WCM Facilitator

WCM Facilitator

Cincinnati, OH

Competitive salary, based on experience, plus excellent benefits, bonus potential and profit sharing

📌 Passionate about WCM: Be the lead facilitator on this company's WCM journey!
📌 Achieve true work/life balance: Enjoy a consistent 40-45-hour workweek with rare weekend or after-hours calls, allowing you to thrive both professionally and personally.
📌 Expand your toolbox: Train with an established WCM expert and share your knowledge with multiple areas and managers to assist them in streamlining and improving.
📌 Benefit from exceptional rewards: Take advantage of a strong compensation package that includes bonus, profit sharing, and 401K match .
📌 Low hanging fruit: Make an immediate impact in this role, working with a team that is eager for you to assist with improvements!

📌 Stability in a consumer friendly industry: Don't worry about instability; work in a recession proof industry at a plant that is making CapEx investments

If you're a highly motivated, results-oriented WCM professional, seeking a challenging and rewarding opportunity with a company that truly values its employees, we encourage you to APPLY!

A growing manufacturer is embracing their WCM (World Class Manufacturing) journey and is seeking a WCM Facilitator to lead the initiatives. Daily, you will report to the VP of Operations and will lead and direct focused WCM teams, training and projects. You will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Champion, facilitate and organize continuous improvement (CI) efforts based on World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles at multiple sites within the Cincinnati area
• Coaching and developing others on WCM best practices, including delegating team champions and starting steering committees
• Facilitate activities to decrease unplanned downtime and improve OEE
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions, utilizing formal problem solving tools
• Assist with implementation of WCM and CI tools at the plant
• Facilitate, organize and perform training for new and existing employees
• Document savings and metrics of ongoing and completed WCM activities for internal communication
• Gather metrics and data for analysis and organization, including evaluating and improving KPIs
• Create project proposals and execute WCM visual aid support
• Assist with and/or lead Kaizen and 5S events
• Work with multiple departments to improve flow of processes and projects
• Support other WCM initiatives, including 5S, RCA, Kaizen, Gemba walks, layered audits, boardwalks, etc.
• Other duties as directed by management

Candidates should be passionate about CI initiatives, able to lead teams, enjoy spending time on the manufacturing floor and be able to "get people on board" with change-agent ideas. Individuals should enjoy spending 70-80% of their time on the manufacturing floor. The company offers EXCELLENT medical benefits (including dental and vision), profit sharing and bonus potential, paternity leave, 401K, paid holidays, vacation and personal days. Medical benefits are available the first of the month after start.

REQUIREMENTS for the WCM Facilitator:
1. A Bachelor's degree is preferred; a high school diploma is required
2. At least five years of experience in a similar continuous improvement role, with at least one to two years of WCM experience
3. Experience working in established WCM manufacturing environments
4. Exposure to quality management systems, such as ISO, IATF, etc.
5. A proven record of continuous improvement success
6. Experience with Kaizen events and 5S projects
7. Formal problem solving skills
8. Microsoft Office, including Excel

Skills preferred but NOT required:
1. Maintenance and/or engineering background
2. Consumer products manufacturing
3. Batch manufacturing
4. Lean and/or Six Sigma certifications
5. Power BI

Why work for this organization:
📌 Company has a diverse business mix and supplies Fortune 500 companies
📌 Excellent benefits, including 401K, profit sharing, and bonus potential
📌 Work/life balance, averaging 40-45 hours per week
📌 Company is positioned for future growth and acquisitions
📌 Minimal red tape on project approval
📌 Privately held company

Candidates are preferred to be local to the Cincinnati, OH area. A relocation package is offered for candidates with all required skill sets.

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