Lean Coordinator

Role Mission

· Responsible and accountable for continuous improvement and efficiencies across the Company’s products, systems, operations and processes (focus mainly in Production Department)

· Supporting the implementation and coordination of the Lean Manufacturing goals and strategies for improving the operations and processes within the Company.

· Delivering operational improvements through the strategic deployment of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools and techniques.

Key accountabilities

· Contribute to the creation of best practice Lean Vison, strategy, policies, processes and procedure to aid and improve operational performance.

· Develop a robust continuous improvement strategy in partnership with the Production Team and key business stakeholders.

· Evaluate all continuous improvement activities and implement plans to optimize performance and processes

· Support in providing the strategy, creating the infrastructure, and leading the project to meet the Group strategic goals

· Standardize design criteria

· Support in implementing and ongoing improvement of a sustainable Lean Operating System at the mill level

· Support in developing and delivering Lean training at all levels of the organization ensuring Lean knowledge is kept standard, current, and ongoing for all team members

· Implement and support cultural change across the organization and drive business improvement

· Report on progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and action to ensure success.

Key Requirements

· Lean toolkit application skills (value stream mapping, 5S, Kanban, Error proofing, SMED, team problem solving, TQM, TPM etc.)

· Value Stream and process Mapping

· Ability to report to Top Management

· Management or Mechanical Engineering education

· Fluency in English

· Flexibility, Learning agility, teamwork skills

· Proactively contribute to creating a good team atmosphere

· Good leadership and man-management skills

· Good interpersonal skills

· Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members

· Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making

Seniority Level

1-2 years’ experience in operational and lean manufacturing project implementation

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