Lean Senior Manager Nidec Power Americas

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Job Summary

Job Description

Shift: 1st Shift
Days of Work: Monday - Friday
Work Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Work Location: On-site (Mankato MN)
Starting Salary: $118200 to $189100 Annually
Pay Frequency: Bi-Weekly

At Nidec we prioritize our teams well-being and success. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you both personally and professionally. These are the great benefits we offer with additional perks and programs available to enhance your overall experience with us.

• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary with additional bonus opportunities.

• Health and Wellness: Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage effective from your first day.

• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a best-in-class company match of 100% on the employees first 6% with an additional 3% employer contribution to support your financial future.

• Work-Life Balance: Generous time off package including PTO and holidays.

• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement and continuous learning opportunities to support your professional growth.

Position Objective:

The Lean Senior Manager is responsible for leading the development deployment and sustainability of Lean thinking tools and culture across the division. This role drives operational excellence by partnering with site leaders operations teams and cross-functional partners to improve safety quality deliver cost and employee engagement. The Lean Senior Manager serves as the divisions subject matter expert on Lean methodologies and continuous improvement ensuring alignment with enterprise operating systems and strategic priorities.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lean Strategy and Deployment

• Lead the creation and execution of the divisions Lean strategy ensuring alignment with corporate operational excellence initiatives.

• Develop and deploy a Lean Operating System including standardized tools behaviors and processes.

• Establish annual Lean roadmaps priorities and performance targets across the division.

• Facilitate maturity assessments and lead efforts to elevate organizational capability.

• Continuous Improvement Leadership

• Drive kaizen activities value-stream mapping problem-solving events and rapid improvement workshops.

• Mentor teams to apply structured problem-solving (A3 5-Why PDCA) to eliminate waste and improve process performance.

• Partner with site and functional leaders to identify high-impact opportunities that improve throughput reduce cost and strengthen quality and safety.

• Ensure CI projects are resourced executed tracked and sustained.

• Operational Excellence & Standardization

• Lead standardization efforts for best practices work systems and performance management routines across sites.

• Support deployment of Lean methods in manufacturing supply chain engineering and office/administrative environments.

• Implement and sustain visual management tiered accountability and daily management systems.

• Monitor KPIs and analytics to identify systemic gaps and improvement opportunities.

• Training Coaching & Culture Building

• Build Lean capability at all levels from front-line associates to leadership.

• Deliver training on Lean principles tools and behaviors.

• Coach leaders to model Lead leadership including Gemba walks coaching kata and effective problem solving.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement employee empowerment and learning-by-doing.

• Cross-Functional Leadership & Change Management

• Lead change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of Lean practices.

• Collaborate with Engineering Quality Supply Chain HR and Finance to embed Lean into major initiatives.

• Influence senior leaders with data-driven insights and prioritized improvement recommendations.

• Support transformation initiatives such as digital manufacturing automation and productivity programs.

Experience/Skills:

• 8 12 years of experience in manufacturing operations or continuous improvement roles.

• 5 years applying Lean methodology in an operational environment.

• Prior leadership of Lean/CI teams preferred.

• Experience in multi-site or divisional operations strongly desired.

• Certifications (preferred)

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt

• Certified Lean Practitioner or equivalent

• Certifications in problem-solving or operational excellence frameworks

• Skills & Competencies

• Expert knowledge of Lean tools (VSM SMED 5S Standard Work TPM Kanban Kaizen Root Cause).

• Strong coaching facilitation and change leadership skills.

• Ability to influence leaders without direct authority.

• Strong analytical data-driven and strategic problem-solving capabilities.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to manage multiple sites priorities and complex initiatives.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Business or relate field (Masters preferred).

Success Profile:

• A successful Lean Senior Manager:

• Thinks systemically and drives results through influence.

• Builds capability not dependency.

• Champions standardized work and operational discipline.

• Coaches leaders to become Lean thinkers.

• Leads with humility curiosity.

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