Operational Excellence Lead

About the position

The Operational Excellence Lead at Panasonic Energy of North America is responsible for optimizing production efficiency and reducing waste in a cross-functional environment. This role involves data collection, analysis, and the implementation of improvement projects to enhance manufacturing processes. The position requires strong leadership skills to drive change across departments and ensure sustained improvements in production operations.

Responsibilities

• Work effectively with operations and support functions to translate process improvement findings into sustained improvements and standard work.
• Understand and analyze top down factory SQCDP KGIs for Kaizen/Lean efforts targeting non-value-added activities.
• Implement Lean practices (7-Step) to improve manufacturing SQCDP deliverables, impacting material flow, operator efficiency and machine capability.
• Drive and influence change across multiple departments by implementing factory standards.
• Effectively lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Identify new sources of data and methods for data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Quantify the value of continuous improvement opportunities.
• Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge required and ability to implement lean manufacturing tools and methodologies.
• Strong technical background, including high volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel (Macro)) required.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to learn and understand complex equipment capabilities, operation/material flow, and data flow.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Minimum of 5+ years in industrial or process engineering strongly desired.
• Six sigma Black belt highly preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• 401(k) matching
• Pet insurance