CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ANALYST

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Continuous Improvement Teams design and implement programs and projects to improve products, services, or processes aligned with business strategies. They coach teams; establish program performance metrics; and establish process excellence supports.

Your main tasks

-Support and mentor site based TEOA Practitioners / Kaizen Facilitators to enable them to succeed in the TEOA deployment.
-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 and 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 value stream Transformation, develop value stream maps and execute the TEOA implementation plan for specific value streams to achieve the plant level TEOA metrics and goals whilst ensuring alignment to the business unit strategy.
-Define Cost saving target, animate workshops and ensure follow up with plant controller for projects implementation.
-Facilitate TEOA Kaizen events throughout the site.
-Provide leadership on lean thinking, lean processing, and lean production.
-Train team members, management, and staff in all TEOA tools.
-Replicates examples of excellence across sites and communicates this to other TEOA Practitioners within business unit.
-Ensure that the changes are implemented.

Your ideal background:

Engineering degree
+3 years of professional experience with experience in Continuous improvement Role.
- Previous experience in leading continuous improvement activities on site or value stream level (Lean Leader or similar function) preferred, however, full training in TEOA will be given
-Ability to animate workshops with multi-function teams.
-Excellent communication and coaching skills at all levels from the shop floor to top management.
-Strong project management skills.
-Fluent in both spoken and written English and local language is essential.

Competencies