Senior Continuous Improvement Manager

Senior Continuous Improvement Manager at Newell Brands

Job ID : 8596

Newell Brands (NASDAQ : NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well‑known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.

Mission

Reporting to General Manager, the Continuous Improvement Senior Manager shall actively focus on driving productivity through capability in people processes and technology. Leads and encourages groups for continuous improvement or progress projects. PEAK ( PLANNING, ENGAGEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT & KNOWLEDGE ) Newell’s brand improvement strategy, is fundamental to that goal & a crucial element in our future systems.

Responsibilities And Tasks

• Implementation of "Lean Manufacturing in the axes of quality, productivity, equipment maintenance and visual management, respecting the Group's safety requirements. Achieve objective performance improvement results through deployment of PEAK processes within manufacturing sites within Malaysia.
• Support delivery of business units strategy plans in building the capability and implementation of continuous improvement across the organization to meet defined goals and milestone.
• Support and build monthly, quarterly and annual deployment strategies & plans for PEAK / continuous improvement
• Operationally initiate the set of workshops, improvement groups, Kaizen and manage the continuous improvement leaders. Perform regular & periodic validation of each project and initiative with each function and operating unit.
• Teach, coach & facilitate hierarchical line in all methods of progress relevant to the Plant and monitoring the multidisciplinary teams involved in the projects.
• Organize and lead communication regarding the Projects. Network with other global & organization leaders & to learn & share “Best Practices”
• Assess successes and progress.
• Sustain (PDCA) actions.
• Ensure compliance with the methods, including the accuracy of the calculation of the indicators of project performance.
• Maintain the "kaizen" state of mind in the Organization. Ensure that Kaizen / continuous improvement is impacting both results an cultural changes including – develop financial benefits of automation, driving engagement & linkage of individual & team activities to losses & business needs
• You must always take safety into account in both new and old projects, issues of adequacy of machinery, ergonomics in the workplace, standardization

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Location : Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

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