Value Stream Coach - Lean Manager

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

Wabtec in Prehysov

The company Faiveley Transport Plzeň, s.r.o. is part of the multinational corporation Wabtec, with plants all over the world. At our plant in Přehýšov, we manufacture air conditioning units for rolling stock. We are not automotive or serial production. We try to fulfill the specific wishes of our customers. Our products travel all over the world. We are looking for likeable colleagues for the above position. If you are interested, please send us your professional CV.

• 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 ensuring rigor around conducting the kaizen events.
• Develop and support the lean vision and continuous improvement strategy to advance the customer experience through improved cycle time, on-time delivery, and ensure all other customers critical to quality areas are at the forefront of the strategy.
• Be comfortable coaching leaders in lean methodology and principles, Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment), problem-solving, etc.  Strong communication is a must.
• 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 the 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.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college is appreciated
• Minimum of 6 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 were demonstrated. Previous operations/manufacturing or logistics management experience preferred.
• History of leadership through influence, coaching, mentoring, and teaching.
• Deep faith in lean and its principles with a proven track record leading in a TPS type transformation and business operating system transformation.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in Czech and English Language
• Clear thinker, able to analyze and resolve complex problems
• Established project management skills, and experience documenting, planning, and stabilizing programs
• Ability to work effectively across functions; extensive experience leading cross-functional or geographically dispersed teams, proven mentoring and coaching abilities, ability to motivate & inspire others

• 25 vacation days and 4 sick days per year
• Flexible working hours 7.5 hours per day
• Possibility to work partly on homeoffice
• Great group of colleagues and help with adaptation
• Allowances for language courses 2x3.000,- CZK/year - after probationary period
• Lump sum meal allowance
• Pension contribution 500 CZK
• Discounted call tariffs for family
• Annual bonus (according to personal goals achieved)
• Rewards for blood donation up to 5.000, -CZK
• Company events and meetings
• The results of your work will be seen
• Diverse work on interesting lean projects
• Competitive remuneration and interesting benefits
• Friendly international culture