Continuous Improvement & Operations Excellence Team Lead

Continuous Improvement & Operations Excellence Team Lead

Smart Infrastructure – Electrification and Automation

We are looking for a Continuous Improvement & Operations Excellence Team Lead. This position will be based in Wendell, NC. The role drives transformational lean, agile, and continuous improvement activity for all production, logistics, and fabrication processes at our SI EA Wendell Operations (Switchgear & Breakers) manufacturing site, collaborating with matrixed teams of technical, commercial, and engineering professionals to build more resilient, sustainable production systems.

• Shop floor management system ownership: strengthen manufacturing capability and performance by providing new management system enablers such as visual process controls, performance indicators, escalation protocols, accountability, standardization, fast-response problem solving, process audits, and sustaining mechanisms.
• Kaizen / sprint / workshop facilitation: build customized work events employing best-fit approaches, orchestrate pre‑work and logistics, and guide stakeholders through a collaborative sequence of exercises to speed the flow of internal improvement projects.
• Build organizational competency and foster CI culture: provide training, coaching, and pathways for staff and employees to learn, adopt, and practice continuous improvement principles in alignment with business objectives.
• Structured problem-solving and process stabilization: own, host, and socialize a system of RCA, PDCA, 8D, A3 techniques to address systemic gaps and implement preventative measures.
• Roadmap and strategy development: translate technical analysis into requirements, features, user stories, backlogs, and roadmaps to build momentum around strategic objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in Process Engineering, Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement, including implementation responsibility within a production environment.
• Demonstrated practitioner of Lean/CI approaches and tools such as 5S/6S, VSM, Standardized Work, 8D/A3, Yamazumi, TPM, Pull Systems, SMED.
• Proven ability to communicate across multiple disciplines and lead change in ambiguous and complex environments.
• Group facilitation experience / public speaking skills / presentation / coordination skills and strong ability to moderate discussions and guide teams toward success.
• Basic project management skills necessary for achieving coordinated activity on‑time and within promised scope (Gantt/timeline, RACI, prioritization, dependency mapping, risk management).
• High proficiency in process mapping tools such as Visio or similar.
• Basic knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.

• Microsoft Power Platform data modeling, visualization, and workflow automation.
• Lean, Agile, and/or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience in complex, high‑mix manufacturing assembly environments (engineer‑to‑order).
• SAP experience (PP, WM).

You’ll benefit from a variety of health and wellness benefits. The pay range for this position is $74,970 – $128,520 annually with a target incentive of 5% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may vary.

Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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