.Req ID: 122408 Remote Position: Hybrid Region: Americas Country: Mexico State/Province: Nuevo Leon City: Monterrey General Overview Job Title: Director, Continuous Improvement 2 Functional Area: Continuous Improvement (CI) Career Stream: Continuous Improvement (CTIM) Role: Director 2 (DR2) Job Code: DR2-CI-CTIM Job Band: 13 Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect Summary We are seeking an EMS Continuous Improvement Director for a Global/Regional role. Individual Contributor Determine and implement a Continuous Improvement strategy for the company and region. Drive CI across the Enterprise. Improve employee engagement, collaboration, and maturity in CI performance. Detailed Description Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: Ensure full deployment of the Celestica Continuous Improvement roadmap by applying Lean Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing for improving the operation and non-operation processes in the region. Create formal methodologies for building, executing, and driving process improvement initiatives, and sustaining CI programs. Manage and develop the CI Regional team/trainers to lead the CI culture within the region. Work with key business stakeholders to build a CI environment and culture to support a change management program. Collaborate with CI regional and global CI organization for the continuous improvement execution following the CI framework and Celestica Operating System. Drive the adoption and measurement of the Systematic CI Framework Standards, including key system elements like CI Committee and Management Gemba, while reflecting on and enhancing the Standards. Provide hands-on leadership and motivation to site and regional personnel to implement Lean and Six Sigma best practices. Ensure that senior leaders participate in kaizen. Lead and collaborate with site's productivity projects related to Continuous Improvement and support the project funnel in the Cost Productivity Roadmap. Drive the CI culture by developing and implementing CI training programs and leading the training deployment, focusing on the flow of value to customers, both internal and external. Lead and facilitate process improvement-based CI workshops to drive ideas and solutions to achieve the site's objectives. Provide the annual CI activities execution plan, take the lead on executing activities, and performance enhancement to accomplish business objectives. Lead the sharing, deployment, and recognition of best practices. Knowledge/Skills/Competencies Demonstrated experience of identifying the need for and implementing process improvements that resulted in significant gains in operational efficiencies. Strong professional acumen and effective written and verbal communication skills. Proven project management and organizational skills and expertise. Must have the ability to handle multiple priority tasks in a manner that meets business requirements. Excellent interpersonal skills. Strong oral and written communication skills