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Job Family: Strategy
Req ID: 407696
We are on the exciting journey of forming a new leading motors and large drives company –Innomotics. Under this name, Siemens is combining its business activities in the areas of low- to high-voltage motors, geared motors, medium-voltage converters and motor spindles. Headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, our company will employ 14,000 employees worldwide and operate in almost 50 countries. Motors and electric drive systems are our new company’s business and passion: We count on 150 years of experience in motor manufacturing and our portfolio includes an innovative solutions and digitalization portfolio as well as a broad range of service offerings. Innomotics embodies our vision, values and commitment to innovation and excellence in everything we do: reliable motion in a digital world.
You are part of our Global Value Procurement team and responsible for driving optimization of operations of chosen Innomotics suppliers by applying lean methodology. Within a small Innomotics team, you are expected to self-initiate supplier improvement projects and to plan, to prepare and to lead lean projects onsite at supplier to sustainably reduce lead times, to identify wastes and to increase overall productivity of the supplier. You are well experienced to apply necessary lean methods like Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, TPM/OEE, Kata, Bottleneck Analysis and others even at suppliers with no lean experience and/ or in challenging supply situations. You are used to communicating well at all levels and thus speak the language of the shopfloor just as well as that of management. You will frequently report progress and concrete improvement results to your project Steer Co's incl. Top Management of supplier as well as to the Heads of GVP and Segments and to the Top Management of Innomotics. In this role, you are expected to travel to our suppliers globally (40% of time).
Responsibilities
Introduction of Lean at chosen suppliers and optimization of supplier's operations by application of E2E Lean Methodology for Manufacturing, Logistics and on Company level at supplier
Self-initiated identification of improvement potentials and proposal of supplier candidates to supplied businesses incl. alignment on next steps
Early involving and coordinating project-related cross-functions of Innomotics to ensure project success
Lead of Lean Projects at supplier and mentoring Innomotics' and supplier's lean teams
Responsible for the complete project and change management from
Setting up projects incl. successful Supplier Buy-in
Onsite evaluation of supplier and identification/ realization of optimization measures
Accompanying, guiding and coaching the supplier during his lean transformation phase (on- and offsite work)
Regular reporting of supplier progresses and improvement results to joint SteerCos, Heads of GVP and Segments and to the Top Management of Innomotics
Ensuring of reaching agreed targets (e.g. introduction of lean, reduction of lead time, productivity increases, increases in flexibility, ….) and continuous follow-up with supplier
Being 1st contact for our cross-functions like segment/ factory management (CEO, CFO, operations, procurement, logistics, quality, R&D) for lean optimization of suppliers
Continuous benchmarking and improvement of our Innomotics Lean@Suppliers Program to be best-in-class
Ready for supplier visits globally
Requirements
Bachelor´s degree or Master´s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience as Masters or Technician
7-10+ years’ manufacturing expertise including Lean Manufacturing in mechanical and electro-mechanical productions, further experiences in electronics productions appreciated
You are a passionate lean practitioner based on a sound theoretical knowledge equivalent to Senior Lean Expert, Experience in Lean Admin/ Business appreciated
Several years of experience in project and change management as well as supplier development projects, incl. regular reporting to Top Management
International/ Intercultural working experience, English fluently and German language appreciated
What we offer you
competitive salary
annual bonus
25 leave days and a variety of flexible working models that allow time off for yourself and your family
home office 2 to 3 days per week
e-voucher card - for meal vouchers
broad range of wellbeing offerings - annual cafeteria budget with any use on the benefit-plus website (e.g. language course, cultural and sporting events, etc.), various discounts and offers
possible place of work: Drásov, Frenštát, Mohelnice, Brno, Praha, Ostrava