Continuous Improvement Manager
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Newnan, GA
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Job code: 9916602
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Position Summary
- The Continuous Improvement Manager is lead responsible for the CI Dept. assisting plant-wide performance improvement initiatives... cost, quality, productivity, material flow, value stream optimization.
- Grow YMMC's CI culture through targeted training & campus wide Kaizen, Small Group, & Kaizen Blitz programs.
- Develop Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma green belts/black belts.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage, mentor, & develop CI staff including CI Engineers, CI Techs, CI Fabricator, & quarterly CI Interns.
- Integrate Yamaha Production System principles including 5S/6F, Lean Manufacturing, Synchronous Flow, TVP-VAA. [similar to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Toyota Production System (TPS)]
- Analyze business processes and value stream mapping for optimization.
- Execute strategic & shop floor initiatives in OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), productivity, labor efficiency, VAA (Value Add Analysis), material flow, quality, & business value stream.
- Execute IE time studies to optimize labor line balance & productivity.
- Conduct process capability studies & implement control systems for critical processes.
- Manage/grow campus wide programs for Kaizen, Small Group, & Kaizen Blitz.
- Champion 5-Why Root Cause Analysis & permanent corrective action all facets of the business operation.
- Develop & implement structured training programs (ex: Kaizen, Small Group, Lean Mfg 5S/6F, Theoretical Value Production/Value Add Analysis, PFMEA, 5-Star, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
- Develop Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green & Black Belts.
- Champion PFMEA preventative action including poke-yoke [error proofing].
- Maintain master project lists.
- Compile summary progress reports for management review.
- Co-responsible for plant ISO compliance including internal auditing.
Education / Experience:
- BS degree in applicable industrial business field (IE degree strongly preferred).
- Minimum five years applicable industrial manufacturing experience (ten years preferred) (Automotive or Tier 1 Automotive Supplier experience strongly preferred).
- Minimum five years IE, CI, Lean Mfg experience (Automotive or Tier 1 Automotive Supplier experience strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated problem solving skills.
- Formal problem solving training.
- Demonstrated ability to manage sideways through peer functions to drive business results.
- Highly proficient MS-Office PC skills (prefer Visio, Access, AutoCAD)
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Management and Manufacturing -
Industries
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Manufacturing, and Manufacturing
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