Business Process Excellence Lead

At Gentherm, we say, “ It’s about the person .” We’re with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do. As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world. BUSSINES PROCESS EXCELLENCE LEAD IMPACT and OPPORTUNITY Functions at a Senior Level of the organization to manage and exercise discretion over the day to day operations of the essential function and the Continuous Improvement of the Organization; Conduct and coach Lean Basic and Green Belt training and facilitate workshops to improve business processes. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Develop, lead and execute the company’s continuous improvement initiatives including projects metrics and cost reduction initiatives to deliver results, including objective and target setting, measurement, monitoring, identification and escalation of roadblocks including resolution and follow up. Conduct and coach Lean Basic and Green Belt training. Coach, train, develop, and engage team members throughout the various continuous improvement initiatives including lean methodologies, six sigma, VA / VE, TPS, VSM and other relevant continuous improvement tools. Work closely with all department personnel and coordinate resources to develop problem identification and resolution skills and culture of continuous improvement. Lead and sustain CI activities by identifying champions and leaders to execute CI opportunities including manufacturing, administrative and development processes. Support key supplier to improve their processes by conducting Lean Sigma workshops to gain the win- win situation. Identifies process inefficiencies and identifies opportunities for cost reduction, waste elimination and capability improvement across the supply chain, manufacturing and development processes and coordinates / facilitates activities using cross-functional resources to eliminate them. Drive standardization efforts including documenting processes, creating value stream maps for various workflows and implementing control plans. Implements, monitors, and reviews information and progress of various waste improvement projects, and procedures throughout the manufacturing operation to achieve the established goals and sustainability. Provide routine updates on the progress against the strategic plan to members of senior management, including proposed corrective action for any deviations from the plan Accountable for visual management, benchmarking and best practice culture sharing across the organization. Drive CI Initiatives of company; Interact with global group BPE in all regions. Manage and support Employees Suggestion System, and support Asia Newsletter creation Other issue arranged by line manager. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial, Engineering Six Sigma Black Belt certification Lean Expert certification Good at MS office software, especially advanced Excel skills. Lean work experience Engineering work experience Lean / Sigma training skills PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial, Engineering Above 8 years work experience on continuous improvement management Good leadership skills Good communication skills Creativity Good at teamwork #J-18808-Ljbffr