Senior Manager - Lean Manufacturing

Senior Manager – Lean Manufacturing

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
10+ years of Manufacturing experience
8+ years of Continuous Improvement and/or Engineering leadership experience including familiarity with Toyota Production Systems/ LEAN and value stream mapping
Direct team management experience
Lean Kaizen facilitation

Develop a Manufacturing Excellence roadmap to transform multiple business units across the Medical franchise to position manufacturing as a competitive advantage for Stryker.
Collaborate with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, and product specialists to optimize design and process for manufacturability.
Drive lean to further our path to become a world-class value chain partner and ensures site and functional objectives align to GQO Manufacturing Excellence strategy.
Lead and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives using Lean/6S methodologies and tools with cross functional teams from inception through implementation of recommendations and solutions.
Lead and facilitate Gemba walks, coaching on continuous improvement, standard work development/modification/adherence, piece flow, takt time attainment, and problem solving abnormalities causing issues.
Assist in Business Unit Labor Modeling by leading teams to evaluate production layouts, time studies and productivity standards.
Develop value stream maps and conducts/facilitates value stream analyses at plant(s) and unit(s) levels.
Manage portfolio of projects for the site and tracks and communicate performance to commitments through standard PMO.
Provide communication and coach employees and leaders on the direction of Lean Transformation and daily management initiatives to drive lean behaviors.