Industrial Engineering & Digital Operations Excellence Manager

Industrial Engineering & Digital Operations Excellence Manager Location: Wendell, NC Our client is hiring an Industrial Engineering & Digital Operations Excellence Manager to build and lead Industrial Engineering / Operational Excellence capability for a greenfield, assembly-line facility.Check below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.Responsibilities include:Build and lead the site Industrial Engineering strategy for assembly operations, including line layout/design, workstation optimization, labor standards/time studies, and line balancing to increase throughput and stabilityDevelop a continuous improvement roadmap for each value stream focused on Safety, Quality, On-Time Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity, deploying Lean tools such as 5S/6S, waste elimination, VSM, root cause analysis, Kanban, and visual managementEstablish and sustain a performance management systemdaily/weekly operating rhythm, KPI governance, escalation and problem solvingthat converts operational data into action and prevents digital initiatives from stalling at the pilot stageOwn the Industry 4.0 / digital factory enablement roadmap, identifying and implementing high-impact opportunities for paperless execution, improved quality loops, and connected shop-floor insightsLead new product start-up and transfer readiness from an Industrial Engineering/OpEx perspective, including process readiness, standardized work and training, capacity planning, and launch stabilizationDrive productivity and cost optimization programs through prioritized continuous improvement projects and justified capital investments, developing technology roadmaps for automation and xhyhwjd digitalization programs Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline5+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Operations Excellence, including leadership responsibility in a production environmentDemonstrated experience implementing Lean methods and tools such as 5S/6S, waste (Muda) elimination, root cause/corrective actions, Yamazumi, Kanban, and Value Stream Mapping/Process Flow Preferred:Automotive manufacturing experience