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| Senior Lean Manufacturing Consultant (hayward / castro valley) |
| Cars & Trucks, Etc. : Foreign : Toyota |
| 03/15/06 |
Position Summary:
The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex) is a Northern-California based, high performance provider of consulting and business advisory services to manufacturers, distributors, and their supply chains. Our broad suite of services enable small, midsize, and large organizations to improve global competitiveness by increasing their growth, productivity, quality, and profitability.
Our Client Services group in Northern California has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Lean Consultant. The Senior Lean Consultant is responsible for initiating, developing, implementing and professionally managing Lean Transformation projects with small, medium, and Fortune 50 clients in a variety of manufacturing industry segments.
Please submit a cover letter and resume in response to this position. Submissions without cover letters will not be considered.
Responsibilities:
1. Assist clients in their Lean Enterprise Transformation through the application of Lean Production System principles.
2. Initiate, develop, implement and professionally manage all aspects of client delivery, including scope, approach, workplans, and implementation.
3. Responsible for business development, primarily by identifying and communicating opportunities for repeat business with existing clients.
4. Frequent contact with clients and internal staff to communicate client deliverables and review of project status.
5. Operations/process and data analysis to support salient recommendations and implementation.
6. Coaching, planning and training at all levels of the client organization.
7. Work independently and in teams (both with other Manex professionals and with client teams).
8. An interest and desire to assist with the development of new consulting methodologies and tools, including training materials.
9. A commitment to personal and professional development.
Desirable Skills:
1. Experience applying and teaching Lean Principles related to or derived from the Toyota Production System and philosophies, including: 8 forms of waste, 5S, Visual Factory, Standardized Work, Value Stream Mapping, TPM, Kanban, SMED and Kaizen.
2. Ability to liaise, influence, challenge effectively and build relationships at senior management, steering committee, and associate levels.
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