ABOUT KENNAMETAL

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Job Title: Operational Excellence Manager
Location: Rogers, AR

JOB SUMMARY:

The Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for leading and implementing continuous improvement initiatives at their location and supporting additional Kennametal sites, as needed. They analyze existing processes, identify areas for improvement, and lead kaizen activities to optimize operations and increase efficiency. This position will report to the Sr.OpEx Manager under the Global OpEx department, with a dotted line to plant management to drive alignment, gain support, train personnel, and implement improvement initiatives that build lean culture.

EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, CERTIFICATES

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field required, with 3-5 years demonstrated success in manufacturing and/or supply chain experience plus lean training; equivalent experience in Lean Manufacturing role may be considered in lieu of degree.

Knowledge and practice experience of the following tools:

• Strong leadership skills including communication, teaching and coaching skills.
• Financial Acumen
• Data analyzation, platforms, data modeling and visualization
• Advanced in Excel, PowerBI, Project Management tools
• 5S & Zoning, visual management.
• Standard work and cycle time measurement.
• Muda Hunting.
• Pull flow/ Kanban.

Please refer the Job description for details