Continuous Improvement Leader

About Us GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel, and electrified drive systems and solutions.
With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture, and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world's car manufacturers.
Role Purpose This role is a Lean Thinker to assist with Lean Transformation which will play a pivotal role in developing the site into a Lean enterprise based upon GKN Automotive's Lean approach.
They will support lean projects, ensuring rigor and fidelity to the Lean roadmap of GKN Automotive.
The role will implement functional systems and solutions with a focus on scalability, automation, reliability, security, and quality.
Perform root cause analysis of production errors, help resolve issues, assist with design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance, and build tools to reduce error occurrence.
Key Responsibilities Personal Capability Building: Develop and maintain excellent process or technical skills by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching.
Manufacturing Methods/Processes Development: Implement improvements in manufacturing methods and processes and provide feedback on the changes.
Continuous Improvement: Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
Procedural Improvement: Contribute to procedural improvement by proposing enhancements to current working practices, based on personal experience of operating processes.
Improvement/Innovation: Implement improvements and provide feedback on them.
Use change management systems and protocols to provide routine support services.
Project Management: Support others by carrying out a range of project management activities.
Project Reporting and Review: Contribute to project and program reporting and review by organizing meetings and by preparing project and/or program papers (e.g., agendas, reports, and presentations).
Network of Influence: Demonstrate understanding of the value of networking by participating in and contributing to a network of people, technologies, and ideas both inside and outside the company.
Values & Behaviours Ingenious: Innovative thinking: Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
For example, demonstrates openness to new ideas and ways of looking at things; suggests new and useful ideas or solutions.
Learns innovative methods, tools, and technology and applies them to work tasks.
Ingenious: Effective decision making: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
For example, seeks coaching from others to address routine problems; learns to handle these issues effectively.
Bases decisions and actions on relevant rules and procedures.
Ingenious: Driving continuous improvement: Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
For example, pursues, explores, and develops ways to ensure own work is as effective as possible within all relevant processes.
Shares an analysis of process problems with stakeholders; discusses how to resolve the issue.
Collaborative: Builds networks: Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
For example, establishes and maintains positive relationships with the key contacts who support own work.
Participates in some of the organization's groups and activities; uses them to build a wider network in other areas.
Collaborative: Emotional intelligence: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
For example, maintains an open, friendly, and accepting demeanor when interacting with others; starts conversations and builds rapport; listens attentively and responds non-defensively when given advice, instruction, or critical feedback.
Principled: Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures.
Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems.
Usually meets commitments to others.
Principled: Communicates effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
For example, seeks out others' perspectives and asks good questions.
Shares information that people want to know; gives appropriate context and details when speaking.
Principled: Manages stakeholders: Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.
For example, learns about the various stakeholders and gains insight into how to balance their different needs; listens to others to gain an understanding of the varying priorities of different stakeholders.
Takes action to resolve problems for stakeholders within own job area.
Driven: Customer focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
For example, is interested in customer needs, learns customer requirements, and delivers effectively.
Responds promptly to customer requests; secures the support of others to resolve the issues.
Driven: Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
For example, finds out which situations call for flexibility and responds accordingly; seeks and listens to others' input and feedback on how to adapt approach to changing situations.
Skills Action Planning: Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to develop appropriate plans or perform necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
Assessment: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
Data Collection and Analysis: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
Planning and Organizing: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Project Management: Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to manage projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters.
Verbal Communication: Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
Project Tracking and Reporting: Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to measure and report progress toward intermediate targets to make sure a project stays on track to achieve its ultimate goals.
Teamwork: Works at an intermediate level to work well with others during the execution of work, conversations, projects, meetings or other collaboration efforts.
Typically works with guidance.
Essential Qualifications & Experience B.S Degree in Engineering or related field.
English proficiency.
Visa and Passport desirable.
3 years minimum experience in the Automotive industry in lean manufacturing or related areas.
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