13 - Director, Continuous Improvement 2 - Kulim, Malaysia - Celestica

Celestica

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Kulim, Malaysia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Siti Tan

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Description

Req ID: 120245

Remote Position:
No

Region:
Asia

Country:
Malaysia

State/Province:
Kedah

City:
Kulim

General Overview:

Job Title:
Director, Continuous Improvement 2

Functional Area:
Continuous Improvement (CI)

Career Stream:
Continuous Improvement (CTIM)

Role:
Director 2 (DR2)

Job Code:
DR2-CI-CTIM

Job Band: 13

Direct/Indirect Indicator:
Indirect

Summary:

Global/Regional role:
Determine and implement a Continuous Improvement strategy for the company and region
Drive CI across the Enterprise
Improve employee engagement, collaboration and maturity in CI performance

Detailed Description:

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Create formal methodologies for building, executing and driving process improvement initiatives, and sustaining CI programs
Manage and develop the CI Regional team/trainers to lead the CI culture within region
Work with key business stakeholders to build a CI environment and culture to support a change management program
Collaborate with CI regional and global CI organization for the continuous improvement execution following the CI framework and Celestica Operating System
Drive the adoption and measurement of the Systematic CI Framework Standards, including key system elements like CI Committee and Management Gemba, while reflecting on and enhancing the Standards
Provide handson leadership and motivation to site and regional personnel to implement Lean and Six Sigma best practices
Ensure that senior leaders participate in kaizen
Lead and collaborate with site's productivity projects related to Continuous Improvement and support the project funnel in the Cost Productivity Roadmap
Drive the CI culture, by helping to develop and implement the CI training programs and lead the training deployment and focusing on the flow of value to customers, both internal and external
Lead and facilitate process improvementbased CI workshops to drive ideas and solutions to achieve the site's objectives
Provide the annual CI activities execution plan, take the lead on executing activities, and performance enhancement to accomplish business objectives
Lead the sharing, deployment and recognition of best practices

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies:

Demonstrated experience of identifying the need for and implementing process improvements that resulted in significant gains in operational efficiencies
Demonstrated success in leading/facilitating a CI transformation
Strong professional acumen and effective written and verbal communication skills
Proven project management and organizational skills and expertise
Must have the ability to handle multiple priority tasks in a manner that meets business requirements
Excellent interpersonal skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority by acting as a change agent
Experience in key facets of complex manufacturing and support function environments
Demonstrated experience in deploying CI across entire value streams
Proven ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization and across all geographies
Ability to develop vision and strategy
Leadership experience within a matrix organization
People management and development experience
Change Management
Collaboration
Communication
Planning
Problem solving
Results oriented
Leadership
Time Management
Teamwork
Initiative
Flexibility

Physical Demands:

Duties of this position are performed in generally good conditions with occasional exposure (10% - 33%) to noise, odours, dust, drafts, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, hazardous substances, etc.

Duties may require regular periods of sitting and/or standing and sustained visual concentration on observing operations. Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, time studies, assembling workstations/racking, labeling, floor taping, etc., as applicable) are regularly required.
Occasional overnight travel is required.

Typical Experience:

12+ years of experience
Master Black Belt, CI Director
Should have deployed CI in another location and understand the fundamentals as to how this works by working as a black belt and then moving to manager/director
Experience with change management programs and organizational change
Operations experience is also essential
Management and leadership experience

Typical Education:

Bachelor Degree

Notes:

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

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