Continuous Improvement Specialist
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Lear in Italia
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You lead the plant’s Continuous Improvement culture by coaching managers and teams to achieve business objectives through Lean and Six Sigma. You translate corporate CI strategy into plant-level execution and play a key role within the senior management team to drive sustainable performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead direct and indirect teams to embed a strong Continuous Improvement culture across the plant.
- Communicate and deploy corporate CI goals, scorecards, and priorities at plant level.
- Coach and support functional managers using Lean and Six Sigma to deliver measurable results.
- Deploy OEB assessments, prioritize improvement areas, and mentor leaders through execution.
- Plan and deliver CI capability building, including Lean training, kaizen events, and hands-on learning.
- Drive kaizen activity, ensuring event quality, scoring performance, and visible results.
- Track and validate CI savings, engagement,
and project progress through OIP and scorecards.
- Implement best practices and plant-wide lean tools to improve quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Lean, or Operational Excellence roles.
- Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma tools applied in a manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience leading culture change and coaching managers and teams.
- Experience managing kaizen events, CI metrics, and savings validation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or equivalent experience.
Skills
Value Stream MappingNew Product DevelopmentIndustrial EngineeringMaterial Flow ManagementKaizen MethodologyStatistical Process ControlsDefine Measure Analyze Improve And Control (DMAIC)Lean Six Sigma
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