CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems.
Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone.
With + employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence.
Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services.
We support + customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally.
We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
Company Overview.
If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve.
As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions.
Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety.
Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone! Role Summary.
The CIP Black Belt will lead a consistent and rapid LEAN deployment, providing leadership for CI initiatives, assessing current business performance, identifying gaps, establishing and implementing improvement plans, monitoring progress, and sharing best-in-class ideas and processes.
In this role, you will utilize CI to achieve and exceed business objectives and build plant confidence in the acceptance of change management and performance improvements while maintaining a focus on customer satisfaction and the quality of performance.
Your role.
Be the facility lead practitioner, coach, teacher, trainer and consultant in developing, supporting, and leading CI culture within your site and across Flowserve as required Facilitate CI actions and employee involvement teams throughout the platform / site and across all functional areas in the pursuit of sustained beneficial change Implement a train-the-trainer approach and rapid, sustained implementation through learn by doing methods Facilitate improvement implementation through employee teams, CI events, team improvement projects and LEAN Enterprise training workshops Provide local leadership, coaching and training in LEAN thinking, processes and production Co-create, sustain, revise and measure progress on the Business Area CI Plan that contributes to future state Focus teams on CI by involving people in meeting productivity and site / platform objectives Identify opportunities to implement common processes and best practices from other facilities within Platforms and across Flowserve Disseminate and act upon relevant industry and corporate benchmarking data Ensure that benefits related to CI initiativse are calculated according to corporate standards and are ultimately achieved within targeted time span Ensure that planned improvements are implemented, measured, driven to closure and crossed to operating results Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt or LEAN Certified 7 Quality Tool Practitioner (fishbone, 5 Why’s/ Ishikawa, Histograms, Control Charts, Pareto Analysis, Scatter Diagrams and Stratification) Knowledge in statistics tools and problem solving Able to work with/across all functional areas and all levels of the business Excellent verbal, written and facilitation communication skills Highly Proficient in the use of MS Office tools (Excel and PowerPoint in particular) Other duties as assigned Your Profile.
Industry or Business experience where LEAN or Operational Excellence is core to the business Demonstrated Change Management experience Strong facilitation experience An interest in process and quality improvement Experience using PDF suite is preferred BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 3-5 years relevant experience What we offer.
-Friendly multicultural environment and team events -Life, accident and health insurance -Cafeteria Package -Career development and training opportunities Req ID.
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