Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead

Quality & Continuous Improvement Lead

Start: ASAP

Duration: 12+ month

Location: Partially Remote – Candidates must be based in Spain, with ability to travel 1 week on-site (exact location pending)

Languages: English & Spanish required

Job Description:

The client is currently addressing internal productivity challenges by engaging ad-hoc specialized resources rather than partnering with a large Systems Integrator. This role represents the first of several opportunities to join their transformation journey, offering direct impact and visibility within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement.
• Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals.
• Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process.
• Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation
• Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools.
• Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow.
• Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations.
• Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables.
• Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc.
• Drive the standardization, implementation, and communication of organizational best practices
• Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs.

Qualifications:

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Lean Manufacturing training and implementation of Lean Tools in both Manufacturing and Transactional environments
• Six Sigma training and certification (Green Belt, Black Belt, or Master Black Belt (preferred))
• Strong statistical background and skilled at data analysis including Reliability analysis (Weibull, etc.)
• Ability to interface and collaborate with senior mgmt. on opportunities and project status
• Ability to work with groups and organizations to measure performance, analyze data and define corrective actions to reduce waste and defects.
• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills to communicate within the team and with customers

Required Years’Experience:

10+ years of work experience in a manufacturing environment practicing Lean Six Sigma tools and Data Analysis