Continuous Improvement Engineer/Specialist

Celestica (Chon Buri)

Chonburi, Thailand

Celestica enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, semiconductor capital equipment, and smart energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. A leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. With talented teams across North America, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers. The Celestica Thailand facility has been established since 1995. Being Celestica’s biggest manufacturing site globally, we employ more than 5,000 employees. Our highly skilled teams produce high technology, high quality products for customers in the communications and enterprise market segments. With unrivalled expertise in high-mix low-volume manufacturing, direct fulfillment, reverse logistics and test development, we enable our customers to realize greater value, potential and outcomes.

About this position

Support the CI manager/team in the development of CI vision for one or more customers or departments, and the strategy deployment plans to deliver that strategy. Participate in and lead continuous improvement activities in support of the plan. Build knowledge of the CI fundamentals through training and participating in CI activities. Able to work under moderate supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deploy the continuous improvement (CI) goals and strategies by applying the Improvement principles, systems, methods and tools for the operation and support functions in the organization.
• Contribute to the yearly CI activities execution plan and ensure that project goals are met.
• Work closely with key business stakeholders to build a CI environment to support a change management program.
• Participate in and/or lead the management gemba (“go and see”) activities.
• Participate in and/or co-lead the site/function CI Committee.
• Facilitate the adoption and measurement of the Systematic CI Framework Standards.
• Facilitate lean and process improvement based CI workshops to drive ideas and solutions.
• Facilitate improvement opportunities external to the site/function (as required). This may involve the delivery or training and/or kaizen facilitation at external organizations outside Celestica + other sites in the Celestica network that need help + global support functions within Celestica.
• Collaborate with regional and corporate CI teams for the Continuous Improvement activities execution.
• Work closely with all area owners to create a culture of continuous improvement.
• Drive new ideas and improvement solutions with all area owners and share good practices between customers, departments, sites and functions.
• Champion the Reward and Recognition programs to motivate all employees.
• Lead large projects that involve solving complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors to reduce/eliminate variation and/or waste.
• Support value stream improvements and/or transformation efforts. Provide subject matter expertise on an as needed basis. Provide training for CI for Employees and CI for Leadership certifications and Lean Green Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications, if applicable.

Requirements

• Degree or higher in Industrial Engineering or related fields.
• Min. 8 years of continuous improvement in manufacturing environment.
• Leadership with good problem solving and communication skills.
• Good command of English (speaking, writing, and reading).
• Ability to work in Laem Chabang, Chonburi.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and coordinate multiple, changing deadlines.