Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through our market-leading brands in electronics, cutting-edge forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. We work with our customers to advance progress through innovation. From inventing and producing parts for next-generation space vehicles to evolving vaccine refrigeration, designing functional textures for everyday products, improving renewable energy technology, and much more, we are focused on making what's next possible.
Standex Electronics is a worldwide market leader in the design, development and manufacture of standard reed switch-based sensor solutions and custom electro-magnetic components, including magnetics products. We are a global team of problem solvers who can provide custom and/or standard solutions through our diverse and dynamic capabilities. Our approach is to strategically partner with customers to conquer challenges and deliver reliable high-quality results through our engineering and components. These parts serve an array of markets globally, and through our customer driven innovation - improve the overall performance and efficiency at which end products operate.
The Site Continuous Improvement Leaderis responsible forcontinuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization, coachingand enabling waste removal activities using Lean/Kaizen approaches and tools, and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion. Facilitating and guidingthe effective implementation of Standex Lean Systems and trackingprogress through Lean and Quality principles toachieve "best practice" and improved performance in manufacturing.
- Lead the application of the lean principles and practices to deliver improved performance in manufacturing.
- Train & guide employees in the application of lean principles and practices.
- Lead, facilitate& coordinateteams on Just Do It (JDI) Small Group Activities (SGA), Internal Kaizen Workshop (IKW).
- Facilitate the teams on the application of lean/kaizen tools & processes
- Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions, automation & digitalization aimed at reducing/eliminatingnon-value-added activities in the process.
- Conduct lean training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean culture throughout the organization by co-leading and co-facilitating Lean Deployment.
- Drive measurable improvements in lead time, customer delivery, productivity, inventory,and product flow.
- Identifydifferent Kaizen Events based on the Value Stream.
- Ensure that Kaizen teams are in action.
- Review and monitorprogress on Improvement projects.
- Support other departments for Visual Factory, Manufacturing Color Code, 1S+5S, Value Stream Mapping, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies), Poka-Yoke.
- Implementation of new ideasat Shop Floor.
- Lead and develop Site CI Leaders.
- Build and develop a moonshine shop and moonshine team
- Establish and drive a Gemba Walk methodologythat drives cross functional focus on the production line and quickly solves impediments to flow.
- Drive and Yokotenthe identifiedBest Practices based on the agreed timelines.
- Create and validateprocesses/standards based on standard work and Best Practices.
- Prepare Lean review presentations and pitch to Business Leaders on Lean Business reviews.
- Perform assessment of Lean tools deployment and drive initiatives to close gaps.
- Mentoring & coaching the Manufacturing Engineering team to deploy the lean tools (Value Stream Mapping, 1S+5S, Gembawalks, lean line design thru Industrial Engineering, flow-oriented layout, operations balance chart, material flow, workstation design - ergonomics & motion economy, just in time, takt time production, standard work, pull production, quick change over, pokayoke, autonomation) effectively in the shop floor.
- Project manages significant cost reduction/process improvement projects leading a cross functional team against the business objectives.
- Strong background in Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen Philosophy. Positive, proactiveand very systematic approach onproblem solving.
- Trusted professional credibility, capable of workingindependently.
- Able to work in a team under pressure in a fast-pacedenvironment.
- Comfortable with analytical methods, process-focused.
- Hands on AutoCad, Microsoft Office and SAP knowledge.
- Expertiseimprovement techniques - Lean Green belt or Black Belt certification is desired.
- Result orientation andattention to detail, good execution with following up work habits.
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Standex
Aug 15, 2025