Manager, Operational Excellence

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At Astec, we believe in the power of connection and the importance of building long‑lasting relationships with our employees, customers and the communities we call home. With a team of more than 4,300 strong, our employees are our #1 advantage. We invest in skills training and provide opportunities for career development to help you grow along with the business. We offer programs that support physical safety, as well as benefits and resources to enhance total health and wellbeing, so you can be your best at work and at home.

Our equipment is used to build the roads and infrastructure that connects us to each other and to the goods and services we use. We are an industry leader known for delivering innovative solutions that create value for our customers. As our industry evolves, we are using new technology and data like never before.

We’re looking for creative problem solvers to build the future with us. Connect with us today and build your career at Astec.

This position works closely with every aspect of the business to identify process improvement opportunities (remove waste, enhance agility, reduce costs) and help create a sustainable competitive advantage through the use of Continuous Improvement / Lean principles and methods. Also, develops, implements, and sustains a Quality Management System to enhance and ensure customer focused market success through process performance and reliability throughout the company.

• Provide systems to develop world class manufacturing processes
• Provide individuals with the proper support to drive organization improvements.
• Harmonize the 5S practices and standards across the sites
• Ensure the use of Lean and Quality principles and practices.
• Provide the organization with effective measurement and reporting systems.

• Implement Continuous Improvement System via Lean and Quality to support the development and deployment of the future state design and sustainable enterprise-wide improvement processes.
• Develop and deploy an effective measurement and reporting system for strategic alignment and focus.
• Interact and communicate with all managers, associates, suppliers, and customers to help establish Lean values and a Complete Quality culture and assure the needed resources and commitment to drive improvements.
• Enhance and support the Sales & Operations Planning process by ensuring Value Stream clarity, effective VS metrics and defined demand takt times.
• Reduce Value Stream cycle times to continually enhance agility through waste elimination & process flow improvements throughout the organization.
• Lead the transition from MRP-based push manufacturing methodology to Lean-based pull manufacturing methodology with visual controls.
• Establish and maintain company wide process documentation system to promote standard work and process integrity.
• Ensure end-to-end application of Lean and Quality principles and practices, from New Product Development to Service and Support.
• Lead Kaizen Events, 5S, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping, Theory of Constraints Projects, TPM, Set-Up Reduction, Defect Prevention, Leadership Development, and other CI efforts.
• Coordinate Lean training and development activities of all associates and grow Lean Champions and Kaizen Leaders.
• Coordinate Lean monthly management review meeting and participate in monthly/quarterly/annual corporate led Lean meetings.
• Develop, maintain, and further refine a Quality Management System that is focused on prevention and efficiency in all functions of the Company.
• Establish and maintain the Company Quality Manual to keep current with ongoing organizational needs, including ISO-9000 compliance where appropriate.
• Implement ‘built-in quality’ or ‘quality at the source’ - meet with suppliers, customers, quality representatives, and Company personnel to discuss and resolve issues as required.
• Prepare all necessary reports as required by any agencies, customers, and staff personnel.
• Executes internal Sarbanes‑Oxley control responsibilities with diligence and integrity. These internal control responsibilities are communicated to the person fulfilling this position, and…