Gkn Driveline Work Values

Daily Duties at Gkn Driveline:

Key Member of the "Torque Group" Leadership Team with responsibility for Continuous Improvement (LEAN) at the Newton plant where I had two direct reports (Site Continuous Improvement Leaders). I was also responsible for the Lean Activities in our plant in Bowling Greene Ohio where I had 1 matrix report (Site Continuous Improvement Leader). The Torque Group consisted of two adjacent plants in Newton NC. and one plant in Bowling Greene Ohio. Worked Closely with the Plant Managers at each site on Lean Activities. I was the first Newton Associate, trained by GKN, in Continuous Improvement Leadership, so it was my responsibility to sell, plan, and implement all new Lean Activities. I was also responsible to recommend management associates for Lean Training that was conducted by our Corporate Lean Trainers. This was a comprehensive program that took a year to complete with roughly 6 weeks of classroom training and many hours of successful project work prior to graduation. 1. Guide, Lead and Train the Site Steering Committee to insure that we develop plans to continuously improve and implement Lean principles within the guidelines of the Corporate Lean Strategic Plan. 2. Develop Lean Strategy, Value Stream Deployment strategy, and Employee Involvement strategy, communicate the strategy to the plant, execute and measure progress. This required a Culture Change was included in the Lean Strategy.

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You give high priority to hiring firms with prestige. Market reputation and prestige of a firm may be determined through on-line research, and conversations with individuals working in your target industry. Note that firms "in the public eye" receive a great deal more critical publicity and attention than those operating with more anonymity. So as you assess your employment opportunities, be sure to seek out the positive aspects of the firm's reputation in addition to noting negative publicity the company may have received.

Tags

Manufacturing Management, Continuous Improvement Management, Lean Implementation, Gear Manufacturing Management, Automotive Management, Integrity, Helical Gear Manufacturing, Hypoid Gear Set Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping and improvement, Business Process Improvement, Machine and Manpower Calculation and optimization, Employee involvement, Culture Change, Budget Development and control, Strategic Planning, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Moral, Lean Training, KPI development and Improvement, Primary Visual Display, Cost Savings planning and tracking, Process improvement, Work with data, Go See, Set up Reduction, SMED, Get people what you need them to do and do it willingly, getting the best out of associates, team development, Value Stream Deployment, Employee Involvement Deployment, Kaizen, Six Sigma Champion trained

Skills

Lean Manufacturing Implementation, Value Stream Deployment, Employee Involvement Deployment, Business Process Mapping and Improvement, Site Steering Committee Leadership and development, Lean Strategic Planning, Continuous Improvement Management, Lean Training at all Levels of Organization, Time Study - Machine and Man, Problem Solving

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