Job Description
Responsibilities
* Lead Lean Six Sigma projects within the business unit and effectively coordinates these projects with the deployment champion and other improvement project teams. These teams may be cross-functional.
* Project leadership includes identifying opportunities, defining and financially justifying projects, launching project teams, using good project management to manage team activities, leading teams to execute projects with the problem solving methodology, tracking project status and results, removing and elevating project barriers and developing team members.
* Identify integration issues with other projects/processes and coordinate the improvements with the appropriate project/process owners to accomplish the project goals.
* Manage the development and maintenance of methods and systems for measuring the degree to which the project goals, objectives and metrics are being met.
* Provide deployment champion with the results and recommend appropriate corrective action.
* Provide coaching and direction to the Kaizen Leaders to ensure LSS methodologies are applied and projects are completed successfully.
* Ensure two way open communication throughout the organization for Lean Six Sigma.
* Capturing project lessons learned that can be reused for other projects.
* APEX implementation assistance, evaluations, and auditing.
* LSS Training execution and management (White Belt, APEX, 6S)
* Other LSS or APEX related duties as assigned
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Lead and participate in cross-functional project teams within operations and supply chain. Project examples include inventory deployment optimization, global category negotiation strategies, reduction of slow moving/ nonworking inventory, predictive and preventative maintenance implementation, and demand forecasting and supply fulfillment.
Make recommendations to Management based on business case, leading best practices, and analysis.
Assist in the creation of world class internal processes in areas such as strategic supplier management, contract management, operations and operations planning, and manufacturing efficiency.
Interface with Operational Excellence and all areas of the global business units to insure improvements are implemented and sustained.
Identify and develop key operational excellence metrics and measures to facilitate performance improvements.
Interact with Senior Management, have exposure to the Company's most critical initiatives, build relationships with other high potential employees across the globe and make a difference in Avient's future success.
Gain an understanding of the various Avient businesses from a financial, operational and strategic standpoint. This position is intended to be a stepping stone for a future key leadership role within the organization.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree required; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
* Project management experience, team facilitation, data analysis, change management, best practice translation, and process improvement experience is ideal.
* 5 years' relevant experience (Supply chain planning, manufacturing, process improvement, risk management, change management) preferred.
* Completion of LSS Black Belt certification.
* Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization
Additional Qualifications
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
* Highly analytical, with the ability to interpret and leverage complex data.
* Results-oriented self-starter capable of driving initiatives independently and through teams.
* Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders across the organization.
* Effective reporting skills, with the ability to synthesize data into clear, actionable insights.
* Demonstrated problem-solving ability using data from multiple systems and reporting tools.
Physical Demands
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment. The individual will be required to work extensively at a computer screen and will, at time, sit at a desk for extended periods. After initial training period, position may require travel by car or plane.Typically work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.
PolyOne is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. PolyOne will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.
