Site Continuous Improvement Manager

2 weeks ago


Grand Rapids, United States LACROIX Full time

LACROIX is an international, family-owned industrial group that supports its customers in building and managing intelligent living ecosystems, thanks to connected equipment and technologies and through a vision: "Connected Technologies for a Smarter World".

LACROIX's three businesses - Electronics, City and Environment - employ 5,100 people worldwide and generate sales of €760 million.

Thanks to its expertise combining R&D and Production 4.0, LACROIX's Electronics activity is a major player in the industry and is ranked in the world's TOP 50 EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services).

A specialist in electronic equipment and industrial IoT solutions, it brings to life the innovative electronic projects of its customers, who are among the world's leading players in the industrial, automotive, home automation and civil & defense avionics sectors.

By designing and manufacturing embedded systems and industrial connected objects in Europe, North America and North Africa, the business generated sales of €562 million.

LACROIX Electronics MI, LLC is the North American entity of the Electronics Activity and is one of the premier specialty provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) with a revenue over $200M in 2023. Locations are in Michigan, Texas, and Juarez Mexico.

Job Description

Lead all activities about CI workshop based on LEAN methodology :

  • VSM
  • 5S
  • Kaizen
  • Performance monitoring (Lacroix Daily Meeting, Hourly Production Dashboard, Visual Management, …)
  • SMED
  • Kanban
  • Milk Run
  • Pull system
  • Problem solving methodology

Responsible for the following KPI :

  • Direct Labor Productivity / Technical Productivity
  • Nb of workshop per month per CI Engineer
  • m² reduction
  • audit of the model line

Contributor for :

  • Safety
  • Improvement of Direct Labor efficiency (Manual Efficiency, Technical productivity)
  • Reduction of equipment losses
  • WIP reduction
  • Scrap reduction

Key responsibilities:

  • Propose to the site General Manager the CI strategy for the plant
  • Deploy CI standards and best practices and train all stakeholders
  • Detect abnormalities versus CI standards by audit
  • Contribute to benchmarking and best practices sharing within Lacroix CI network.
  • Ensure the handover with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain for the sustainability of the standard
  • Follow and Support the impact of CI on manufacturing organizations (change management).
  • Lay out and flow definition, including office area.

Qualifications

Required education/Experience/Skills

  • Industrial Engineer or similar with experience in an automotive environment
  • Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing.
  • Knowledge in Ergonomics.
  • Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving.
  • Adaptability and Flexibility in Changing Environments.
  • Good communication and coaching skills

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