Continuous Improvement Leader

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:

The Continuous Improvement Leader will deliver continuous improvement training and activities throughout the plant while serving as the Subject Matter Expert on Continuous Improvement. Will lead and grow a culture of Continuous Improvement and its activities at the plant. Will facilitate projects aimed at generating Continuous Improvement techniques, cost reductions, and process performance improvements. Provides efficient leadership and cost effective integration of Continuous Improvement, creating operational excellence. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitates Continuous Improvement projects, cost reductions, and process performance improvements.
• Maintain CI implementation schedules for assigned projects, progress updates as required, and most importantly, provide documentation that demonstrates the direct link between CI implementation and process and Plant Operations improvements.
• Provide CI training and coaching at all levels of the Plant.
• Participate in and lead kaizen events aimed at the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Support production control, material control, material planning departments in improvement projects relating to scheduling inventory management and raw material flow and tracking.
• Support prototype and pilot runs to address design and process feasibility concerns from a departmental aspect.
• Interface with plant engineering on projects addressing staffing, manpower, time and capacity analysis.
• Generate, provide and participate in department specific training needs.
• Calculate cost reductions and/or various analysis to determine optimal problem-solving method.
• Team 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.
• Complete time studies to develop production standards for products.
• Assist in monitoring department equipment (OEE) and interface with Maintenance department to identify maintenance, repair and TPM.
• Works with process owner to develop value stream map 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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

Bachelor degree in Engineering, or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

5 years manufacturing experience in Engineering role. Experience in identifying areas of improvement. Experience in Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement or Process Improvement.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Constraint Management skills
• Ability to conduct controlled problem-solving tests
• Analytical thinking
• Ability to operate independently within a tight deadline environment
• Familiarity with writing standardized work

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.