Director of Operational Excellence, Value Stream Transformation

Job Description

Job Description

Transform the Value Stream. Elevate the Business.

Join Prysmian in Taunton, MA to architect and execute the site’s Lean strategy through the Prysmian Performance System (PPS). Reporting to the Plant Director, you will drive end-to-end operational excellence across high-volume, high-revenue value streams—where disciplined Kaizen translates into measurable business outcomes.

Your Mission

• Own the site’s Lean roadmap (Hoshin Kanri) and align it tightly to strategic priorities.
• Deliver hard, traceable results across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Growth.
• Focus improvement where it matters most—constraining processes and critical flows.
• Embed daily management, standard work, and visual systems that sustain gains.
• Coach leaders and teams to think scientifically and solve problems at the root.

What You’ll Lead

• High-impact Kaizen initiatives targeting flow and pull, SMED, TPM, and cost transformation.
• Value stream redesign to compress lead time, boost throughput, and stabilize quality.
• Accountability rhythms and visual management to move from theory to verified results.
• Capability building that turns operators, supervisors, and managers into problem solvers.

Why This Role

• Direct line to the Site Director and leadership team—shape what gets worked on.
• Not a support function: you own the transformation agenda and the outcomes.
• Impact over activity: success is quantified in the P&L and the KPIs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (industrial engineering strongly preferred).
• 3–5 years in manufacturing with leadership in Kaizen and Continuous Improvement.
• Experienced Lean Black Belt / CI Leader with documented results (cost, throughput, lead time).
• Expertise with Value Stream Transformation; Flow & Pull Systems; Hoshin Kanri; SMED; TPM; Standard Work; Daily Management & Visual Systems.
• Proficiency in Gemba Kaizen, Value Stream Analysis, Visual & Daily Management, Hoshin Kanri, SMED, TPM, Standard Work Development, and 3P Layout.
• Skilled facilitator: 3P, TAKT Time, Standard Work Combination Sheets, Standard WIP, Kaizen Newspaper.
• Clear ability to influence leaders who don’t report to you and to drive behavior change.
• Strong prioritization under fast-paced, multi-project conditions; effective leadership on a site leadership team.

Preferred

• Lean Master on TPS or Danaher Business System certification.
• Project management success delivering on timelines or adjusting to hit goals.
• Agile certification (e.g., SCALE) and change leadership (e.g., PROSCI).
• Analytics depth: SPC, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation analysis.
• Structured problem solving: 5-Whys, 8D, Shainin.

About Prysmian

• World leader in energy and telecom cable systems.
• Producer of thousands of miles of underground and submarine cables annually for power transmission and distribution, plus medium/low-voltage solutions for construction and infrastructure.
• Comprehensive portfolio of optical fibers, copper cables, and connectivity for voice, video, and data in telecoms.
• Team of nearly 29,000 across 52 countries. Make Your Mark at Prysmian.

Compensation & Location

Base compensation: $100,000–$130,000. Location: Taunton, MA. Reporting line: Plant Director.

Ready to Lead?

If you’re driven to architect change that sticks—and to be the strategic partner who steers the agenda—step into a role designed for measurable impact.