Lean Lead

JOB FUNCTION – REQUIREMENTS – SUCCESS FACTOR
1. Safety Health & Environmental – Integration of Lean principles with existing Safety & Health initiatives.
2. The Lean Enterprise System – Function as an internal expert in first defining, then rolling out, the implementation of a PPG Lean Enterprise system for Zhangjiagang plant, ensuring that critical success factors are incorporated within the transformation model. Develop strategy and execute plans.
3. Organizational Development – Provide leadership, coaching and training. Provide objective assessments of our capability to lead significant change and work with leadership team to reconcile any issues or obstacles.
4. Measurement / Metrics – Develop the appropriate driving metrics for Lean, assess baseline performance, develop appropriate targets and measure the progress.
5. Teaching / Mentoring – Hands-on leadership and teaching of Lean principles and tools.
6. Drive Continuous Improvement- Facilitation and implementation of the Lean through Rapid Improvement Workshops by value stream and facilitate the use of various structured problem solving techniques, team effectiveness techniques and drive the workshop participants to implement lean tools using team ideas and solutions that will achieve real and sustainable improvements in PPG Zhangjiagang’s manufacturing capacity, quality and cost.
7. Internalization & Best Practices – Play an active role within a network of Lean/Performance improvement sharing within plant and China region. Document and share the best practices.
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Requirements:
Expertise in Performance improvement processes.
Minimum 4 years’ experience of chemical operations, 3 years on Lean relative experience.
Ability to plan and set target, and drive execution of improvement plans.
Ability to effectively facilitate cross functional teams in a process improvement workshop
Working knowledge of how to facilitate/lead organizational change initiatives
Ability to work under Multi-culture environment
Good English skill
Should meet all related requirements regarding Quality Management Systems and EHS Management Systems.
Any training experience and ability is plus
About us:
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD®
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The PPG Way 2030
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We are excellent operators
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Skills
Agile, Process Improvement