Director, Continuous Improvement

General Overview

Req

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

State/Province:
Texas

City:
Richardson

Job Title: Director, Continuous Improvement 1

Functional Area: Continuous Improvement (CI)

Career Stream: Continuous Improvement (CTIM)

Role: Director 1 (DR1)

Job Code: DR1-CI-CTIM

Job Band: 12

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Site/Function Level role (Large Site). Partner with the site/function business leaders to develop the site/function strategy deployment plans. Actively drive the creation and deployment of an annual global CI strategy, which supports the site/function strategy deployment plans. Incorporate the CI (Lean and Six Sigma) vision into all elements of the plan. Responsible for employee engagement, collaboration and maturity in CI performance at site/function level and sharing good practices across the region.

Recognized subject matter expert on Lean and Six Sigma principles, systems, methods and tools.

• Responsible for regional operations or global function
• Contributes to multi‑functional, regional and global assignments
• Requirement to demonstrate significant achievements

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Work with the leadership team to lead the development and implementation of CI strategy
• Manage local teams to deliver CI improvement projects supporting all business functions
• Ensure a common approach to process improvement standards and methodology is practiced across the site/function
• Drive the adoption and measurement of the Systematic CI Framework Standards, including key system elements like CI Committee and Management Gemba, while reflecting on and enhancing the Standards
• Support the onboarding, training and education of CI within the local site/function
• Lead and collaborate with site’s or function’s productivity projects related to Continuous Improvement and support the project funnel in the Cost Productivity Roadmap
• Provide hands‑on leadership and motivation to site and/or regional personnel to implement CI best practices, such as lead Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen events
• Lead process improvement based CI workshops to drive ideas and solutions to achieve the site’s or function’s productivity e.g. capacity improvement, headcount analysis and improvement, line and layout design
• Keep abreast of best practices (in the both broader Celestica network and the industry) to integrate back into the function/region
• Collect and report monthly CI KPI’s and Framework score to all local and regional stakeholders. This includes discussion and improvement action plans as part of site/function monthly reviews
• Work closely with all area owners to create a culture of continuous improvement

• Demonstrated experience of identifying the need for and implementing process improvements that resulted in significant gains in operational efficiencies
• Demonstrated success in leading/facilitating a CI transformation
• Strong professional acumen and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Proven project management and organizational skills and expertise
• Must have the ability to handle multiple priority tasks in a manner that meets business requirements
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority by acting as a change agent
• Trains/coaches/mentors others in CI subject matter
• The ability to apply the scientific method through PDCA or DMAIC to solve complex cross‑functional and technical problems where the symptom(s) and/or root cause(s) are not understood
• Experience in key facets of complex manufacturing and support function environments
• Demonstrated experience in deploying CI across entire value streams
• Proven ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization
• Leadership experience within a matrix organization
• People management and development experience
• Change Management
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Planning
• Problem solving
• Results oriented
• Leadership
• Time Management
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Flexibility

Duties of this position are performed in generally good conditions with occasional exposure (10% - 33%) to noise, odours, dust, drafts, chemicals,…