Associate, Continuous Improvement

General Overview

Job Title: Associate, Continuous Improvement Functional Area: Continuous Improvement (CI) Career Stream: Continuous Improvement (CTIM) Role: Associate (AST) Job Code: AST-CI-CTIM Job Band: 06 Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Support the CI manager/team in the development of a CI (Lean and Six Sigma) vision for a customer or department, and the strategy deployment plans and continuous improvement activities to deliver that strategy. Learn the Lean fundamentals through training and participating in CI activities. The employee works under a high degree of supervision and requires direction on how CI assignments are to be executed.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Support the execution of Yearly CI activities plan and ensure that project goals are met.
• Participant in the Gemba (Go and See) activities, Perform weekly Improvement Activities, and Provides the suggestion to the Kaizen team.
• Participate in process improvement based CI workshops. Example:, Internal Kaizen Workshop and VSM.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis Tool.
• Perform Daily Improvement Activity with area owner.
• Design Line Balancing for process improvement.
• Drive new ideas for improvement solutions with all area owners.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Awareness of CI
• Knowledge of personal computers and Windows applications.
• Knowledge of production operations and operator responsibilities or function
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Results oriented
• Teamwork
• Initiative
• Flexibility

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are performed in generally good conditions with occasional exposure (10% - 33%) to noise, odours, dust, drafts, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, hazardous substances, etc. Duties may require regular periods of sitting and/or standing and sustained visual concentration on observing operations. Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, time studies, assembling workstations/racking, labeling, floor taping, etc., as applicable) are regularly required. Occasional overnight travel is required.

Typical Experience

Entry level to 1 year of experience. Awareness of CI

Typical Education

Two or Three Year Community College Diploma or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Celestica is an E-Verify employer.