Ses Site Lean Lead

Location: Asia Pacific, Malaysia, Johor Bahru- Ref: DETECTIONAPAC01113- Division: Smiths Detection- Job Function: StrategyAbout Us

**SMITHS DETECTION MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE**

Every minute of every day, in nearly every country across the globe, Smiths Detection people and technology make the world a safer place. We safeguard people, business and infrastructure with the latest innovations and screening technology for aviation, ports, borders, defense, and security across 55 countries around the globe

Life At Smiths
- **Global leader**: We impact critical systems every day with sites in 17 countries and six centers of research excellence. From pioneering to powering life-changing innovation, we’re delivering threat detection and screening solutions to safeguard the world from threat
- **Digital growth**: A key part of our capability is the integration of digital technology across our business and our operations in more than 55 countries, will be critical to our continued success
- **Exciting opportunities**: Our growth is creating exciting opportunities to work with experts in physics, chemistry, electronics, mechanics, production, computer science, and AIML
- **International environment**: With some projects, work requires global collaboration and the potential to travel and grow with the business

**Job Description**:
Develops and executes SES Lean strategy within Division Site and/or Value Stream. Lean methodology is focused on building a disciplined operational review and execution system at value stream and site level. This is a key role in leading and driving cultural change in operational and business transformation environment. This position requires excellent organizational, prioritization and facilitation skills, the ability to work independently and partner with business leaders and key stakeholders in identifying and executing continuous improvement in all operational and functional areas

Duties & Responsibilities

What you'll do
- Develops and executes LEAN strategy for their site, value stream and business.
- Build LEAN capabilities within Smiths in alignment with SES strategy. Collaborate with Division Lean colleagues to train practitioners, support cross-functional Kaizens and act as Lean SME for Lean development programs.
- Train operational and functional teams in Lean principles, methodology, and tools.
- Facilitates the development and deployment of a disciplined Daily Management System incorporating Leader Standard Work, Visual Management and Daily Accountability
- Partner with all functions to develop cross-functional end-to-end value stream maps to capture current state, define future state with a roadmap of actions to improve customer performance and achieve business objectives.
- Coach projects focused on improvements in customer performance, increased throughput and speed, reduced cycle times/lead times and productivity improvement.
- Coach site leadership team & employees through regular Gemba walks to drive continuous improvement
- Utilize best practices and data to influence leaders and teams to achieve positive business results.
- Identifies, promotes, and disseminates out-of-the-box Lean thinking and best practices, supports and coaches during SES strategy workshops and project implementations.
- Plays a role in facilitating the effectiveness of the enterprise-wide SES deployment including active participation in the global Community of Practice, sharing of best practices, supporting the success of other belts and other duties to enable the success of SES at Smiths.
- Functions as a catalyst for a culture of excellence including Customer focus, data-driven decision-making, ownership of processes and operational metrics, Lean Six Sigma as Smiths’ Way of Working, and Servant Leadership to create an inclusive continuous improvement environment.

The Individual

What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5 years of demonstrable and extensive LEAN leadership.
- 5 years facilitating large-scale strategic initiatives.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Highly seasoned and experienced LEAN leader a practitioner with a proven track record of end-to-end value stream management (e.g., operations, administration, customer-facing).
- 5 years of experience in Lean Management Systems within medium or large company.
- Experience leading and creating high-performing teams and championing change.
- Leadership - ability to formulate and communicate clear vision and sense of direction and mobilize people.
- Communication - ability to effectively influence and articulate using different channels (verbal and written). Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Facilitating - ability to organize and facilitate multidisciplinary teams through structured workshops (strategic session, Kaizens, problem solving sessions).
- Change management - ability to communicate a need for change, create all necessary conditions for successful change and overcome different f