CI Manager

4 settimane fa

Biassono, Italia Watts EMEA Holding B.V. A tempo pieno

The CI Leader – One Watts Performance System Office – will be a steward of the One Watts Performance System (OWPS) as a part of the virtual Watts Performance System Office (WPSO). The One Watts Performance System is the business enterprise performance system that defines how we work, how we act, and how we lead. OWPS is the basis for making improvements every day as we focus on our customers and drive strategic growth.

OWPS is rooted in our Values of Integrity and Respect; Accountability; Continuous Improvement and Innovation; and Transparency and in our Cultural Beliefs.

The OWPS CI Manager will be the practitioner and coach of the OWPS toolkit to help drive Watts performance Improvement as part of the European CI Team. The OWPS CI Manager will maintain configuration control of OWPS – standards, improvements, changes. This leader will work with site and platform/BU leadership to achieve significant improvements to business processes that are linked to Watts strategy and focused on the customer, resulting in balanced scorecard improvements.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

  • Maintain and deploy the One Watts Performance System for Watts Water Technologies – including configuration control of the materials, training and coaching of the materials, being a visible practitioner of OWPS

  • Enable the Watts Population through coaching and mentoring of OWPS toolkit

  • Work directly with manufacturing operations as requested by them to solve identified issues through VSM, daily management, standard work, problem solving, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management

  • Champion the development and deployment of Transactional Process Improvement including leading TPI kaizens as needed in the offices and functions

  • Act as a change agent, systematically driving a CI culture thru OWPS; engage the CI Population at Watts to create a connected and inclusive global team

  • Facilitate strategy deployment and goal deployment across EU Watts/site functions and multiple value streams, and maintain a Watts/site-wide lean roadmap aimed at meeting site business goals, including productivity, quality, delivery and customer allegiance

  • Champion, measure and report on OWPS impacts

  • Train and lead kaizen and lean workshops to Watts leaders and associates (as well as Watts Supplier and Distributors), including VSM, daily management, standard work, problem solving, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management – all part of the OWPS toolkit

  • Use OWPS business assessment tools to identify business opportunities for improvement; coordinate and report on recurring OWPS assessments; develop a OWPS Assessment network

  • Facilitate the development and maintenance of an ongoing project funnel, being filled from all areas of the business

  • Facilitate the development of a healthy cross-functional group of qualified OWPS tool experts – including Blue Belts, Green Belts and Black Belts

EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor’s degree; technical engineering discipline

  • Formal CI training and certification

MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISON:

  • 0 – 4 direct reports

  • Ensure company policies are followed

  • Enforce company safety policies

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS:

  • Minimum of 5 years of hands-on lean kaizen, including VSM, daily management, standard work, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 3P/layout, 5S and visual management; 2 years in a change agent role

  • Lean experience from a company with a strong, formal lean business system

  • Solid lean tool technical skills, project management experience and decision-making capability

  • Minimum of 10 years manufacturing experience in a machining/assembly environment

  • Working knowledge of multiple business functions, including operations, quality, logistics, finance, sales, customer service, engineering, IT and human resources

  • Experience leading strategy deployment and goal deployment, and developing a site-side lean roadmap with demonstrated results

  • Experience training and coaching a formal problem-solving methodology

  • Proven track record leading and coaching week-long kaizen teams with an emphasis on execution

  • Ability to influence cross-functional site leadership, with excellent written and verbal communication skills; well respected by leadership and associates

  • Strong communication skills in speaking, writing and understanding. Business Language English; other European Language as French and or German is positive   Ability to effectively lead and manage change

  • Hands-on approach

  • Advanced computer proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

  • Excellent team builder and people motivator.  

  • Experience of supervising the process of planning, prioritizing and organizing

Travel typically 50%, but can have periods of 75%, e.g. OWPS implementations / OWPS Assessments at Watts worldwide locations

*PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, talk, and/or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

*WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • Work in manufacturing and office environments

  • Preferred locations Biassono (Italy), Virey Le Grand (France), Landau (Germany)