Hitachi Energy is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader - North America to lead and drive sustainable and transformational changes in the Integrated Transformer Management (ITM) System. The role is responsible for leading the ITM deployment across the end-to-end product line, focused on process improvement, ITM System maturity, demonstrated improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and best practice implementation and standardization with multiple factories.
Requirements
- Partners with the product line cross-functional leadership team in developing and operationalizing the Strategy Deployment process and Operations Center approach.
- Facilitates development of breakthrough objectives, action plans, KPI’s (Bowlers) and leads in development of Kaizen plan to support the overall needs of the product line organization.
- Lead in operationalizing Strategy Deployment, ensuring effective Leader Standard Work (LSW) and a connected Lean daily management system.
- Change agent and champion of a continuous improvement culture focused on waste elimination across the product line organizations using ITM System lean methods, processes and tools.
- Lead all activities in the product line to implement the ITM System and drive improved maturity scores to advance the factories through the ITM System phases of deployment.
- Drive optimization of KPIs throughout the product line Factories and functional organizations.
- Lead and facilitate process improvement for the organization and partner with extended cross-functional teams, at all levels of the organization, on overall use of ITM System tools to drive productivity.
- Create, manage and facilitate the development of Cost-out and productivity projects across the business to achieve targets for the product line.
- Facilitate and train team members in utilization of RELEX reporting of Improvement projects.
- Ensure effective sustainment of results and support problem solving (RPS and Root Cause Countermeasure) as needed to close gaps to targets, as well as driving Transactional Process Improvements.
- Build continuous improvement capability through training and implementation of ITM System tools and methods.
- Be the expert on the ITM System, with focus on training and coaching others to build people and organization capabilities.
- Build a Coaching culture across the organization with focus on Employee Engagement and Accountability.
- Combine technical knowledge with people and organizational skills to deliver organizational maturity and KPI improvements.
