Lean Manager

Belden Nogales is a multi-billion dollar organization of 8,000 talented people that support the mission-critical network infrastructure and audio visual broadcast needs of many of the world’s best-known brands, placing us at the heart of the global transformation to a truly connected world. Our solutions can be found in many of your favorite places: concerts, sporting events, theme parks, and universities, just to name a few.If you’re looking to join a global team of exceptional people, committed to designing, delivering and supporting best-in-class technology solutions in a fast paced, results-oriented and growing company - Belden is for you. Our people are creative, smart, analytical, and obsessed with being the best, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers across the globe.**Job Summary**:Responsible and accountable for continuous improvement and efficiencies across the Company#s products, systems, operations, and processes. Likely to lead a team of people and have budgetary/cost reporting responsibility. Likely to be an expert in leanmethodologies with a Master Black Belt or equivalent qualification. Coaches, trains, and assesses others**Responsibilities**:#Drive ever-improving results by leveraging lean tools, consulting skills, and change management process.#Report on progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success#Stay current and up to date on any technology changes that may affect Lean and advise others of any impact Directly provide formal and informal training and coaching.#Facilitate training sessions when appropriate (other trainers and consultants from BELDEN or other) ##Assist in achieving business unit Strategic Deployment Process (SDP) and Strategic Plan objectives.#Regularly participate in SDP reviews#Ensure productive kaizen events#Promote and facilitate diagnosis of workflow impediments and other wastes throughout the business, and provide expert counsel on appropriate tools to eliminate them#Improve training and facilitation skills by pursuing certification in Lean tools#Promote and facilitate associate development in lean production tools, and kaizen leadership ##Evaluate and approve another Leader#s for Black Belt certification#Benchmark and incorporate best practices ##Communicate the importance of effective quality management in accordance with the requirements of quality management system.#Must be able to comply with the company attendance policy#Completes all other duties as assigned.**Required Skills and Experience**#5 years of Operations or Engineering experience including LeanBSc or BEng Degree or master#s degree with a preference in Engineering#Ability to accurately assess key business metrics and situations from a #general manager#s# pointof view#Ability to design, develop, and implement a lean roadmap for an operating business#Mastery of a variety of process improvement tools like VSM, 5S, Six Sigma, TPI, SDP, etc#Superior communications skills ##Superior training skills and adult learning theory ##Superior consulting/influencing skills#Familiarity with various manufacturing process technologies#Hands-on experience implementing Toyota Production System, Six Sigma concepts or equivalent in aline management role#Exposure to and participation in a wide variety of training environments#Good writing and administrative skills, including computer skills (word processing, graphics, spreadsheet, etc.)#Demonstrated proficiency in time and project management#Lean Leaders assigned to non-English-speaking locations must be able to read, speak, and write in English as well as read, speak, and write in the local languageAt Belden, you can build a career in a way no other company can duplicate. Our brands allow us to offer dynamic careers across multiple industries. We’re innovative, fast-paced, results-oriented, and we win. We need talented people to keep winning. Here you’ll learn how our Belden Business System is used to shape strategy, focus execution, align our people, and create value for customers and shareholders. Come join our winning team.These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.This company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability, or protected veteran status.