Job Summary
Coordinate with Latrobe Operations teams to identify opportunities for improvements and steer projects to drive improvements and cost savings. Work closely with the production floor and managers of those areas to facilitate progress on the improvement projects. Will also be responsible to track performance and provide weekly, bi-weekly or monthly updates on the progress of projects.

Responsibility & Authority
Technimark establishes the interrelation of all personnel who manage, perform, and verify work affecting quality via Technimark’s Organization Chart and specific procedures while ensuring the independence and authority necessary to perform these tasks. Technimark’s Organization Chart is reviewed annually for adequacy. Independence and authority are established in the Control of Nonconforming product procedure.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. Develop contacts at the Latrobe plant who oversee/participate in continuous improvement and cost savings (CI/CS) activities.
2. Identify opportunities/projects for improvement.
3. Develop baselines to track progress and savings.
4. Develop projects (Kaizen/Six-Sigma) to drive improvements in areas of need.
5. Coordinate with Latrobe Leadership to validate projects savings, project classifications, progress to targets and methodologies utilized.
6. Document all LSS/CI projects and populate to CI Library on TM Sharepoint.
7. Work closely with department teams to make sure we are focusing attention in the most needed areas.
8. Coordinate with department teams to verify proper “tools” are being used to complete CI/CS projects.
9. Lead efforts to coach production supervisors, manufacturing managers and all leadership in LSS/Lean/CI methodologies.
10. Develop methods of tracking and reporting the progress of all CI/CS projects on specified frequency to verify that savings goals will be met or exceeded.
11. Coordinate with Finance Team to validate that all Cost Savings initiatives can be tracked through to P&L benefit.
12. Document areas of improvement to standardize those processes for future use and reference.
13. Coordinate with both internal and external resources to get machinery back up to standard when needed.

Competencies
• Manufacturing Safety
• Standard Method of Work
• College Degree or Equivalent Experience
• Continuous Improvement and 6-Sigma Experience