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Hitachi Energy is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader - North America. The Integrated Transformer Management (ITM) System is the global Transformers business unit Lean management system defining how we operate as an organization and how we run the business. This role is responsible for leading and driving sustainable and transformational changes. Primary focus is on leading the ITM deployment across the end-to-end product line, focused on process improvement, ITM System maturity, demonstrated improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and best practice implementation and standardization with multiple factories. Successful candidate will be a business partner to the I&C Product Line Leader, and the associated functional leaders and factory managers.
Your responsibilities
- Partners with the product line cross-functional leadership team in developing and operationalizing the Strategy Deployment process and Operations Center approach. Facilitates development of breakthrough objectives, action plans, KPI’s (Bowlers) and leads in development of Kaizen plan to support the overall needs of the product line organization. Lead in operationalizing Strategy Deployment, ensuring effective Leader Standard Work (LSW) and a connected Lean daily management system.
- Change agent and champion of a continuous improvement culture focused on waste elimination across the product line organizations using ITM System lean methods, processes and tools, such as 5S, Daily Management, LSW, Value Stream or Process Mapping, Kaizen, etc. Lead all activities in the product line to implement the ITM System and drive improved maturity scores to advance the factories through the ITM System phases of deployment. Closely monitors ITM System Maturity Development results and facilitates implementation of actions through the maturity phases; drive to the ideal state in which the ITM System is how we operate as an organization.
- Drive optimization of KPIs throughout the product line Factories and functional organizations. Lead and facilitate process improvement for the organization and partner with extended cross-functional teams, at all levels of the organization, on overall use of ITM System tools to drive productivity. Develop Financial acumen across the team to ensure priority actions are focused on driving the right improvements in the business, impacting Cost-Out and the bottom-line financial targets.
- Create, manage and facilitate the development of Cost-out and productivity projects across the business to achieve targets for the product line. Facilitate and train team members in utilization of RELEX reporting of Improvement