Description

Build your Career with an Industry Leader

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Lean Steering Committee, Plant Manager, and on-site Lean experts in identifying activities, values and selecting Kaizen events and ensure proper resourcing and preparation for those events.    
• Hoshin/Strategy Deployment: Be able to facilitate top-down initiatives into defined projects across plant footprint, be able to train Plant Managers and CI Managers to cascade into their sites.
• Ensure Lean activities are linked to the business objectives and develop a site transformation plan in collaboration with the site management team.   
• Ensure pre-event training, preparation for events, development and implementation of a communication plan, post event follow-up and auditing of results, prompt delivery of required supplies and materials, and mentoring.   
• Build and maintain the foundation for continuous improvement by ensuring the effective functioning of transformation activities aligned to a Lean Operating System.
• Partner and mentor Multi-Color Corporation manufacturing leadership in Lean techniques, resulting in transformational progress.
• Teach Lean tools to all levels of the organization (Kaizen, 5S, TPM, Set-up reduction, Standard Work, Visual Management, SQDC boards, MDI, etc.).   Managing for Daily Improvement; Drive Accountability down the leadership tiers.
• Assume the role of consultant, participant, and/ or lead on Kaizen events.   
• Foster a culture of moving forward in a change environment and continuously assuring buy-in and ownership at all levels.     
• Maintaining overall program tracking for impact and cultural improvements. 
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Multi-Color Corporation has been around for almost 100 years, and we pride ourselves on our high level of excellence. Every team member of Multi-Color Corporation is expected to treat all associates respectfully and professionally.

 Qualifications:

• BS - Engineering or Operations Management, or equivalent experience, is required.  
• Ten or more years of experience in plant leadership, with at least five years in a position responsible for driving Lean manufacturing initiatives in complex manufacturing facilities.      
• Strong change management skills and demonstrated experience changing a culture to a Lean environment. 
• Experience successfully leading and directing employees who are not direct reports. 
• Experience in being a change agent leading complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience in implementation of complex Lean principals as they apply to multiple manufacturing operations.
• Personal experience in leading more than 50 Kaizen events. 
• Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, and meeting policy deployment goals, including improving through-put, shortening cycle time, improving inventory turns and reducing supply chain costs. 
• At least one (1) successful transformational experience where Lean was used as part of the catalyst and foundation for the change- either in focused transformational leadership role or as part of the Senior Operating team driving the change.  Demonstrated impact that translated to clear, bottom line performance results with step-function change.
• Formal Lean training from an ""academy"" organization - either through direct consulting experience (i.e. Shingijutsu, TBM) or via organizations with deep, well-established lean operating systems (Toyota, Danaher, etc)
• Expertise in manufacturing the particular product materials or product type within the span of control of this position.
• Private equity lean transformation experience  

Multi-Color Corporation welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Multi-Color Corporation Company is an equal opportunity employer.

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