Lean Manager

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

**WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION**:

- Proven experience in optimally deploying Lean and Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma Principles, System, Tools, Training and Methodologies.
- Excellent Leadership and Interpersonal Skills.
- Responsible for the processes improvements in the Operations chain, including safety, quality, production and material handling.
- Leads the Lean activities in operations to achieve results based on strategy deployment.
- Creates strategic lean transformation plan and drives preparation and execution of improvement efforts throughout the facility.
- Tasked with the development and implementation of the lean cost savings annual plan.
- Engages the organization to adapt or maintain a lean continuous improvement culture.
- Create a future state map. This should include the product value streams as they would appear in the long term.
- Optimize the state map with the use of lean techniques. This will point out possible waste, eliminate the identified waste sources, and create short and middle term state maps, which improve on the process value.
- Create an Environment of Continuous Improvement.
- Emphasize meaningful metrics that are valued by customers:

- Reduce lead time.
- Reduce cost of operations.
- Reduce quality rejections.
- Coach and facilitate teams and individuals to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
- Develop and build a culture of engagement at all levels of the business to provide a highly energized team which is flexible to meet the changing needs of the business.
- Create a Lean training plan that cultivate the Continues Improvement and Lean knowledge through the entire organization.
- Collaborate with Operations, maintenance and manufacturing teams to achieve the best and more efficient process and material flow through the use of lean techniques.
- Develop, identify and couch teams in the use of Kaizen at all levels of the organization.
- Develop a strategy to get current in the update and development and use of Standard work sheets as a manufacturing improvement tool.
- Standardize lean processes, daily KPI’s reviews, work instructions, standard work, Gemba walks and other lean principles through the entire campus.
- Change agent dedicated to achieving outcomes.
- Effective communicator. Able to communicate in all media forms and cross -culturally.
- Detail oriented with a strong organizational approach to work and in leading data.
- Ability to influence all levels of the organization.

**YOU HAVE**:

- Academic background in Mechanical, Industrial or electrical Engineering is preferred.
- 5+ Years’ experience Leading roles and implementing Lean on shop floor with multi product
- multi market - mostly customized solutions.
- Fully Bilingual required.
- Green Belt or Black Belt certification (preferred).
- Lean management/ CI/ Toyota System Certification (preferred).
- Project and facilitation experience in heavily matrixed environment.
- Organizational Change experience.
- Time Management.
- Problem Solving Skills.
- People / Function Management.
- Customer Focus.
- Agent of change mind set.

**WE HAVE**:

- A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
- nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
- Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
- We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
- Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
- Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

- Innovative & adaptable
- Dedicated to absolute integrity
- Focused on the customer first
- Respectful and team oriented
- Optimistic and energizing
- Accountable for performance
- Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity becau