Operations Excellence Specialist

**Take your Career to the next Level with MEVOTECH.**

We are constantly challenging the status quo and raising the bar allowing employees to make an impact within the company.

Mevotech is a trusted North American leader in the engineering and design of driveline, steering and suspension aftermarket auto parts. Fueled by innovation, our brands feature engineering improvements for maximum durability and performance, as well as time and labor-saving enhancements that drive bay efficiencies and increase shop revenues. Our in-house engineering team always has the Professional Technician in mind, and we are continuously optimizing part design for durability and ease of installation.

**JOB PURPOSE**

Reporting to the Operations Excellence Manager, the Operations Excellence Specialist will monitor and improve operational processes, lead and support change initiatives, projects, and collaborate with the Warehouse leadership team.
The Operations Excellence Specialist will be responsible for research and analysis, mapping out all workflows, removing waste and low-value activities from processes, and recommending and implementing solutions to increase efficiency, productivity and reduce costs.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Support and lead initiatives to identify and drive change across the organization using existing business processes such as gap analysis, Plan Do Check Act (PDAC) or Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve & Control (DMAIC).
- Identifying gaps and sustainable opportunities for improvement within the warehouse from a productivity, efficiency or space optimization perspective.
- Identify process gaps within existing processes and initiate change at a rapid pace.
- Support deployment, execution and sustainment of Mevotech Production & Management Operating System.
- Identify and bring forward enhancement opportunities within existing Lean operating model,
- Coordinate and lead projects for improvement across different levels of the organization.
- Establishing standards for projects to track overall progress and compared with actual results.
- Ensure end-to-end value propositions are prioritized and realized.
- Analyze data regularly with the intent to generate detailed reports for multiple levels within the organization.
- Collaborating with cross functional teams on workshops, team trainings to share expertise and provide guidance for organizational alignment.
- Staying up to date with industry trends for best practices.

**QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS**
- Bachelor’s degree (Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or related field) is ideal, but not a requirement.
- Experience supporting continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean, Accelerated Root Cause, Transactional Lean, etc.
- Proficient at using problem-solving tools, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
- Strategic, analytical, forward thinking, collaborative and innovate.
- Proven ability to handle multiple priorities and ongoing projects.
- Proven ability to communicate and build relationships with a customer focus.
- Proven ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Prior experience with AutoCAD considered an asset.
- Driver’s License and expectation to travel to various warehouses.
- Intermediate skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

**Diversity and Inclusion**:
Diversity at Mevotech means that as an organization we provide the opportunity to employ a diverse team of people reflective of the communities in which we operate.

Mevotech believes the diversity incorporates all of the elements which make individuals unique, and we celebrate the infinite differences. In other words, it is not just about gender, race, age, orientation and so forth. And most importantly its not about a policy statement on the wall or a statement in our corporate values.

For Mevotech it is about the evolution of our culture, and the invisible elements which suppress individuals diversity. Yes, it does involve making conscious and deliberate steps towards setting goals and strategies which identify and target the internal gaps. At Mevotech our culture has been founded on diversity and inclusion. It’s about engaging different points of view from those that make up our community demographics. It’s about listening to different perspectives and including those perspectives in our organizational DNA.

**Accessibility Accommodations**:
Mevotech provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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