Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designer, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately 78.000 team members working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
Job Summary:
Delivers continuous improvement training and activities throughout the plant while serving as the Subject Matter Expert on Continuous Improvement. Grows a culture of Continuous Improvement and its activities within the focused factory. Facilitates projects aimed at generating cost reductions, and process performance improvements. Provides efficient leadership and cost effective integration of Continuous Improvement methodologies and tools creating operational excellence
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions, physical demands, or work environment.
Facilitates Continuous Improvement projects, cost reductions, and process performance improvements. Maintains CI implementation schedules for assigned projects, progress updates as required, and provides documentation that demonstrates the direct link between the CI process implementation and Plant Operations improvements. Provides CI training and coaching at all levels of the plant. Participates in and leads teams aimed at the resolution of quality issues and concerns. Supports production control, material control, material planning departments in improvement projects relating to scheduling, inventory management and raw material flow and tracking. Supports prototype and pilot runs to address design and process feasibility concerns. Interfaces with plant engineering on projects addressing staffing, manpower, time and capacity analysis. Generates, provides and participates in department specific training needs. Calculates cost reductions and determines the optimal problem-solving method. Teams with the Plant Controller to document savings and profit results of continuous improvement activities.Accountable for tracking all CI Projects and reporting progress to plant staff. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Completes time studies to develop production standards for products. Assists in monitoring department equipment (OEE) and interface with Maintenance department to identify maintenance, repair and TPM. Works with process owner to develop value stream maps for each process and each value stream family within the facility. Utilizes the concepts of continuous improvement and cost reduction in the execution of the job function. Other duties as assigned
Education / Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree.
3+ years of experience in Operations. Experience in identifying areas of improvement. Experience in Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement or Process Improvement Skills Working towards Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Strong understanding of contemporary problem-solving tools and techniques. Ability to think creatively and proactively propose solutions with an attention to detail. Strong knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database management software. Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and drive change management across teams. Ability to build effective working relationships throughout the organization. Ability to operate independently within a tight deadline environment. High-energy self-starter with a resilient, can-do attitude.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
