Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.
Location: Euclid - 22801 Employment Status: Salary Full-Time Function: Engineering Req ID: 26720 Summary Lincoln Electric has an outstanding opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Specialist, supporting our Cleveland manufacturing headquarters. The Continuous Improvement Specialist plays a key role in coordinating and analyzing compliance with strategic and tactical roadmaps developed by senior management. Successful candidate will engage project-based initiatives and drive these projects to completion, along with delivering continuous improvement training and activities throughout the organization. This includes responsibility for supporting the promotion and adoption of Continuous Improvement initiatives and serving as a Subject Matter Expert. In addition to competitive pay, Lincoln Electric offers a lucrative profit-sharing plan, student loan repayment program PLUS tuition reimbursement, medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with company match, paid time off and many more outstanding benefits! What You Will Do The Continuous Improvement Specialist is a self-directed leader with exceptional organizational skills tasked with the integration of a continuous improvement culture into the Lincoln Electric Company. This will be done by creating a teaching and mentoring environment with a focus on problem solving to drive improvements in the organization's safety, quality, operational performance, customer satisfaction, and overall financial health of the company. Specifically, this role will:- Leverage/benchmark best practices and drive consistence implementation across the organization.
- Drive measurable improvements in process flow by identifying opportunities to remove waste, simplify processes, while driving optimization and cost efficiencies.
- Function as a resource for continuous improvement methodologies, through the facilitation and use of Lean tools, techniques, and methodologies in all levels and aspects of the business.
- Prepare and manage follow-up activities ensuring sustainment.
- Guide and challenge cross-functional teams in development and execution continuous improvement activities to reduce cycle time, inventory, and waste while improving process performance, quality, cost, and standardizing the processes.
- Leads in the development of methods and better practices to reduce process variation and supports in the development of new processes and products.
- Facilitate and communicate all supervised activities to all levels of the organization.
- Evaluate and recommend refinement to the effectiveness of overall business management systems, continuous improvement infrastructures, and management processes to implement the long-term strategic goals of the company.
- Interact with colleagues, functional leaders, and other departments to ensure that strategic objectives are considered in on