Lead Safe, Reliable, Customer-Focused Operations

• Establish clear expectations for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity (SQDIP) through use of daily visual management in tier’d meeting structures across the facility.
• Champions real-time problem solving through all levels of the organization.
• Ensure operational risks are identified, understood, and managed through strong operating discipline.
• Build an organization that consistently delivers reliable supply and superior customer outcomes.
• Create accountability for achieving business commitments while maintaining high standards of safety and quality.

Drive Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence

• Lead deployment and sustainment of lean manufacturing principles throughout the site.
• Establish Daily Management systems including visual performance boards, tiered accountability meetings, leader standard work, operator standard work, and action tracking.
• Leads and coaches on systematic, deep problem solving to drive continuous improvement using A3 problem solving methodology to implement effective countermeasures to address root causes and drive improvement in key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Drive waste elimination, variation reduction, improved flow, higher productivity, and better customer responsiveness, including high on-time / in-full (OTIF) performance.
• Champion continuous improvement efforts including Kaizen activities, value stream improvement, 5S, and operating rhythm disciplines.

Lead From the Gemba

• Spend significant time where work is performed to understand performance challenges and opportunities. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role.
• Engage employees directly to understand barriers, surface problems, and improve processes.
• Coach leaders to identify abnormalities early, solve problems at the source, and sustain performance improvements.
• Reinforce standard work, operating discipline, and accountability through visible leadership.

Build a Growth Mindset Culture

• Foster an environment where employees challenge the status quo and seek better ways of working.
• Encourage experimentation, learning, innovation, and continuous development.
• Treat problems as opportunities to improve systems, processes, and capabilities.
• Recognize and reward learning, teamwork, improvement efforts, and business results.
• Build resilience and adaptability to succeed in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Develop Leaders and Talent

• Hire, retain, coach, and develop a diverse pipeline of manufacturing and adjacent discipline professionals.
• Strengthen leadership capability through coaching, feedback, development planning, and succession management.
• Create an inclusive environment where employees feel respected, engaged, and empowered to contribute.
• Hold leaders accountable for both business performance and leadership behaviors.
• Build organizational capability in lean manufacturing, problem solving, and customer-focused decision making.