Your Career Begins at Timken
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PURPOSE Support/drive large, complex and cross-functional continuous improvement projects across manufacturing operations, working with business and manufacturing leadership, to deliver significant and sustainable cost reduction. Develop and investigate ideas, complete financial and engineering analysis, justify, build teams, plan and lead projects to completion.
RESPONSIBILITIES Through analysis of manufacturing costs and operations, identify project ideas. Conduct and lead cost and business analysis to bring projects to cost-benefit justification and GO decisions. Through networking with all parts of plant and business teams, influence management to drive for decisions and break constraints. Build project teams, develop project plans and launch projects. Participate directly in project completion and delivery of results, in a range of roles. Where needed, as direct project manager. In other cases, identify the best business or plant team to lead the effort. In all cases, serve as project team member. Collaborate as part of the Manufacturing C.I. team, to share projects and responsibilities, and contribute your specific or unique skill & experience to any and all projects. TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL SKILLS Demonstrated expertise and results delivered in at least one of the central operations or support areas of: manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, engineering or quality. Demonstrated network across manufacturing and business support functions, and experience in cross-functional work. Ability to access and analyze business and engineering data and develop quantitative & qualitative project justifications. Communication skills that can be leveraged to influence management team, and ability to work at all levels of the organization (shop floor to VP) Experience working in C.I., Lean, Problem-solving or 6-sigma projects. Demonstrated team working experience and involvement in project planning and management. Ability to travel to multiple Timken facilities (U.S. and global) through the year, for frequent assignments of a few days to a week, and occasional assignments of 2-3 weeks. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field at least with 4+ years of Manufacturing CI experience. OR Master's degree in engineering with at least 2+ years of Manufacturing CI experience. All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
