LEAN Operational Excellence Specialist
LEAN Operational Excellence Specialist
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12-04-2025
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Are you ready to make a real impact Our client is looking for a Lean Management Specialist to join a newly created team to help roll out Operations Excellence System (OES) across North America. If you love solving problems building processes and empowering teams this could be the perfect fit for you.
You will be part of a national Lean Management team. Your area of responsibility will be two plants in Northeastern Ohio and one in western Pennsylvania. You will report directly to the manager of the three plants with a dotted line to the OES corporate team. Your job will be implement the OES and operational leaders vision in a safe and team focused approach. You will travel between the sites. This means you can have an office at one of the plants or work from home when not needed in the office.
Leading the Charge on Continuous Improvement
Youll be the goto person for driving lean initiatives at our plants. Whether its running workshops training team members or identifying ways to streamline processes you ll help create a culture where continuous improvement is just how we do things.
Partnering with Frontline Teams
The client believes in an inverted pyramid approach where the people closest to the work have the best insights. You ll work directly with frontline employees their consultants while coaching plant leaders to turn those insights into action.
Creating and Standardizing Processes
Your work will focus on standardizing processes and documenting the "best way" to get things done. It s about creating consistency so everyone has the tools to succeed and we can keep building on their progress.
Collaborating Across the Region
With three sites today and many more in the future you ll collaborate with leadership and plant teams to tackle challenges and push company OES journey forward. Whether it s addressing resistance to change or rolling out new practices you ll be an integral part of the team.
Making Sense of the Data
Numbers tell a story and you ll help them make sense of them. By reviewing KPIs and sharing insights you ll guide the teams to better performance and bigger wins.
Deploy Lean principles including safety success fundamentals process flow maintenance productivity and logistics starting with a focus on three core pillars:
Health & Safety
Lean Basics
Success Principles
Requirements
Must have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Space Force U.S. Reserves or U.S. National Guard.
Experience implementing Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement systems in the military or private sector. (If you ve run process improvement teams quality control efforts maintenance optimization or training programs you re more qualified than you think.
Lean certification (Green or Black Belt) preferred but not required. If you have the experience we ll support your formal certification.
Ability to influence up and down the chain of command. You ll be guiding plant leaders and production teams alike.
Exceptional organizational and communication skills you re comfortable presenting ideas building plans and getting buyin across the board.
Comfortable traveling between sites in the region (up to 25 30. The three plants form a triangle within a 90minute radius so anyone located between Cleveland and Pittsburgh is ideal.
Strong Microsoft Office skills; comfort with reporting process documentation and performance analysis.
Benefits
Full benefits package with relocation assistance if needed.
Must have served in U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Reserves or U.S. National Guard. NCO/Supervisor who is a well-rounded technician. Will supervise one person and be hands on for now. Strong communications and ability to think outside the box. This is a newer site which gives the veteran the opportunity to put their fingerprint on the role, team and program
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