AMS Lean Specialist

Company: Andersen Corporation
Location: Goodyear
Posted on: November 16, 2020

Job Description:

Description

Position is not eligible for relocation

Imagine working for America’s premier window and door manufacturer in a new state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing and distribution campus. The 500,000 Sq ft. climate-controlled facility in Goodyear, AZ will be an amazing place with smart factory technology, warm, welcoming and fun work environment, privacy rooms for new mothers, prayer/ meditation rooms along with an outstanding benefit and compensation plan. This combined with the Andersen history and culture creates an outstanding opportunity for you to join a great organization!

PURPOSE: The purpose of this role is to participate in facilitating and coordinating the Andersen Manufacturing System Development and Deployment in operations.

This position takes a supporting role in meeting targets for safety, quality, costs, customer service and employee engagement within a process.

The Lean Specialist coaches, trains, supports, and develops a team of associates within the process in accordance with The Andersen Way principles and the Andersen Manufacturing System.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The purpose of this role is to partner with leaders at multiple levels within the site / function to foster a culture of continuous improvement.Using Lean principles and tools, coach teams and leaders how to improve work processes that lead to better products and services.

This position takes a supporting role in meeting targets for safety, quality, costs, customer service and employee engagement.

Provides technical consulting, training and coaching in Lean principles and tools to build skills and competencies in deploying the Andersen Management System.

Conducts assessment of site / function with leadership team to identify improvement opportunities and develop a plan.

Leads and provides coaching on improvement activities for the site / function.

Facilitates site / function planning and Value Stream Mapping activities.

Delivers AMS training; facilitates benchmarking and networking activities within site / functional area.

Supports on-going Development of the Andersen Management System by partnering with AMS Office to develop and deploy Lean materials and resources.

Collaborates and coordinates with other internal and external delivery partners on continuous improvement activities.

Provides coaching and feedback to teams and leaders at all levels within site / function.

May have supervisory responsibilities for other AMS Specialists.

CULTURE AND BENEFITS: Andersen is committed to making a difference through challenging ourselves each day, recognizing and rewarding success, taking pride in our work and honoring a legacy built on doing the right thing. There is great respect for life outside work so that you can bring your best self to work.

We are committed to demonstrating mutual respect and appreciation of our similarities and differences so that each employee can realize his/her potential and we exceed our customers’ expectations.

Andersen has been an ENERGY STAR® partner since the Windows program began in 1998. This is Andersen’s fourth Sustained Excellence Award and the ninth time the company has been recognized by the ENERGY STAR program.

As an innovative and industry-leading organization, we think of benefits more broadly. From your health care to your work environment, to your development and quality of life, we think beyond basic benefits to provide a total rewards package including, but not limited to:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Health Savings Account contributions

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan & contributions

Professional Development and tuition reimbursement opportunities

A culture that supports work-life balance

An environment where collaboration is key

Volunteer opportunities – on company time

Environmentally conscious business decisions

8,000+ employees and career opportunities nationwide

Qualifications

BS / BA or equivalent in Engineering, Lean Manufacturing Management or related field or 3 – 5 years experience partnering in Lean transformation

Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups and teams

Demonstrated ability to effect change

Must be able to influence and motivate individuals and groups to seek change

Recognize opportunities and challenge the status quo

Computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Keywords: Andersen Corporation, Goodyear , AMS Lean Specialist, Other , Goodyear, Arizona