Director, Lean & Continuous Improvement

The primary role will leverage your already existing experiences to oversee and manage all aspects of Lean & CI, partnering with the General Managers and their leadership teams to drive operating excellence and execute transformation initiatives in order to strengthen governance, resourcing, processes and tools aimed at standardizing and integrating all process and systems across enterprise - helping to create an organization that is scalable and agile to lead and respond to growing market and customer demands. The candidate will collaborate with the site leadership teams to operationalize lean and CI efforts into scalable, repeatable processes and operational management into business plans and goals to increase productivity, improve performance and drive predictable, sustainable results. If you are a high-energy individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, please submit your name for further consideration.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the operating system in alignment with its principles and the strategic direction of Barnes Aerospace in collaboration with resources across the businesses to maximize business performance, increase productivity and expand operating margin.
• Build upon the Lean and CI fundamentals, principles and processes to engage and empower employees to effect positive, sustainable change through applied training and continuous learning. Resulting in measurable results and growth for the business and the organization.
• Leverage the five levers of productivity: Sales Effectiveness, Technology, Global Sourcing, Operational and Functional Excellence to drive performance and achieve measurable results.
• Provide guidance to ELT and site leadership teams to facilitate understanding of Interdependencies - connect the key performance indicators and develop Kaizen / Productivity roadmaps that achieve the positive outcomes expected from applying the full elements of Commercial, Operational and Financial Excellence.
• Guide sites on developing a comprehensive manufacturing strategy - fully embedding enabling technologies such as automation and smart factory, to accelerate execution, optimize performance and increase value for our customers.
• Lead the organization through its ongoing transformation by influencing and managing change at all levels to move forward with strategic and tactical change through lean and CI.
• Develop and conduct lean and CI training programs, Kaizen events to reinforce the core tools and improvement processes, ensuring adherence to the operating standards, principles and objectives.
• Identifies and leverage best practices across the business, benchmarking to support the on-going evolution and acceleration the operating system.
• Develop an audit and assessment process to work with sites on areas of opportunity and growth, ultimately outlining a path to achieving/sustaining top quartile performance.
• Provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to the site leadership to promote engagement and ownership.

Qualifications:

• Five (5) years or more of general/operational management expertise, with cross functional and global experience required.
• Ability to take a peripheral view of the enterprise and dive down to the details needed.
• Five (5) years or more of experience with demonstrated track record of success in leading and managing transformative change within a global organization. Understands how people react to change and proactively plans for the various stages of transformational / transitional change and the effect the change has globally and locally across the organization.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex concepts, risks and strategies to the senior management in business terms, while being able to discuss detailed technical aspects with experts in the various businesses.
• Experience in delivering and executing continuous improvement training, operating systems and tools to develop a culture of enterprise excellence.
• Forward-thinking and looks at enterprise process needs based on BGI's vision and strategy and BES total operating philosophy.
• Exceptional communication skills; oral and written throughout the change process. Effectively builds and maintain a strong rapport with all stakeholders to get support and sustainment throughout the entire improvement process.
• Can do attitude and ability to work effectively in a matrix organization structure with significant emphasis on collaboration, influence and persuasion, rather than relying entirely on command and control; Prior experience working with geographically diverse teams.
• 25 - 40% Travel for domestic and international travel.

• Bachelor's degree in an operational, P&L or technical/engineering management discipline required; MBA or MS degree in General Management or Industrial Psychology/Change Management preferred.

At Barnes Aerospace, career development is a shared responsibility in which all employees are encouraged to develop, improve, and enhance

their skills and professional growth to support our business objectives.

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a "U.S. Person" (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status), the Company may be required to obtain an export control license. If the position for which you applied involves access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws, then any offer is also contingent on verification of appropriate documentation for the Company to assess whether an export license will be required to employ you in that role, and if it is determined that an export license is required, the offer is also contingent on the Company's determination, in its sole discretion, whether a license application and ongoing administration is prudent under the project's contract parameters and whether an export license can be successfully obtained before you can start in that role. Export license applications may take several weeks to be processed.