Business Excellence Director

at  Flex Ltd

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives.
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Business Excellence Director located in Guadalajara, North Campus.
Reporting to the Business Excellence Senior Director, Business Excellence Director role involves being responsible for continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization, coaching and enabling waste removal activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion.

What a typical day looks like:

• Establish and execute strategic plans for Lean organization to maximize its value added, to exceed operational goals and to create an advantage in the business.
• Take action to drive financial performance in the areas of productivity, purchase price, and facility variances.
• Develop and execute a Lean and six sigma strategy that supports the site’s overall market driven business model in line with the GBE A3.
• Drive continuous improvement culture while implementing the strategic roadmap to achieve breakthrough performance in working capital, quality, delivery, cost, and growth.
• Meet with Executive team periodically to review and evaluate KOI’s.
• Partner with other managers to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Conduct Lean Operation/Supply Chain/Office training.
• Lean Supply Chain, Operation & Office – LMT Scoring and tracker, mentor, review and approval Deploy activities to close the gaps identified in line with the GBE A3.
• Best Practice (BP) identification and yokoten.
• Manage Facilitator Kaizen project IKW and EKW, provide Kaizen application expertise at the Gemba.
• Coach, share and ensure usage of lean tools.
• Encourage, motivate & drive the team toward achieving the goals.
• Educate, train and align the team towards the Kaizen Workshop goals.
• Special project/segment/customer priorities to formulate and propose strategy of Lean Transformation.
• Coach and facilitate Lean Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities.
• For assigned special project/segment/customer priorities to formulate and propose strategy of Lean.
• Transformation.
• Coach and facilitate Lean Transformation activities through Kaizen workshops and Small Group Activities.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS/MBA or equivalent work experience.
• Fluent English.
• Previous management experience.
• Ability to identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems.
• Able to utilize tools to monitor cost and cost trends, continuously striving to improve value.
• Effective interpersonal skills with ability to negotiate and influence for positive outcomes.
• Strong innovation skills and creativity.
• Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt is also a plus.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

AD80
Job Category
Operational Excellence
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Optional Skills:
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