HNI Corporation

Lean Development Manager

HNI Corporation  •  Davenport, IA / Iowa City, IA / Muscatine, IA (Onsite)  •  4 days ago
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Job Description

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
 
Your Impact Starts the Day You Do!
 
What We Need: 
We are looking for a Lean Development Manager to join our HNI Workplace Furnishings team!
The Lean Development Manager is a primary resource to support HNI’s lean transformation efforts. The Lean Development Manager will partner with the BPI team and leadership to drive lean vision and strategy, increase lean talent and member engagement, and deploy the BPI model and tools to drive sustainable business results.
What You Will Do: 
  • Participate in and lead problem solving events and workshops to drive improved business results.
  • Support Hoshin Kanri training and deployment
  • Mentor members (executive leaders to BPI Managers in facilities) in lean practices and tools
  • Develop BPI training materials and deliver practical, hands-on training and facilitate workshops in BPI methodology to eliminate waste.
  • Promote a continuous learning environment.
  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop and drive adherence to BPI standards.
  • Schedule, facilitate, and participate in HNI Operations System Assessments and update supporting documents (manual, coaching guidelines, and lean leader matrix)
  • Coordinate external consultants and manage kaizen event schedules
  • Provide member development opportunities through coordination of external benchmarking visits, lean study tours, conferences, and virtual training.
  • Communicate best practices within the organization, championing leverage across all business
  • Travel: 30-50% is expected, mostly domestic, but could include Mexico
 
What You Have: 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Operations Management.
  • Experience and training in Hoshin Kanri, with practical implementation in both commercial and operational environments.
 
What You’re Good At: 
  • Demonstrated understanding of lean principles and proven track record/performance
  • Change management, lean leadership and RCI and problem-solving event participation
  • Team leading/building with cross-functional teams
  • Proven performance in a transformation role
  • Effective presentation skills and ability to influence others
  • Completion of Lean training or coursework focused on operational or commercial improvement; Green or Black Belt certification is preferred.
HNI Corporation

About HNI Corporation

At HNI Corporation, we go beyond simply building great desks, chairs, file cabinets and fireplaces. We're focused on building relationships by delivering solutions. With deeply held values that were born with the corporation's founding in 1944, we are a collection of individuals, called members, united by a dedication to integrity, quality, innovation, service and continuous improvement.

HNI Corporation's growth strategy centers on three imperatives: building leading brands, taking care of end users and achieving operational excellence. The corporation's manufacturing and supply chain expertise consistently translates to the highest quality products, provided with the fastest and most dependable turnaround in its industries.

HNI Corporation is a group of companies, each representing a family of leading brands, products and services for the office and home. In HNI Corporation's unique and powerful member-owner environment, every member has an opportunity to share in making the business better. Everyone is rewarded for individual and collective performance through stock ownership, profit sharing and other compensation systems.

Our culture is built around Rapid Continuous Improvement (RCI) and the notion that every member has something unique and valuable to contribute. We have found that when our people share their ideas, and management acts on those ideas, we achieve something powerful: 10,000-plus individuals working actively to make the company better.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Muscatine, Iowa
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
hnicorp.com
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