Continuous Improvement Director

4 days ago


Foothill Ranch, California, United States EssilorLuxottica Full time
Job Summary

The Director, Continuous Improvement (CI) leads the CI vision, strategy, and execution plan for the organization by building capability that establishes a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. This role requires a hands-on approach to facilitate CI activities and training of employees on improvement tools such as Lean, Six Sigma, and other CI processes.

Main Responsibilities
  • Create a culture of Continuous Improvement by providing leadership and coaching to teams across the FHR organization.
  • Define and drive business transformation, streamline operations, and build new solutions to simplify business processes.
  • Work with key business leaders in annual strategy deployment planning process and prioritize improvement opportunities based on strategy deployment and tactical planning objectives.
  • Partner with leaders in developing the annual budget.
  • Establish a culture where tools and methods are utilized in a standard and documented way to deliver improvements.
  • Develop and deploy Continuous Improvement Roadmap.
  • Evaluate use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics and implementation options.
  • Proactively engage cross-functional partners to sustain a continuous improvement culture.
  • Lead technical training strategy and deployment.
  • Serve as Master Black Belt and subject matter expert (SME) in CI by generating validated cost reduction initiatives and process improvements throughout the organization.
  • Maintain positive work relationships with members of other teams to communicate effectively and ensure support with cross-team responsibilities.
  • Translate and document performance improvements to financial values that align with corporate goals.
  • Provide CI status reports for both internal and external communications including metric-based accomplishments of the CI plan, to include estimates and reports on true savings of CI efforts in all areas.
  • Promote and support cross-pollination of ideas, knowledge, standards, and improvements.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related.
  • 10+ years of experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • 5+ years developing and implementing Lean supply chain, production, and process improvement initiatives.
  • 5+ years of management/leadership.
  • Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt.
  • Previous significant operations role (Continuous Improvement Manager, Operations Manager, project or program manager, quality manager, production control).
  • Experience leading teams in a fast-paced MFG environment, in a manner that drives teamwork, collaboration, and a high degree of integrity.
  • Superior problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
  • Passion for solving problems and operational excellence.
  • Focused, organized, results-oriented individual.
  • Self-motivated and able to achieve high impact in an unstructured environment.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree.
  • Bilingual English/Spanish.


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