keyMechanical and electronics experience preferredUse statistical and financial analysis to determine and prioritize improvement opportunitiesStrong problem solving experience and ability to train across all plant employeesDisciplined techniques and processes including project managementB.S. degree in Industrial, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experienceKey Performance ObjectivesShort Term: (0 to 3 months)Develop overall continuous Improvement strategy for KEJLearn the Customer Requirements, Quality procedures and KEJ systems and controlsDevelop Measurements to communicate continuous improvement progress; benchmark KEJ with other KE facilitiesDevelop and implement site CI training projectsJoin the Global Lean Six Sigma Council and actively participate in monthly meetingsAnalyze production documentation, Measurements and associated performance documents to identify opportunities for manufacturing operating expense and loss reductionMidterm: (3 to 12 months)Manage Continuous Improvement (CI) assessment and programs. Partner with functional leaders and facilitate strategy deploymentPartner with functional leaders to train and deploy 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing tools, methodologies and practices, including MDI (Managing By Daily Improvement), visual management systems, 6 S ,, one piece flow and value stream mappingChallenge organizational leaders to take CI to the next plateau; remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processFacilitate Kaizen, blitz, workshop CI eventsCoordinate automation system integrations for controls and office reporting projectsMentor and coach continuous improvement championsImplement data-driven actions/poke a yokes to improve operational metricsActively report out on the KEJ CI status to all levels of managementDocument implement new processes while improving current processes and documentationCoordinate with engineering to review customer documentation (process/flow/equipment/tooling requirements for CI Projects