Operational Excellence Manager

Job Description

Eaton’s ES-Americas, Canada Division is currently seeking an Operations Excellence Manager to join our team. This position will be based at our Perth, Ontario facility.

Position Overview:

This role will manage and lead the Operational Excellence activities in Perth including Eaton Business System processes, LEAN, Continuous Improvement, and Quality. The Quality Management System and CI programs must meet the needs of the business and ensure that related services are completed in a timely and efficient manner. You will be responsible to maintain and review operational performance data to identify trends or areas of concern and initiate appropriate actions to meet our overarching goal of continuous improvement.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this role, you will:

• Work with business units to implement Eaton Lean Six Sigma in conjunction with Eaton’s Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF)
• Promote, initiate, and support the implementation or improved business and manufacturing processes
• Research and offer solutions for opportunities identified either by this position or any employee on site
• Facilitate improvement events with multi-functional groups and provide just-in-time training of ELSS tools and methodologies
• Promote continuous improvement and lean culture within the business
• Meet ongoing ELSS and CIF requirements
• Serve as a role model in teh areas of leadership, teamwork, customer focus, continuous improvement, safet and environmental stewardship to ensure alignment with Eaton values.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we -as individuals and as a company - are stronger.

Education and Experience

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in a relevant technical discipline (Electrical/Electronics/Manufacturing Engineering)
• Lean Six Sigma certification
• Demonstrated experience leading and implementing ISO Quality standard and practices, Quality Control Techniques, statistical processes etc.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple functions
• Intermediate / advanced computer skills
• Superb interpersonal/team member skills, self-motivation & related attributes
• Impeccable supervisory, communication, planning and organizational skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a manufacturing/distribution center environment
• Demonstrated ability to lead by influence rather than through positional power

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Operational Excellence

Region: North America – Canada
Organization: ESSG CA Canada

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time