Business Overview

MACDERMID ALPHA ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS

MacDermid Alpha is a business unit of Element Solutions Inc (NYSE: ESI). Element Solutions Inc is a leading specialty chemicals company whose businesses supply a broad range of solutions that enhance the products people use every day.

Through the innovation of specialty chemicals and materials under our Alpha, Compugraphics, Electrolube, Kester, and MacDermid Enthone brands, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions provides solutions that power electronics interconnection. We serve all global regions and every step of device manufacturing within each segment of the electronics supply chain. The experts in our Semiconductor Solutions, Circuitry Solutions, and Assembly Solutions divisions collaborate in design, implementation, and technical service to ensure success for our partner clients. Our solutions enable our customers' manufacture of extraordinary electronic devices at high productivity and reduced cycle time.

SEMICONDUCTOR & ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS (SAS)

As a global supplier to the semiconductor industry, we provide advanced copper interconnects, die attachment, wafer bump processes, solder technologies, fluxes, cleaners, and other attachment materials for the integrated circuit fabrication, semiconductor packaging, and electronic assembly industries. Our products touch nearly every facet of modern life and enable smart devices, phones, computers, electric vehicles, and more to function properly. SAS consists of three distinct business units (Circuit Board Assembly, Semiconductor Assembly, and Wafer Level Packaging) which are positioned to meet our customers' ever-changing needs. We operate globally, employ over 2,500 employees, and represent a $1.2BN (and growing) business.

Job Purpose

MacDermid Alpha is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader within its Altoona, PA site. As the Site CI Leader, you'll be a key member of our site leadership team focused on executing continuous improvement principles to build our core abilities and improve our supply chain performance.

The role involves establishing and effectively utilizing a Management Operating System or MOS to effectively problem solve and deliver improvement to our operations in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Productivity, and Inventory

The position is responsible for partnering with the site leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, implement those improvements via CI Projects and other improvement tools.

The ideal candidate will also lead strategic and tactical deployment of various business tools throughout the site with accountability for ensuring that Continuous Improvement Projects, 5S, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, Visual Management, and other methodologies/tools are delivered to achieve significant sustainable results through daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Enables and facilitates development of the MOS for the site, along with other continuous improvement initiatives within the Site and Circuitry Board Assembly Business Unit.
• Partners with site leadership on implementing MOS and identifying/facilitating improvements within the organization.
• Creates Value Stream Mapping for current and future state development, as well as strategy driven plans to move the site forward.
• Supports the strategic vision and implementation of the MOS by developing tools and trainings that identify and address continuous improvement principles, RCCA problem solving, and mindsets and behaviors needed to excel in a continuous improvement culture and facilitating CI projects based around those principles.
• Use influence while cultivating an action-based continuous improvement culture to drive engagement and improvement across the site. Acts as a change leader with the ability to drive large change management with the right amount of engagement, empowerment, and participation.
• Technologies and methodologies include Lean Management, Visual Controls, Leader Standard Work, RCCA, Value Steam Mapping, Kanban Pull Systems, Quick Changeover, Design for Lean, Flow, Inventory Reduction, Site Tracking Centers etc,
• Executes continuous improvement curriculum and training to drive sustainable results; is a teacher who brings others up to speed and explains the why behind the methods and tools
• Makes implementation and results a top priority and regularly updates the BU on the implementation of the MOS
• Empowers every employee in the Plant through positive reinforcement of Continuous Improvement and the MOS.
• Provides high level of technical and operational recommendations in meeting material control, product quality and customer service goals.
• Promotes a Continuous Learning environment.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, STEM, or Operations area
• 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Preferred experience in a larger, Corporate manufacturing environment
• Has demonstrated the ability to articulate the desired state, purpose, and value of continuous improvement and ability to move
• Understands core elements of lean such as:
  • Lean Leadership (Daily Management, Leader Std Work, Gemba Walks)
  • Expertise in problem solving utilizing a formal process such as RCCA, 8D, A3
• Good understanding of financial measurements and goals and has good analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills to lead and support empowered employees in a team environment.
• Good presentation skills to effectively share the success and ideas of the Business.
• Willingness to work on the shop floor and lead by example; ability to influence decision making with or without authority, facilitate groups with different perspectives, bring teams to agreement. High tolerance for ambiguity
• Ability to collaborate effectively with others in the spirit of common objectives.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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