Continuous Improvement Specialist
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
Dare to make an impact?
What you´ll do
- Ensure a safe work environment for all employees, allowing quality production with optimal efficiency. Performs risk analysis on processes and job functions.
- Deliver production requirements according to schedule and plan through coaching and mentoring operators both real-time on the floor and providing thought leadership feedback during review periods.
- Drive the improvements in performance through OEE data, interpretation, live floor experience - driving Lean process initiatives as set forth by Plant Leadership.
- Creates and oversees standardized production procedures and develops process work instructions; must maintain the work instructions as the business grows.
- Assesses plan and equipment requirements and machinery layout to create an optimized workflow.
- Closing the open areas of Work Instructions and SOP’s on new products and equipment as it is being started or brought into the manufacturing facility.
- Develops best practices, routines, and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output.
- Incorporates 5s+1 Methodology in process methods and lean manufacturing systems.
- Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor and material costs, estimating future costs.
- Develops programs for activity concentration on specific functions resulting in improvements. E.g., project management for efficiency and yield increases.
- Monitor all established quality and quantity specifications for compliance before use in processing. Assist maintenance and engineering with the system operation, PM’s and upgrades.
- Collaborates with Colleagues on issues like cost projections and reduction, work with engineering team to develop, configure, and optimize manufacturing processes from inception through start-up and on-going production by studying product requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
What makes you a good fit
- Be able to work 1st shift 10:00 am-6:30 pm occasional need to work 2p-1030p when a workshop needs to be run on 2nd shift.
- BS / BA preferred
- Manufacturing experience preferred
- Proficiency in MSOffice suite including Power Point, and Excel, implementing and reporting; general equipment technical experience trouble-shooter and problem solver.
- Must have excellent communication skills and ability to drive others towards a common goal.
- Self-directed, multi-tasks, promotes teamwork
- Safety and regulatory experience a plus.
- Lean Manufacturing Experience a plus
The salary for this role is $70,000.00 - $90,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.