General Information
Country: USA
State: Michigan
City: Kentwood
Office Location: 4380 52nd street - - - - -
Date posted: 03-Feb-2025
Business Function: Manufacturing/Operations
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Description
We are hiring an Operations Lean Leader to help drive our plants to become the leaders in lean manufacturing practices, elevating our organization to the highest level of excellence and enabling us to better serve our customers.
Who You Are:
You are a visionary leader with a people-first mindset and are capable of fostering a culture of excellence throughout the organization while also developing and implementing standardized lean methodologies, approaches, assessments, and tools.
Minimum Qualifications
- Well-versed and passionate in continuous improvement and lean practices, or military equivalent experience.
- A strategic mindset and the ability to determine when to leverage lean/continuous improvement tools with proven results.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time within North America.
Desired Skills And Experience
- Strong leadership skills and persuasiveness, with the ability to influence plant leadership regarding lean manufacturing concepts
- Credibility as a coach and mentor, capable of guiding others in their understanding and implementation of lean concepts.
- A demonstrated commitment to the principles of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
- Proven project management ability, with experience leading and implementing successful initiatives to improve organizational processes and culture.
What You Will Be Doing:
- You will coach plant leadership and provide mentoring and expertise support to other Leads who are not as well-versed in implementing lean principles, project management, and implementation processes.
- You will develop lean methods, approaches, assessments, and tools for standardizing and implementing lean processes across the enterprise while providing training on these approaches and tools.
- You will serve as the internal "consultant" and resource within the organization and across the company.
Wellbeing Means so Much More than Benefits, you may be interested in:
- Cell phone stipend monthly
- Employee assistance program, providing free counseling, financial resilience, and legal guidance
- Ongoing learning through LinkedIn Learning
- Education assistance: tuition reimbursement
Who We Are:
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.
Why People Choose to Work with Us:
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
What Matters to Us:
More than qualifications, we’re looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.
Steelcase is a MVAA- Silver Level Veteran-Friendly Employer. Steelcase recognizes the amazing experiences and skills that Veteran's possess. We encourage all Veterans and Veteran Spouses to apply.
Please see our Working at Steelcase Document for more detailed benefits and compensation information.
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