Continuous Improvement/Launch Manager

Company: Grouper Acquisition Company LLC
Location: Wellington
Posted on: May 4, 2024

Job Description:

Position: Continuous Improvement/Launch Manager Location: Wellington, OH Remote Status: On-Site Job Id: 1653

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1 Company Overview: Dura-Shiloh is inspired to play a lead role in advancing safe, sustainable, and innovative mobility. Our Agile focus on product innovation and process efficiency builds expertly crafted lightweight products and mechatronic systems that deliver superior function and value. Success is only created through the well-being of our customers, our people, and our plant. Our world continues to become more connected with mobility at the forefront of innovation. As vehicles transform to lightweight and electric platforms, Dura-Shiloh will continue to inspire and lead. To learn more about our company, visit durashiloh.com Our benefits include bonuses; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; paid time off plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; service and performance awards as well as various social and recreational activities. Who we want: Collaborative partners.People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement. Business-oriented evaluators.People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulations, management, and leadership teams. Position Description: This position reports to the Plant Manager located in Wellington, OH. This dual-role position will be responsible for lead customer communication, act as a single point of contact for problem and issue resolution, open issue documentation, and review resolution effectiveness. Act as liaison between plant/engineering and customer. Coordinate the identification/communication of customer direction and concerns to organization. Manage Platform/Program reviews with senior staff. Process owner for compilation and maintenance of statement of work. Manages/facilitates the Continuous Improvement Process; plans utilization of facilities, equipment, material handling and personnel to improve efficiency of operations. Evaluates work processes to determine strategies and programs which provide greater productivity and efficiency of company functions by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Coordinates all new programs between tooling source and customer from planning to PPAP. Facilitates the APQP cross-functional team and follows-up on open issues. Initiates and leads part print and process reviews, both internal and external. Works with the customers and Quality Engineer to insure process capability to print tolerances. Participate in gage reviews with quality. Initiates and participate in tooling design reviews. Works with tooling source to develop, and track performance to time lines for entire project and issues progress reports. Maintains regular communications between customer and tooling source through the tool build process. Monitor performance and deliverables for the key program inputs. Primary point of contact for Corporate Sales, Program Management, and Engineering personnel as related to Wellington programs. Facilitates tool tryouts, equipment trials, and related offsite activities as required as well as customer meetings relating to Wellington programs. Develop and maintain timing charts for all projects and engineering changes. Facilitates internal Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement activities. Gathers information to evaluate current work processes in order to determine optimal flow of work, time requirements, costs, and duration. Recommends methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities such as restructu

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