Lean Practitioner

Overview:
CNH Industrial is a world-class equipment and services company dedicated to advancing the noble work of agriculture and construction workers. Driven by our shared purpose of Breaking New Ground, we are passionate about bringing Innovation, Sustainability, and Productivity to all that we do. As a truly global company, CNH Industrial’s 37,000+ employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world through our core brands: Case IH, STEYR, New Holland Agriculture, CASE, and New Holland Construction.

**Responsibilities**:
Duties may include all or a portion of, but not limited to, the following:

- Identify opportunities to improve the plant in Safety, Quality, Profit and Delivery.
- To lead all levels of projects to ensure these projects achieve the budgeted improvements in safety, cost, quality and productivity while maintaining the project spend and timelines.
- Acts as a Coach, Mentor and Teacher for Lean project teams.
- Teach and coach appropriate continuous improvement tools and methodologies across the organization. Mentoring others in continuous improvement tools and principles using standardized lesson materials. Assists in formatting updated training materials.
- Leading and coaching day-to-day implementation of CNH Business System standard concepts predominantly in manufacturing areas.
- Assist leaders and managers with project prioritization and initiation
- Facilitate team use of Lean Tools, including Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, PDCA/Problem Solving Process, and identifying Waste.
- Investigating and analyzing production methods and processes to identify improvements to drive efficiency, reduce cost and eliminate waste.
- Actively seeking out best practices to share and implement at the sites.
- Teach, coach, and install Shop Floor Management best practices throughout organization.
- Implement knowledge gained to find opportunities and drive process improvements within departments and across the value stream.
- Facilitating or coaching continuous improvement workshops such as Kaizen weeks.
- Supporting more advanced and complex process improvements.
- Supporting, coaching, and partnering with the manufacturing team at Senior Manager level to implement, grow, and sustain the Daily Management structure and cadence.
- Lead the COMPASS room for the management team.
- Removing roadblocks for teams, while mentoring them to do the same for themselves - teach, inspire, and empower.
- Assisting less advanced practitioners in proper usage of Lean tools.

The annual salary for this role is $82,000 - $117,000 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.)

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Must be adept at IT systems and Microsoft Office products - Access, Power Point, Excel, Word, Visio and Project.
- A minimum of three years of teaching and coaching continuous improvement tools and principles.
- A minimum of three years of working with cross-functional teams.
- Three to five years in an operations role (such as Continuous Improvement, Production, or Quality).
- Familiarity with CNH Industrial Business System (CBS) and/or Toyota Production System (TPS) concepts.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience coaching team members and leaders in an operations environment.
- Proven understanding of Lean Manufacturing Methodology.
- Certification or significant experience in Lean and/or Six Sigma.
- Superior problem solving and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative).
- Strong written and presentation skills.

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