Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This person will be responsible for leading all facets of deploying Lean principles across SunPower, including but not limited to:

• Develop the organizational design and structure required to ensure a highly effective and sustainable Lean methodology is deployed within SunPower creating a platform for the establishment of the SunPower Production System, or, its equivalent.
• Harmonize and align the SunPower SPC system to include the addition of Lean manufacturing disciplines.
• Establish a company-wide Kaizen Promotion Office (KPO) – systematically learning, building, documenting and promoting Best Known Methods across the company.
• Work with external "sensei's" to lead improvement events both large and small (kaikaku and kaizen).
• Work collaboratively with Operations, Supply Chain and Logistics, Administrative Functional Leaders and Executive Staff to identify areas of waste elimination and productivity improvement.
• Develop, improve and sustain productivity improvements using Lean manufacturing disciplines such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Standard Work, Single Piece Flow, Pull Production, Takt Time Production, JIT, Level Loading and Jidoka – at the process, site, enterprise and extended value chain levels.
• Work both with SunPower internal organizations as well as Joint Venture partners and key strategic suppliers across the value chain in their Lean deployment efforts.
• Lead the deployment and improvement of problem solving skills (DL & IDL) based on Lean principles (PDCA, A3 thinking, 5W1H, 7W, Golf Scoring, etc.)
• Establish a Functional Excellence staff and budget – drawing from existing resources and funds available through improvement efforts.
• Demonstrate P/L, B/S and Customer impacts of all Functional Excellence improvements. Develop, lead and demonstrate effective Change Management methods.
• Work closely with Operational and Functional Leaders to establish productivity improvement plans, actions and results.
• Lead Operations Strategic Deployment planning (hoshin kanri) as well as work closely with other stakeholders to assist them in developing department-wide Strategy Deployment planning.
• Establish, lead and conduct Kaizen events combined with the Shingijutsu Group of Sensei's.
• Establish, lead and conduct Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Lean Reviews.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required; Masters Degree a strong plus.
• Demonstrated successful experience leading and transforming organizations using Lean principles.

Qualifications:

• Well-developed and professional interpersonal skills; ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively in large public speaking venues.
• Ability to work in a team environment with a highly collaborative approach.
• Organizational skills needed to manage time well, prioritize effectively, and handle multiple deadlines.
• Deep knowledge and understanding manufacturing and operations processes, tools and systems.
• Strong understanding of P/L, B/S, working capital management and other drivers of shareholder value.
• Extensive experience working in multiple, diverse geographies/cultures.
• Ability to manage via influence in a matrix organization.
• Significant international travel is required.

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