Regional Continuous Improvement Specialist

JELD-WEN is currently seeking a Regional Continuous Improvement Specialist to join our growing team.

 

The Role

JELD-WEN continuous Improvement “JCI” focuses on concepts, systems, and tools. The continuous improvement tools and process improvement techniques are proven in achieving business excellence on a worldwide scale. “JCI” is built by JELD-WEN associates, reflecting our diverse experiences in continuous improvement, at world-class organizations. Under the guidance of the Regional JELD-WEN continuous Improvement “JCI” Manager, the Regional Continuous Improvement/JCI Specialist will facilitate and teach CI initiatives designed to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities and improve performance in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory. This position will teach, coach, and facilitate improvements using “JCI” concepts across the company. This is a development position with the expectation that at the successful conclusion of development successful candidate would move into a plant level JCI leadership position in one of our NA facilities.

 

**The candidate must reside in Illinois, Iowa or Indiana**

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Works directly under Regional JELD-WEN continuous Improvement “JCI” Manager as an understudy learning to execute our “All In Business Transformation.”
• Work with manufacturing and transactional business leaders and their teams to analyzing key performance indicators to ensure improvement efforts are strategically aligned and adding value to the bottom line.
• Work with multiple manufacturing sites to coach/develop plant “JCI” resources and leaders to support the growth in capability (skills, culture, and coaching Kata) for sustaining continuous improvement.
• This position will facilitate and co-facilitate various Continuous Improvement related workshops, training events, projects/Kaizen events Value Stream Mapping, process flow charts, line balancing and other “JCI” tools for improvement results that can be leveraged across plants and product lines.
• Ensures that “JCI” training, tools, assessments, and resources are available to employees at all levels and are being utilized appropriately and effectively across all areas of the business.
• Provide progress reporting to Regional Business Excellence Manager for tracking results to strategic plans and KPI’s.
• Provide follow up guidance and support throughout the implementation time period of events to assure successful and sustainable implementation and results.
• Work across business practices to remove barriers and streamline processes by understanding internal and external customer requirements.
• All other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis in Continuous Improvement and Lean. Determined by hiring manager.

• Basic understanding of Lean Transformations in manufacturing operations, educating others on Lean principles and deployment planning.
• Hands on experience using modern Business Excellence and Continuous Improvement methods (LEAN, TPS, Kanban, PSQDCI, A3,5S, Six Sigma 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.
• Ability to write reports, procedures, correspondences.

• Demonstrated leadership skills to influence those that you work with and around.
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical thought processes to develop, recommend and implement strategies and programs that address plant and corporate objectives.