Operational Excellence Manager

APEX (Always Performing for Excellence) is the Leonardo DRS Operational Excellence program designed to drive our culture to a new level as the team strives for excellence in pursuit of top performance. Join our Danbury, CT team as an Operational Excellence Manager. We are looking for someone to guide, maintain,and monitor the operational excellence program and activities, ensuring integration and coordination with the OpEx leadership, in the areas of Strategy Alignment, Innovation, Optimized Processes & Tools, Common Measurement, Bench Strength, and more.

• Conduct briefings with and provide technical guidance for senior leadership adn top executive management
• Establishes processes and ensure that these processes conform to the organization's and/or corporate policies and procedures, values, and federal, state, and local regulations
• Provide subject matter expertise in structured problem solving & root cause analysis, leading complex investigations and teaching/coaching others in problem solving methodology
• Utilizing dashboards and KPI's, track performance of Operational Excellence Cost Savings and project goals
• Lead cross-functional teams in defining and scoping charters for continuous improvement projects
• Effectively communicate with team members, senior leaders and key stakeholders on the status, objectives, risks, and mitigation plans associated with projects, as well as ensure team members are aware of integrated project timeline
• Manage the Quality and Lean Six Sigma strategy to facilitate continuous production of products consistent with established industry standards, government regulations and customer requirements
• Ensure OpEx standards (e.g., DMAIC, Lean, Root Cause Analysis) are being used for problem solving (tools and methods) and daily continuous improvement
• Champion use of KPI / metric management for data-based decision making
• Improve overall business operations focusing on material flow, line balancing, lineside material presentation, and on deployment, and other lean manufacturing principles and practices
• Provide training in support of operational excellence objectives and the execution of chartered projects

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field + a minimum of five years of experience focused in lean practice, problem solving, and/or operational excellence
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, negotiation, communication, and writing skills
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate lean activities, events, and projects