Job Description

About this role:

Carrier Excellence is the continuous improvement aspect of the Carrier Operating System applicable to all areas of the company including manufacturing, field/service/sales, engineering and business processes. Carrier Excellence is a comprehensive approach to achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction and business performance. The practice of Carrier Excellence brings together proven tools, methodologies, human ingenuity, and leadership, while fostering a positive continuous improvement culture. Carrier Excellence is customer focused, data driven and process oriented to achieve results. In this role the employee will be a focal point for productivity improvement initiatives in our Indianapolis furnace factory. This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Carrier Excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute the lean vision and strategy to reduce inventory, lead-time, and waste to improve process quality
• Drive measurable improvements that support metrics for customer delivery, productivity, and product flow
• Lead teams to develop pull systems, training personnel, and other activities to achieve world-class process flow
• Develop value stream maps for the factory and eliminate process waste through implementation of lean techniques
• Encourage use of lean tools to pull material from suppliers and internal sources/customers
• Drive lean focus on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to reduce operating costs
• Promote Six Sigma/Lean integration utilizing strength of both methods to achieve business goals
• Drive improvements in material flow utilizing lean methods
• Train site on lean concepts and mentor using lean tools

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years’ experience in continuous improvement

OR

• Master’s degree with 2+ years’ experience in continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. High speed assembly preferred
• Effective at leading change and influencing all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to tailor communications to different audiences
• Experience with current continuous improvement techniques, including involvement with kaizen, value stream mapping, standard work, RRCA, and/or other lean tools
• Energetic, hands-on; able to drive change and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to foster positive relationships with production employees, peers and manufacturing management
• Ability to work with minimal guidance and direction
• Experience in a union environment is preferred
• Must be willing to flex working hours based on business needs

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