Cost Reduction Manager in Automotive Industry

1. Creates, executes, revises and measures progress on the Continuous Improvement Plan targeted
   
2. Works directly with team and management team to select targets for balanced scorecard (BSC) and reports out monthly performance to goal.
3. Leads plant continuous improvement team consisting of ESC. Facilitates continuous improvement intervention & employee involvement throughout the plant and cooperatively with Engineering and Procurement within the supply community; may support other related sites and organizations.
4. Identifies opportunities to implement common processes & best demonstrated practices from other sites and businesses; disseminates and acts upon relevant industry and corporate bench marking data.
5. Manages cost improvement savings, tracks project progress to plan, works with project champions to assure timely completion and reports out status monthly. 
6. Verifies that predicted savings are tracked, validated with controller and posted to the plant’s operating results.
7. Provides leadership, coaching and training in lean thinking and lean production, variation reduction, problem solving & avoidance and people / team strategies. Supports and drives compliance to corporate lean standards.
8. Conducts internal and external lean audits quarterly. Attends quarterly lean events.

REQUIREMENT

1. Thorough knowledge of a Lean Manufacturing Environment
   
2. Successful completion of needed Lean Leader training modules, or structured development plan for same; prior exposure to and use of Lean Production tools (such as Toyota Production System, or equivalent) and/or Six Sigma tools helpful
3. Prior Automotive Tier I/II experience is considered an asset
4. Proficient in Microsoft Office
5. Have strong written and verbal communication skills in English

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

1. Thorough knowledge of a Lean Manufacturing Environment
2. Have strong workforce management skills
3. Have good working knowledge of management principles learned through experience and/or specific training or substantial understanding of scientific principles to interpret, modify or develop standards
4. Have ability to promote joint action, cooperation and communication to achieve results between functions for broader and more complex operation or management issues and activities
5. Have ability to direct and lead group interactions through coaching, training and auditing 
6. Prior Automotive Tier I/II experience is considered an asset

DESIRABLE CHARACTER 

1. Strong Personality
2. have good team work