Director Operational Excellence

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Global Manufacturing and Operational Excellence Director to join the Starline Team in Canonsburg, PA.

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Global Operations, with a strong dotted line to the Sr. Director of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering for the division, this position is responsible for global deployment of operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives and policies in 3 facilities located in the US, UK, and Singapore to support Starline’s Operational strategy and annual goals. This position is tasked with identifying opportunities across the business, driving change and developing plans to assist with achievement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Capex and Working Capital targets.

Main Job Duties:

• Lead the strategic development, deployment and governance of global Operational Excellence initiatives across three manufacturing sites (US, UK, Singapore).
• Lead the digital transformation of manufacturing operations, including principles of Industry 4.0, automation, and smart factory initiatives globally.
• Own the process for new product introduction (NPI) within manufacturing, ensuring seamless integration of new products globally.
• Establish and communicate the vision for utilizing lean principles and a continuous improvement culture to drive operational excellence throughout the organization. Work with the various sites to plan and execute short term and long-term operational goals using lean tools (lean, Six Sigma, TPM, digital manufacturing) and processes.
• Champions employee engagement and capability-building through OpEx training, coaching, and leadership development. Formulate and oversee implementation, adoption, and effectiveness of Legrand Way tools.
• Develop a CI roadmap and driving lean manufacturing philosophy throughout the organization. Improve the “Visual Factory” at various sites by incorporating management dashboards and visual indicators for “Standard Work”.
• Collaborate with Plant Managers and other functions to manage the annual operating budget for the OPEX group, including productivity savings and capital expenditures.
• Drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement aligned with global business objectives and operational KPIs (safety, quality, delivery, cost, CapEx, working capital, etc.).
• Conduct operational diagnostics to uncover gaps and inefficiencies and develop data-driven improvement plans.
• Partner with Quality to establish tools and methodologies for addressing production/customer/quality issues.
• Operates as the champion of Master Data governance and ownership for Starline. Performs root cause analysis on issues and implements action plans accordingly. Works to optimize data accuracy across the organization. Team up with plant personnel in identifying improvements in equipment, processes, or technologies to assure satisfactory process capability and achieve cost improvements. Reports on performance improvement metrics and initiatives to senior leadership.
• Travel will be required to both domestic and international locations, 20-30%. (UK, Singapore)
• Performs other duties as required.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field. Master’s or MBA preferred. Six Sigma Green Belt and/or Black Belt certification strongly preferred.

Experience:

• 10+ years supporting Lean/CI activities in an industrial manufacturing & assembly or customer service environment are required.
• A minimum of three to five years leading kaizens and training teams on lean principles & tools is a requirement preferably in a multi-site operation. Additional experience accepted over Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Must have a proven “Lean”/Six Sigma success track record with progressive manufacturing/support organizations.
• Experience in developing and leading continuous improvement initiatives
• Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to motivate others, achieve results and accomplish overall business objectives though change management and transformation initiatives
• Must possess excellent project management, organizational and time management skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines and control a number of projects at various stages of work.
• Must possess strong lean knowledge, analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and establish proactive corrective actions. Must have demonstrated statistical analysis capabilities.
• Must have outstanding verbal and written communications skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Must be a strong facilitator and effective listener, able to maintain focus, extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information.
• Able to create effective reports, presentations and business correspondence and be comfortable presenting such to senior Legrand leadership and key customers.