Location: Fort Worth, TX
Company: Watts Water Technologies
Manager will lead the transformation and maintenance of the Watts Applied Solutions Platform. The One Watts Performance System is the business enterprise performance system that defines how we work, how we act, and how we lead. OWPS is the basis for making improvements every day as we focus on our customers and improve strategic growth.
OWPS is rooted in our Values of Integrity and Respect; Accountability; Continuous Improvement and Innovation; and Transparency and in our Cultural Beliefs. The manager will be the practitioner and coach of the OWPS toolkit to help improve Watts performance Improvement. The manager will maintain configuration control of OWPS - standards, improvements, changes.
You will work with site and platform/BU leadership to achieve improvements to business processes and will lead transitions that are linked to Watts strategy and focused on the customer, resulting in balanced scorecard improvements.
You Will: Maintain and deploy the One Watts Performance System for Watts Water Technologies - including configuration control of the materials, coaching of the materials, being a visible practitioner of OWPS. Ensure the Watts Population through mentoring of OWPS toolkit. Work directly with manufacturing operations as requested by them to solve identified issues through VSM, daily management, standard work, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED,
5S and visual management. Promote the development and deployment of Transactional Process Improvement including leading TPI kaizens.
Act, systematically driving a CI culture through OWPS; engage the CI Population at Watts to create a connected and inclusive global team. Champion, report on OWPS impacts Lead kaizen and lean workshops to Watts leaders and associates, including VSM, daily management, standard work, 3P/layout, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 5S and visual management - all part of the OWPS toolkit Use OWPS business backssment tools to identify business opportunities for improvement; coordinate and report on recurring WPS backssments; develop a WPS backssment network.
Help maintain an ongoing project funnel, being filled from all areas of the business. Help develop a healthy group of qualified OWPS tool experts - including Blue Belts, Green Belts and Black Belts Lead/Project manage potential transitions Ensure company policies are followed. Enforce company safety policies. You Have: Bachelor's degree; technical engineering discipline 5 years of hands-on lean kaizen, including VSM, daily management, standard work, cell design, material flow, TPM, SMED, 3P/layout, 5S and visual management Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience in a machining/assembly environment Lean experience from a company with a, formal lean business system Solid lean tool technical skills, project management experience capability Working knowledge of multiple departments, including operations, quality, logistics, finance, sales, customer service, engineering, IT and human resources Experience leading strategy deployment and goal deployment and developing a site-side lean roadmap with demonstrated results.
Experience training a methodology. Track record leading and coaching week-long kaizen teams Lead change; hands-on approach Project management Travel typically 50%, but can have periods of 75%, e.
g. OWPS implementations / OWPS backssments at Watts worldwide locations. Formal CI training and certification Our Benefits: 401K Plan Flexible PTO & Generous Paid Holidays Educational Assistance Variety of Medical plan options - choose the one that is right for you! Standard Dental & Vision Health & Wellness - fitness benefit & EAP Program Watts is committed to equal employment opportunity. We follow a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, interaction, pregnancy, national origin, interactionual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, genetic disposition or carrier status, marital status, military or veteran status, minorities, or any other category protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Consistent with the obligations of state and federal law, Watts will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Any employee who needs a reasonable accommodation should contact Human Resources.
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