Johnson Controls

Plant Lean Leader

Johnson Controls • $90K — $110K *
Edmonton, AB T5A 0A1In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum 5 years experience in Continuous Improvement and operational frontline leadership.
  • Demonstrated high-level performance in previous roles.
  • Initiative and motivation to drive change and exceed expectations.
  • Solid leadership skills for managing teams vertically and horizontally.
  • Basic statistical knowledge applicable to product and process improvement projects.
  • Certification from a reputable lean leadership organization.

Responsibilities

  • Identify gaps in business metrics and establish improvement strategies.
  • Assess current state and develop a future state vision for plant operations.
  • Coach plant staff and leaders in the Johnson Controls Business System (JCBS).
  • Ensure process owner involvement in software development and leadership roles.
  • Prepare detailed project plans and monitor success using kaizen tracking systems.
  • Collaborate with leadership to create a plant Continuous Improvement (CI) Roadmap.
  • Assist process owners in overcoming project barriers and implement necessary changes.

Benefits

  • Access to best-in-class ideas and systems through continuous improvement.
  • Opportunity to drive breakthrough performance in plant operations.
  • Engagement in strategic initiatives for compliance and creative solutions.
  • Supportive environment for sharing improvement process learning and best practices.
Full Job Description
What you will do:

Working under the framework of Johnson Controls Continuous Improvement & Production system, will assess current state performance, identify gaps, visualize and establish a plan to get to the future state, monitor progress and share/acquire best-in-class ideas and systems. Defines, designs and implements process improvement as part of the Johnson Controls Business System (JCBS); ensures integration and alignment vertically and horizontally across organization. Defines improvement projects aligned with business strategies and priorities. Facilitates and coaches improvement teams.

How you will do it:
  • Identify gaps in business metrics and then works with all levels of the plant in establishing and executing a strategy for improving them
  • Assess the current state of the plant's Operations; Develop Future State vision and drive and monitor the implementation plan
  • Coaches plant staff, front line leaders and associates in JCBS.
  • Ensure process owner involvement in SW development and team leadership
  • Using kaizen funnel tracking and reporting systems, will prepare detailed plans, drive project performance, and assure timely completion and achievement of transformational and continuous improvement projects.
  • Collaborate with leadership to develop a plant CI Roadmap, driving breakthrough or Best-in-class performance that balances resources between internal plant efficiency and external customer-focused effectiveness projects through 1. Just Do It improvements, 2. Kaizens, 3. Workshops.
  • Assists Process Owners in identifying barriers to project success and helps to drive changes when needed
  • Document improvement process learning and shares best practices throughout AHU plants.
  • Identifies and brings forward to Champion new project opportunities
  • Assist Plant Manager in any strategic initiative that will help in compliance to standards, implementing new systems, and designing creative solutions that will continuously improve the plant.
  • Is accountable to deliver the plant annual goals.
  • All other tasks as assigned.
  • Adheres to the Company's Code of Conduct and Business Ethics standards.
  • Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the Plant.
  • Assesses current state performance, identifies gaps, visualizes and establishes a plan to get to the future state, monitors progress and shares/acquires best-in-class ideas and systems.

What we look for

Required:
  • Bachelor's degree required. 5 Years suggested minimum experience in Continuous Improvement and 5 years experience as a operational frontline leader. Has demonstrated high-level performance in current and previous positions.
  • Has shown initiative, the desire to drive change and is motivated to exceed expectations
  • Has solid leadership skills and able to manage both vertically and horizontally
  • Possesses basic statistical knowledge and the ability to apply statistics to product and process improvement projects
  • Can show certifications from a reputable lean leading company.
  • Has demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and the ability to exercise without authority.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite Applications (Word, Excel, Access, & PowerPoint) as well as Internet software and E-mail is required.


About Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls International plc is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Cork, Ireland that produces automotive parts such as batteries and electronics and HVAC equipment for buildings. It employs 105,000 people in around 2,000 locations across six continents. As of 2019, it was listed as 389th in the Fortune Global 500; in 2020, it became ineligible for the list. Johnson Controls was founded in 1885 by Warren S. Johnson, a professor at the State Normal School in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Originally called the Johnson Electric Service Company, it focused on automatic temperature regulation. In 1974, the company changed its name to Johnson Controls.
Learn more about Johnson Controls
Size
101,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.1 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
$923 million
Founded
1885
5 Year Trend
+2.1%
Revenue
$22 billion
NASDAQ
JCI
* Ladders Estimates

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