Title Lean Manager, Global Production Operations Planning
Categories Lean Innovation, Lean Product Planning, Lean Quality, Operational Excellence
Search Status Active
Client Name High-Tech Consumer Electronic Products
Start Date Immediate
Location Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Position Overview Mostly domestic travel, top-level visibility, and a piece of the action (equity)…Our client is an immensely creative and innovative research and development company which just seems to come up with brilliant ideas for some of the neatest high-tech electronic gadgets on planet Earth. You already know who they are, though you may not know them by name. Why not give some thought to joining the team?

The company designs and engineers high-profile, portable, hand-held consumer electronics products which are known and loved pretty much everywhere.  Why?  Because they have a whole bunch of very smart and dedicated people on board who love the excitement of thinking cutting-edge thoughts and doing leading-edge work. 

Now, it so happens that these folks also do an excellent job of listening to their customers and then translating customer wishes and dreams into real-world, useful technology.  Then they wow the world by delivering this technology in packages that demonstrate real value because they’re fun, easy-to-use and highly-reliable. That’s why.

The company’s rapid growth globally has created the need for one or two especially talented Lean practitioners to jump into vital and visible value stream improvement roles.  Is it possible that you could be that right person, at the right time and in the right place?  If you’re already smart, inspired and Lean, well, why not give it a shot? Find out more…
Position Detail The Role

  • Act as lead change-agent, systematically driving continuous improvement (CI) throughout the organization and its production planning operation
  • Champion cross-functional CI initiatives and projects within sales and operational planning, demand forecasting, production planning, materiel and capacity requirements
  • Identify what’s necessary to influence, lead and sustain company-wide Lean culture transformation – and do it

You

  • Have demonstrated strong leadership skills in at least one or two previous hands-on roles as a successful Lean champion
  • Thoroughly enjoy dealing with fast-paced, challenging and often “impossible” situations, and thrive on solving them
  • Effectively manage multiple complex ideas, issues and initiatives simultaneously, and consistently deliver over and above expectations
  • Earned a BS/BA in engineering or other technical field, and most likely added an MA/MBA

Travel  -  Generally limited to domestic, primarily West Coast USA, with some international as the need arises.

Compensation  -  Excellent base salary, sign-on bonus and equity award at sign-on and subsequently in future. 

Other  -  We’re particularly interested in Lean executives with experience in environments such as consumer electronics, telecommunications, portable electronics, mobile electronics, hand-held devices, and similar. We won’t mention any brand names, but you know who you are.  Also, we have a strong interest in individuals who have earned the LFM – LGO (Leaders for Manufacturing, now called Leaders for Global Operations) degree at MIT, or similar.

Connect with Us  -  Please connect with me in whatever way is most convenient for you. We share no information about you with anyone outside our firm until we’ve agreed on this with you. So email me directly, or just click on the “Apply” button below and fill out the short contact form.  We’ll be in touch as soon as we’ve had a chance to read your message.

Adam Zak, CEO  – Adam Zak Executive Search  +1 (847) 304-5301 direct 

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