Description The Opportunity Hitachi Energy, for our Transformers Business Unit, is seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist for its Cordoba locations.
This role is responsible for driving sustainable and transformational change across functional teams in the factory, focused on process improvements, ITM (Integrated Transformer Management), digital applications development and deployment, system maturity and demonstrated improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
How you will make an impact Partners with the cross-functional team, participates in developing and operationalizing the Strategy Deployment process ensuring effective Leader Standard Work and a connected Lean daily management system with digital integration Apps.
Facilitates development of breakthrough objectives, action plans, KPI's and leads in the development of Kaizen events to support the overall needs of the organization.
Change agent and champion of a continuous improvement culture focused on waste elimination across the organization using ITM Lean methods, processes and tools, such as 5S, Daily Management, LSW, VSM, TPM, Kaizen, etc.
Leads and facilitates process improvement for the organization and partners with extended cross-functional teams, at all levels of the organization, on the overall use of ITM tools to drive productivity.
Develops Financial acumen to ensure priority actions are focused on driving the right improvements in the business, impacting the bottom line.
Facilitates the development of Cost-out and productivity projects across the business to achieve targets.
Facilitates and trains team members in the utilization of RELEX reporting of Improvement projects.
Ensures effective sustainment of results and supports problem solving (Root Cause Countermeasure) as needed to close gaps to targets.
Helps to build continuous improvement capability through training and implementation of ITM tools and methods.
Combines technical knowledge with people and organizational skills to deliver organizational maturity and KPI improvements.
Lives Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your background Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
Experience in areas of Lean operating/management systems, continuous improvement, manufacturing, engineering, and/or process improvement.
Experience in the implementation of Toyota Production System.
A collaborative person, solutions-oriented approach, with strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to foster teamwork.
Developing strategy and translating into actionable plans & driving sustainable change through influence.
Experience in challenging conventional thinking, approach and methodology and driving improvements, and the ability to lead teams through influence without authority.
Experience leading training sessions.
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