Lean Manager

**What we offer**:
Support the Plant Manager and the entire management team in developing a comprehensive "Lean" deployment strategy that focuses on organizational culture, organizational understanding and organizational training to fully implement a Lean Culture within the Luzzara Plant.

**What we offer**:
Job holder reports directly to Plant Manager of the plant.

Individual tasks/interactions with the following KION departments required:

- Production
- HSE
- Industrial Engineering
- Logistic
- HR
- Controlling
- Product development
- Project management
- Quality
- Procurement

Connection with central KION Group function.

**Main Duties**
- Ensure relevant on-going learning and development of all employees in lean culture and lean improvement tools, starting from management
- Implement and support cultural change across the organization
- Contribute to the strategy deployment (Hoshin) driving ideas to get to operational excellence, shortening lead times and developing a great place to work
- Support the delivery of better value and greater efficiency through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes and identification of better ways of working
- To lead and facilitate lean/process improvement-based workshops & kaizen to drive ideas and solutions
- Facilitate 5S system and drive for excellent result
- Assist and support key business stakeholders to build a continuous improvement environment to support an ongoing program of change
- Develop and build a culture of engagement at all levels of the business

**Tasks and Qualifications**:
**Tasks and Qualifications**:
**Key Skills Required**
- Leadership attitude and ability to see the “whole” picture
- Analytical thinking and process-based approach
- Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere
- Embraces personal challenges
- Excellent leadership and people-management skills
- Excellent organizational and follow-up skills

**Key Competencies**
- Process driven approach
- Operations knowledge
- Problem solving mindset
- Good communicator
- Excellent understanding of continuous improvement concepts including Lean & Six Sigma

**Qualifications/Experience Required**
- Degree as industrial engineer and/or comparable qualification & experience
- Minimum accredited Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, preferably Black Belt
- Minimum 3-5 years proven continuous improvement analytical experience from a similar role
- Background in manufacturing environment
- Lean management - Hoshin Kanri and A3s
- Good English