Location:
Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Job ID:
HQ55068018
Date Posted:
2023-03-29
Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY SPAIN, S.A.U.
Profession (Job Category):
Quality Management
Job Schedule:
Full time
Remote:
No
Job Description:
The opportunity
Hitachi Energy, for our Transformers Business Unit, is seeking a HUB ITM / Continuous Improvement Specialist based in our factory in Zaragoza. This role is responsible for leading and driving sustainable and transformational change across multiple HUB Europe and Product Lines e functional teams and factories, focused on process improvements, ITM (Integrated Transformer Management) system maturity and demonstrated improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). Successful candidate will be a business partner to Hub Leadership team members and Factory Managers.
How you’ll make an impact:
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Partners with the cross-functional leadership team in developing and operationalizing the Strategy Deployment process.
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Facilitates development of breakthrough objectives, action plans, KPI's and leads in development of Kaizen plan to support the overall needs of the organization.
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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.
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Lead all activities in the organization to implement the ITM system and drive improved maturity scores to advance the organization through the ITM phases of deployment.
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Drive optimization of KPI's throughout the Factories and Functional organizations that you support.
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Develop Financial acumen to ensure priority actions are focused on driving the right improvements in the business, impacting the bottom line.
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Ensure effective sustainment of results and support problem solving (Root Cause Countermeasure) as needed to close gaps to targets.
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Build a Coaching culture across the organization with focus on Employee Engagement and Accountability.
Your background:
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Bachelor's degree in engineering or business and minimum 5 years of experience in areas of Lean operating/management systems, continuous improvement, manufacturing, engineering, and/or process improvement.
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Experience in the implementation of one of the following: Toyota Production System, Danaher Business System, Honeywell Operating System or similar. Track record of delivering breakthrough results impacting the bottom line.
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A collaborative, 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.
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Proven capacity to coordinate and lead remote teams, working in different geographic locations. Ability to do so in proficient English.
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Certifications in Lean/ Six Sigma (e.g., Lean Master, Lean Expert, Black Belt, etc.) Experience leading training sessions is a plus.
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Availability to travel 50%.
More About Us
Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.
Our employee benefit programs are tailored to each country, depending on location of employment and job grade. We will provide more details about it during the interview process
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