Why You Should Join

The TEOA Site Leader position is a full time position, reporting directly to the Site Manager/Plant Director  with a dotted line to the BU TEOA Manager / Director. Business Unit management has discretion to modify this reporting relationship, as appropriate.

The TEOA site leader is responsible for leading and guiding the TEOA deployment for the whole site. They will provide TEOA subject matter expertise in leading the deployment.

The TEOA Site Leader will work with the TEOA implementation teams to drive the development and facilitate the deployment of the TEOA culture & process. This position has primary responsibility with shared accountability, for the progress and results of the TEOA deployment at the site.

Your Main Tasks

• Develop site TEOA deployment plans consistent with business unit /plant strategic and operational plan.
• Support and mentor site based TEOA Practitioners / Kaizen Facilitators to enable them to succeed in the TEOA deployment.
• Identify and organize resources required to achieve successful implementation in accordance with plan.
• Manage and control individual project teams and deployment plans at both site and functional levels.
• Develop skill levels of practitioners and other site personnel in order to implement and sustain TEOA.
• Monitor progress against plans, achievement of continuous improvement and progression to higher star assessment levels.
• Monitor and report site level measurements and performance to star assessment levels.
• Lead the Site TEOA project teams, develop value stream maps and execute the TEOA implementation plan for the site to achieve the plant level TEOA metrics and goals while ensuring alignment to the business unit strategy.
• Create, plan, lead and follow-up of the TEOA implementation plan and ensure TEOA actions are visual to stakeholders and are driven to a sustainable closure.
• Facilitate TEOA Kaizen events throughout the site.
• Account for predicted savings and track, validate and post to financial/operational results.
• Provide leadership on lean thinking, lean processing and lean production.
• Train team members, management and staff in all TEOA tools.
• Replicate examples of excellence across site and communicate this to other TEOA Practitioners within business unit.

Your Ideal Background

• Engineering Degree
• 7 to 10 years of technical / operations experience with focus on production, logistics or industrial engineering and finance.
• 5 years of experience as Lean practitioner and demonstrated evidence of sustained, successful lean activities within specific value streams.
• Previous experience in leading continuous improvement activities at value stream level essential.
• Previous hands-on and practical experience in using value stream mapping and implementing TEOA tools with proven results in at least the following areas: 5S+1, Visual Factory, Standard Work, Quick Changeover and TPM preferred.
• Have the patience, perseverance and passion to drive the TEOA culture across the plant
• Credibility and experience to work effectively and directly with the site management team
• Excellent communication, coaching and inter-personal skills at all levels from the shop floor to top management 
• Strong team leader
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Analytically minded and data-driven.
• The candidate must also have a holistic overview of complex situations and deal effectively with difficult issues when they arise.

Competencies