Lean Engineer

Frigoglass is a strategic partner to beverage brands throughout the world. We are the global leader in the Ice Cold Merchandisers (ICM) market and the principal supplier of glass packaging in the high growth markets of West Africa. Frigoglass has long-standing relationships with blue chip customers in the soft drinks and beverage industries. Our bespoke Ice Cold Merchandisers (beverage coolers) enhance our customers’ beverage branding and trigger immediate beverage consumption. At the same time, our leading innovations in the field of green refrigeration enable our customers to meet their ambitious sustainability and carbon emissions reduction targets.

Required qualifications and experience:
 Technical bachelor degree;
 Minimum 3 years in a similar role in a multinational company;
 Proven experience in coordination of multidisciplinary project teams;
 Knowledge of Lean tools and methodology (Time Balance, DMAIC, 7 Type Waste, VSM, 5S, Workcell design);
 Ability to effectively communicate at all levels;
 Strong interpersonal and exceptional problem-solving skills;
 Good planning and organization skills;
 Excellent knowledge of English language.

Job purpose:
Responsible for leading and deploying the best practices in the organization by taking initiative to support continuous improvement in various manufacturing processes by reducing the costs and improving the flow of material and setting up cycle times.
Key accountabilities:
 Function as organization’s Lean advocate.
 Provide support to QHSE & Lean Manager in deploying the Lean strategy established at plant level.
 Engage in establishing aggressive goals for lean execution and value stream improvement.
 Develop Lean expertise by supporting and coaching organization employees to apply and execute Lean principles and tools.
 Acting as a liaison between teams within the organization, train, support and actively participate in continuous improvement events with departments to determine and eliminate waste.
 Analyze data to identifying opportunities for improvement in processes or products, designing tools and processes that improve efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and costs; Prioritize safety and quality in executing assigned duties.
 Conduct time studies by breaking job elements to document existing state, develop future state in order to optimize processes.
 Analyze and define processes based on spaghetti chart analysis and seven waste forms.
 Improve the plant indicators (quality, safety, cost, on time delivery) through Lean projects.
 Follow-up upon actions, continuous improvement projects or cyclical Lean systems deployed (GRP, CII, Gemba Walks), and ensures that deadlines are respected.
 Performs a series of audits according to the Lean Strategy (5S, Gemba Walks, Workplace audits, etc).
 Promotes and follows-up on the Continuous Improvement Idea Management system