Lean Pilot / Republique Tcheque

Descrizione del lavoro:

Trèves Group is a global, family-owned automotive supplier, designer and manufacturer of acoustic and thermal insulation solutions for the automotive industry. Thanks to robust project management, a priority of industrial excellence and a commitment to a sustainable development process through concrete actions revolving around respect for the environment, the Group is proud of a truly solid foundation to continue to strengthen its world leadership in each of its business lines.
Missions and Authorities:

- Ensure that a Lean Manufacturing progress plan is implemented in alignment with the Plant Management Team.
- Identify problems and support organizational improvements by analyzing all forms of waste and inefficient practices within production processes.
- Develop and implement new Lean Manufacturing standards.
- Define change management methodologies within the production site.
- Promote and cultivate a Lean Manufacturing culture within production teams.
- Guide teams through process changes and improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate the introduction of Lean tools across different departments.
- Oversee the deployment of new systems on site and ensure proper implementation.
- Ensure adherence to all Lean principles, system theories, and operational rules.
- Contribute to the development and execution of improvement plans aimed at enhancing plant performance.
- Escalate to the Plant Manager any improvement issues that cannot be resolved individually or with the Management Team.
- Regularly update the Lean Manufacturing plan to reflect progress and adjustments.
- Maintain and display TIMES (Quality Management System) reports within the plant.
- Share improvement ideas and best practices across the group.

Main Missions:

- Facilitate and challenge Hoshin workshops at the plant level.
- Lead and challenge Value Stream Mapping (VSM) workshops, focusing on reducing lead times and identifying bottlenecks.
- Conduct VSM workshops for new projects to identify bottlenecks and improve process flow.
- Lead SMED workshops to reduce changeover times.
- Design and optimize layouts for new and special projects.
- Support the identification and implementation of productivity improvement initiatives. To be responsible for achieving the Plant Product Productivity Budget through product optimization and consumption optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Implementation: Ensure the proper implementation of productivity projects to guarantee the achievement of the plant's productivity objectives.

1. Strategy & Planning

Productivity Plan: Develop and implement an annual productivity plan designed to achieve the plant's productivity goals.
Cost Reduction: Lead cost reduction actions focusing on product savings and VA/VE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) initiatives.

2. Operational Execution & Support

Action Deployment: Support the identification and deployment of VA/VE actions within the plant.
Process Validation: Ensure the correct procedure validation process is followed for all actions in accordance with the D30 process.

3. Collaboration & Communication

Cross-Functional Teamwork: Work in collaboration with the Purchasing department and Product Design teams to facilitate the implementation of actions.
Reporting: Perform monthly reporting activities as requested

Requisiti del candidato:

- Master degree in Engineering, Lean management, change management
- Experience in automotive would be appreciated but in other industries as well
- Fluent in English and having Czech/Slovak language would be helpful