Regional Business Excellence Manager (Continuos Improvement)

JELD-WEN is currently seeking a Regional Business Excellence Manager (Continuos Improvement) to join our growing team.

 

The Opportunity

JELD-WEN Business Excellence is a culture, a system, and a tool kit. The lean manufacturing tools and process improvement techniques are proven in achieving business excellence on a worldwide scale. BEX is built by JELD-WEN associates, reflecting our diverse experiences at lean, six-sigma, and process improvement at world-class organizations. Under the guidance of Director of Business Excellence, the Regional Business Excellence Manager will facilitate and teach CI initiatives designed to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities, decrease variation in processes, and improve performance in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory. This position will teach, coach, and facilitate improvements using various CI methodologies across the business.

 

What You Will Do

• Work with Business Unit leadership and teams to define and execute improvements needed to achieve required business results.
• Provide CI guidance to Business Unit leadership and teams on concepts that will support business improvements required.
• Work with sites to coach/develop Business Excellence resources and leaders to support the growth in capability (Education and Training) for sustaining continuous improvement.
• This position will facilitate and co-facilitate various CI related workshops, training events, Wave projects, etc. for improvement results that can be leveraged across plants and product lines.
• Ensures that education, training, tools, assessments, and resources are available to employees at all levels and are being utilized appropriately and effectively across the business.
• Provide progress reporting to Business Excellence Director of North America for tracking results to strategic plans and KPI’s.
• Work across business practices to remove barriers and streamline processes by understanding internal and external customer requirements.
• All other duties as assigned.

 

Who You Are

• At least three (3) to five (5) years’ experience leading continuous improvement in manufacturing operations and/or other business functions, educating others on CI principles and deployment planning.
• Hands on experience using continuous improvement methodologies (LEAN / TPS, Six-Sigma) and concepts (Pull, GEMBA, A3 Thinking, DMAIC, etc.).
• Be proficient in guiding root-cause analysis (A3 Problem Solving, 8D, DMAIC, etc.).
• Basic Microsoft Office and applicable JELD-WEN software applications required.
• Ability to plan and carry out projects independently while working effectively in a diverse work group.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Multi-location and operations experience preferred.
• Ability to write reports, procedures, correspondences.

• Demonstrated leadership skills with direct reports and influence on those with whom there is not a reporting relationship.
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical thought processes to develop, recommend and implement strategies and programs that address business objectives.
• Ability to work and operate under conditions of multiple deadlines and changing priorities.
• Proven facilitation skills   
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills up and down the organizational hierarchy to include corporate offices.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis in continuous improvement.  Determined by hiring manager.
• 50% Travel
• Fully remote with the exception of travel

 

 

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.  The employee may occasionally be required to crouch.  The employee may occasionally lift items up to 35lbs.  Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances

 

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About JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. 

JELD-WEN is a leading global designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-performance interior and exterior doors, windows, and related building products serving the new construction and repair and remodeling sectors. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the company operates facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe and employs approximately 18,000 pe