Director Continuous Improvement & Lean

Director Continuous Improvement & Lean

Brand: Essilor and Subsidiaries Location: Dallas, TX, US, 75234 Store #: E00945 Prod Mgt - Network Excl DAL-T Position: Full-Time Total Rewards: Benefits/Incentive Information

If you've worn a pair of glasses, we've already met. We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands that consumers love such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol and Oliver Peoples, as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, and Target Optical, and leading e-commerce platforms. Our unique business model and relentless pursuit of operational excellence ensures that consumers everywhere have access to products. Balancing speed, efficiency and proximity, the Company manages a global supply chain with cutting-edge technology, based on centralization for frames and on a capillary network for lens finishing and prescription laboratories. In our dynamic environment, fueled by technology and innovation, our people have the space to pioneer new solutions. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.

General Function

Lead and execute the Lean Manufacturing roadmap of the zone to drive industrial and financial performances according to the zone budget and beyond. Use the LIFE methodology and RX Referential standards across the network to improve productivity, quality, service and standardization. Collaborate on the industrial projects of zone to bring the lean expertise (i.e. relayout, installation of new equipment). Empower, develop and coach the Lean Leader team, the local CI and production teams in the labs by doing with them on the floor tools implementation such as VSM, QRQC, SMED. Be the gear that make the change on the floor to transform the labs as per the RX Referential. Animate the benchmark and best practices for the zone.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Lead and execute the Lean Manufacturing roadmap of the zone to drive industrial and financial performances according to the zone objectives and beyond. Use the LIFE methodology and RX Referential standards across the network to improve productivity, quality, service, consumables costs and standardization. Collaborate on the industrial projects of zone to bring the lean expertise (i.e. relayout, installation of new equipment…). Empower and develop the Lean Leader team, the local CI and production teams in the labs by doing with them on the floor tools implementation such as VSM, QRQC, SMED,… Be the gear that make the change on the floor to transform the labs as per the RX Referential. Animate the benchmark and best practices for the zone.

Basic Qualifications

Level of education and professional experience: Bachelor or Master Degree in general industrial engineering, more than 10 years of professional experience as Lean manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, Production Manager, ideally in the medical device industry. Technical skills: Master all the lean manufacturing concepts Behavioral Skills: Excellent knowledge of continuous improvement tools with proven successful implementation, able to influence and deal with diverse people at any level of the organization, passion for results, customer oriented, actions oriented with a "on the floor" mindset, strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and implement data-driven solutions. Capability to synthetize and communicate simply complex issues and solutions Traveling: up to 75% of the time