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Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Lean Manufacturing Engineer

CompanyTakeda
LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA
Salary$111800 – $175670
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Typically requires bachelors’ degree in science, engineering or other related technical field with 6+ years of related experience
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • 5+ years’ experience deploying and coaching lean as part of a manufacturing/industrial engineering role

Responsibilities

  • Understand strategic context, current state and analysis of relevant systems to identify opportunities aligned with strategy
  • Create (and enhance existing) models to give insights
  • Ensure outcomes are achieved, visible and sustained
  • Connect and collaborate with global, regional and OpU groups to bring good practices to the site and to share our good practices with others
  • Develop others through leading Lean implementations
  • Enhance existing pull systems and continue to replace push with flow and pull
  • Demonstrate important skills in root-cause and continuous improvement
  • Integrate organizational change management into every improvement
  • Research and test improvements to processes, ensuring safety, quality and compliance with regulation/standards
  • Play an important role in the planning the 2025 and 2027 production capacity increase, ensuring scalability and sustainability
  • Have a demonstrated experience with challenging the status quo and trying to improve operations
  • Proficient in manufacturing system and statistical analysis
  • Demonstrated structured, logical, critical and analytical thinking
  • Comfortable coaching, leading and guiding people
  • Must have organizational and project management abilities along with knowledge of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement approaches
  • Can train others and work with employees on all levels
  • Can work extended hours and multiple shifts

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in the biotechnology / pharmaceutical industry is desirable
  • Experience in process industry an advantage