MIT Support

Duties/Responsibilities

• 80% Reside on Shop floor -> Perform Process/Quality Audit, Training, Data Collection/Capture improvements via ECR, and Process Sheets.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deploy standard operating procedures and process improvements.
• Utilize LEAN principles and tools to eliminate waste
• Actively participates in the analysis of production and process issues, recommends solutions to further business goals and works with the appropriate teams in the plant to implement those solutions.
• Participates in kaizen events and workshops to solve urgent business needs.
• Develops requirement documents and conducts systems testing, training, and related documentation, as necessary.
• Perform all assigned tasks in a safe, efficient, timely, and accurate and highly productive manner according to company policy.
• Attend scheduled work hours on a regular and timely basis. Maintain good attendance.
• Develop and maintain strong, positive business relationships with key internal clients, external customers and suppliers to clearly understand their business processes, and the development/articulation of short and long term business objectives.
• Define the business case for the projects that have been proposed and validate the opportunity, scope and importance of a project.
• Serve on cross departmental project teams to meet the project objectives within the given time frame, and within budget.
• The company may assign other duties.

Above is a list of the most important responsibilities and functions, which are essential to the position. Employees must be able to perform these essential functions satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Accommodations will be evaluated and provided to eligible employees on a case-by-case basis, depending on the employee's medical restrictions, work availability, the nature of the position, the position's essential functions and other relevant factors.

Qualifications

• Education: Five or more years of relevant business or project management experience required. Associates or bachelor’s degree is desired but not required
• Licenses/Certifications: none

• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Lean knowledge/experience to apply lean concepts and principles across an entire value stream- shop floor focused
• Good training and presentation skills.
• Consistent demonstration of ability to act independently, prioritize and influence others on a regular basis.
• Learn LEAN process improvements and apply– shopfloor focused
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Pint, Project, Visio, Outlook, and Access.
• Serve on a team
• “Hands on” person
• Organized and data driven
• Passionate about continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong project management mindset
• Training skills
• Investigative skills
• Empathy, assertiveness, accuracy, patience, professionalism, confidentiality
• Must be able to perform each essential function and responsibility of the job satisfactorily in accordance with company productivity and quality requirements.

• Core Competencies
  • Communication – the ability to convey and distribute data to all pertinent parties.
  • Analyzing & Problem Solving- the ability to apply logic to solve problems to complete a specific task
  • Adaptability- the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Standing 30% of the time.
• Walking 60% of the time.
• Sitting 10% of the time.
• Reaching, pushing, pulling 3 - 6% of the time.
• Arm, wrist, hand, finger movement 10 - 15% of the time.
• Bending and twisting neck and trunk 10 - 20% of the time.
• Ability to verbally communicate.
• Hearing requirements include the ability to hear all verbal communication.
• Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds occasionally. Any weight over 50 pounds requires additional personnel or lifting equipment.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Vision requirement 20/40 visual acuity (with or without correction) using Snelling Method Guidelines and Purdue Job Standards.

Communication Skills

Training:

• Orientation

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Please refer to the general office physical demands checklist for more information regarding the working conditions and physical requirements for this job.