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Position summary

ake yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

Value Stream Coaches are based inside each designated Transformation site. The Freight Services Lean Team Coaches are also members of a broader team who delivers value to the organization through close collaboration, sharing of best practices and experiences, and continuous learning. You will be well supported by a network of Lean colleagues as you guide your site through the improvement process.

How will you make a difference?

The Value Stream (VS) Coach will report through the lean team and will be dotted line reporting to site leadership. The VS Coach is responsible for not only driving the lean transformation but installing standards to sustain the process improvements. The coach will work with leadership to develop the lean capabilities and mindset for everyone in the value stream.

What do we want to know about you?

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
Minimum of five additional years of experience leading teams in a lean transformation(s) where both lean leadership and change management up, across, and down through the organization was demonstrated. Previous Plant Manager experience preferred.
Deep faith in lean and its principles with a proven track record leading in a TPS type transformation and business operating system transformation.... much beyond a lean-six sigma tool type continuous improvement initiative. A lean zealot.
Strong oral and written communication skills demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills.
Clear thinker, able to analyze and resolve complex problems.

What will your typical day look like?

Coach and develop the full time Lean team to grow their lean knowledge and execution capabilities. Mentor them to be true agents of change, improving their change management capabilities and ensure rigor around conducting the kaizen events.
Create the lean vision and continuous improvement strategy to advance the customer experience through improved cycle time, on-time delivery, and ensure all other customer critical to quality areas are at the forefront of the strategy.
Change agent responsible for delivering performance excellence through execution of lean initiatives and providing thoughtful coaching of the functional standard work and problem solving.
Be comfortable coaching leaders in lean methodology and principles, Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment), problem solving, etc. Effective communication is critical.
Ensure compliance with standard processes and tools, supports the value stream team to develop and follow their personal standard work (leaders and associates), yielding a culture of system, process, and behavior discipline to get results.
Coach all plant operations through lean process and behavior changes, developing a highly effective Daily Management process focused on tools such as basic problem solving, kaizen, A3 thinking, value stream mapping, Kanban, visual management, pull, creation of flow and adherence to standard work.
Implement and help improve the Business Operating System known as the Wabtec Management System
Ability to teach and develop team on quick improvement cycles; these quick developmental opportunities will build team confidence; in turn this will give us the ability to drastically increase our velocity of change.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

Relocation may be available for an eligible candidate.

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