Continuous Improvement Specialist

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000 employees in 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve. Company Overview: If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone Role Summary: The CIP Black Belt will lead a consistent and rapid LEAN deployment, providing leadership for CI initiatives, assessing current business performance, identifying gaps, establishing and implementing improvement plans, monitoring progress, and sharing best-in-class ideas and processes. In this role, you will utilize CI to achieve and exceed business objectives and build plant confidence in the acceptance of change management and performance improvements while maintaining a focus on customer satisfaction and the quality of performance. Your role: Be the facility lead practitioner, coach, teacher, trainer and consultant in developing, supporting, and leading CI culture within your site and across Flowserve as required Facilitate CI actions and employee involvement teams throughout the platform / site and across all functional areas in the pursuit of sustained beneficial change Implement a train-the-trainer approach and rapid, sustained implementation through learn by doing methods Facilitate improvement implementation through employee teams, CI events, team improvement projects and LEAN Enterprise training workshops Provide local leadership, coaching and training in LEAN thinking, processes and production Co-create, sustain, revise and measure progress on the Business Area CI Plan that contributes to future state Focus teams on CI by involving people in meeting productivity and site / platform objectives Identify opportunities to implement common processes and best practices from other facilities within Platforms and across Flowserve Disseminate and act upon relevant industry and corporate benchmarking data Ensure that benefits related to CI initiatives are calculated according to corporate standards and are ultimately achieved within targeted time span Ensure that planned improvements are implemented, measured, driven to closure and crossed to operating results Your Profile: Industry or Business experience where LEAN or Operational Excellence is core to the business Demonstrated Change Management experience Strong facilitation experience An interest in process and quality improvement Experience using PDF suite is preferred BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 3-5 years relevant experience What we offer: Friendly multicultural environment and team events Life, accident and health insurance Cafeteria Package Career development and training opportunities Req ID: R-11923 Job Family Group: Logistics Job Family: LO Continuous Improvement EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employmentflowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Management and Manufacturing Industries Industrial Machinery Manufacturing J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: marcianise, IT

Posted Date: 1/11/2025