Operations Excellence Specialist
Amsted AutomotiveShelby Township, Michigan, United States
Posted April 4, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Amsted Automotive, formed in 2021 from the merger of Burgess‑Norton, Means Industries, Transform Automotive, and SMW Manufacturing, is a global supplier of high‑volume automotive, off‑highway, and mining components. With 21 manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia, the company produces more than 200 million parts and assemblies each year, leveraging advanced metal‑forming, cold‑forming, and powder‑metal technologies. Its expertise extends to propulsion solutions for electrified, hybrid, and internal‑combustion powertrains, positioning it as a leader in next‑generation vehicle manufacturing. By strategically locating production in customers’ regions—including 13 U.S. facilities—Amsted reduces tariff exposure and supply‑chain risk, offering a resilient, customer‑centric supply model.
Job Description
The Operational Excellence Specialist supports the management of the company's business excellence program, tools and culture and is responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing manufacturing and business processes that improve efficiency.
Requirements
- Works with the business excellence and other teams to improve systems
- Capture real-time measurement data for MRO, capital and cost saving initiatives
- Provide appropriate reporting analytics on continuous improvement initiatives and metrics
- Partner with all divisions to drive Operational Excellence methodology and analytics to ensure sustainable manufacturing and business process improvements are met
- Leverage/benchmark best practices and drive implementation across the organization
- Drive measureable improvements by identifying opportunities to remove waste
- Function as a resource for continuous improvement methodologies across all divisions
- Guide and challenge cross-functional teams in developement and execution of continuous improvement activities to reduce cycle time, inventory, and waste while improving process performance, quality, cost, and standardizing the process
- Assist with the development of tools, methods and processes that will result in significant process improvement for Operations, Production, Quality, Maintenance Reliability and Management
- Ability to challenge the status quo and comfortable with managing ambiguity
- Recognized as SME (Subject Matter Expert) in Lean Manufacturing
- Assist with the integration of the company Lean Performance System
- Support manufacturing continuous improvement initiatives that drive plant and company performance improvements
- Work with leaders in annual business plan strategic development planning process and prioritize improvement opportunities based on tactical planning objectives
Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Incentive Bonus
- Medical, Vision, Dental
- Prescription Drug Plan
- 401K
- Pet Insurance
- Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Short-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health and Wellness Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition
- Discount Programs
