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The Manufacturing Excellence Leader leads, deploys, and sustains Manufacturing Excellence (ME) at the site level in alignment with the TMS Management System, driving a strong culture of Operational Excellence. As a key member of the Site Leadership Team, this role is the primary driver of Lean-based continuous improvement across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement. The role translates enterprise and site strategies into actionable improvement priorities, builds local Lean and problem-solving capability, and delivers measurable, sustainable results. The Manufacturing Excellence Leader works closely with the global Operational Excellence team to maintain alignment, share best practices, and implement new Lean concepts, while owning end‑to‑end execution at the facility as both a hands-on practitioner and coach to leaders and teams.

Tasks and Responsibilities 

• Identify, prioritize and facilitate improvement initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Engagement.
• Facilitate and/or coach Kaizen events, value stream mapping, problem solving efforts to identify and eliminate waste and improve process capability.
• Work across sites to support critical improvement initiatives as needed.
• Serve as a coach and change leader, reinforcing Lean thinking, accountability, and continuous improvement behaviors at all levels of the site.
• Challenge traditional thinking and remove barriers that prevent sustainable improvement.
• Build internal capability by training and developing leaders, project owners, and process champions in Lean principles, structured problem solving and Lean tools.
• Act as ambassador for site Daily Management/Performance Dialogue systems.
• Partner with site leadership to translate business strategy into clear improvement priorities and measurable objectives.
• Support departments in defining leading and lagging indicators, aligning local metrics to enterprise KPIs.
• Ensure improvement activity and results are tracked, communicated, and sustained.
• Assist departments in determining relevant ME metrics for their area that align with corporate metrics & goals.
• Assist departments in planning improvement projects for their area that align to the corporate ME metrics & goals.
• Assist departments in establishing and maintaining a system to capture, prioritize, and implement improvement ideas.
• Support and build a structured problem-solving based culture utilizing PDCA, A3, root cause analysis, and data-based decision making.
• Collect, curate, and utilize data to improve the ME program.
• Ensure learning from improvement efforts is standardized and shared across the site.
• Act as the site liaison to the global TMS ME organization, ensuring alignment with standards, tools, and expectations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Supply Chain, IT and EHS to enable improvement success.

Education 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Project Management, or related field OR 5+ years of equivalent experience with site level Continuous Improvement ownership
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with hands-on responsibility for Continuous Improvement or Operational Excellence
• Proven experience facilitating site-level Lean initiatives, Kaizen events, structured problem solving and training
• Understanding of ISO9001 or 13485 standards

Desired: 

• Supervisory certification or experience
• Lean Practitioner, Green Belt or Black Belt training/certification

Competencies 

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language  
• Ability to communicate clearly by conveying and receiving ideas, information and direction effectively  
• Ability to demonstrate adequate job knowledge to deliver a world class performance 
• Ability to challenge oneself to consistently meet all goals and deadlines 
• Willingness to strive for excellence by producing work that is free of errors and mistakes  
• Desire to delight both customers and coworkers by offering encouragement, fostering teamwork and addressing conflict appropriately  
• Commitment to making improvements company wide 
• Demonstrated competence using Microsoft Office, Visio and ERP programs 
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills 
• Team facilitation and analytical problem-solving skills 
• Ability to motivate teams and lead change at all levels of the organization 
• Ability to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities 

Key Interfaces and Stakeholders

• Co-workers 
• Managers 
• Process Engineers 
• Manufacturing Engineers 
• Customers 

Behavioral Characteristics 

• Customer Focus
  • Works with customers to build long term relationships & partnerships 
  • Delivers on promises and commitments 
  • Understands the impact of business decisions 
• Performance
  • Takes individual responsibility for personal objectives and results 
  • Continuously improves performance by delivering on commitments 
  • Encourages a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork 
  • Sets clear objectives and measures performance by continuously soliciting feedback 
• Innovation
  • Develops innovative solutions to problems 
  • Is proactive in initiating change and improvement 
  • Shares knowledge and experience through teamwork 
  • Continuously challenges by asking ”why” 
• Responsibility
  • Respects the culture, custom and rules of Trelleborg, our employees, suppliers, and customers 
  • Communicates openly and accurately 
  • Takes personal responsibility for actions 
  • Performs all duties with commitments to excellence and integrity 

As a valued team member with Trelleborg, you will enjoy:

Competitive compensation: Plus, bonus opportunities!
Generous benefits package: Includes health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, life, 401k, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more!
Clean work environment: Enjoy working in a very clean and climate-controlled environment every day!
Greater opportunity for impact: You will impact the production of life-saving devices.
Growth and advancement: Join a global company that loves to promote from within and allows for advancement.

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Salary Range: $80,000 - $95,000

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Trelleborg Medical Solutions is seeking a Training Coordinator to join the team in the Delano, MN area. The Training Coordinator is responsible for the coordination and delivery of New Employee Orientation (NEO) and communicating with all involved departments. Is a leader for site training programs, and provides administrative support across NEO, Leadership Employee Engagement Days, and other training programs. Creates NEO training packets, supports training-related audits, and continues to improve and update training content and materials. Continuously looks for ways to improve the trainee experience and ways to best disseminate information to various employee audiences.

• Competitive compensation: Pay Range: $26.44/hr - $31.25/hr! Plus, Quarterly Incentive Bonus!
• Generous benefits package: Includes health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, life, 401k, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more!
• Clean work environment: Enjoy working in a very clean and climate-controlled environment every day.
• Greater opportunity for impact: You will impact the production of life-saving devices.
• Growth and advancement: Join a global company that loves to promote from within and allows for advancement.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years progressive training experience.
• 2+ years experience with design, delivery, and execution of training programs.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully develop and deliver training programs utilizing skills in instructional design, program design and development, and training technologies.
• Strong history of executing the vision of senior management.

Desired:

• 4 year degree in learning and development, communication, or similar.
• Video and e-learning editing skills
• Familiarity with multi-site eQMS document control and training systems.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
• Clean room experience.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with existing subject matter experts on current and new processes in order to contribute to the design and maintenance of current and effective training programs.
• Coordinate with external training sources to implement programs.
• Develop internal trainings on various topics to be implemented with various audiences.
• Manage training room supplies, lunches, and other onboarding/training preparation.
• Work with functional managers to assure that NEO and training programs are effective, efficient, and meet internal, ISO, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with internal experts to ensure consistent training outcomes.
• Use a variety of training methodologies, techniques, concepts, learning tools, and practices to ensure maximum effectiveness of training program.
• Assist audits of the Training System, leading efforts to resolve any noncompliance issues.
• Use metrics and reports to help drive training performance and compliance.
• Maintain Training room and training material cleanliness.
• Design effective training materials using a variety of media.
• Coaches and mentors staff on Training or Quality System Components.
• Various additional training projects as assigned.

Competencies:

• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Ability to communicate clearly by conveying and receiving ideas, information and direction effectively.
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to ISO and FDA GDP recordkeeping requirements.
• Ability to challenge oneself to consistently meet all goals and deadlines.
• Ability to learn production and operational principles and practices.
• Willingness to strive for excellence by producing work that is free of errors and mistakes.
• Desire to delight both customers and coworkers by offering encouragement, fostering teamwork, and addressing conflict appropriately.
• Commitment to making improvements company wide.
• Highly computer literate with in-depth knowledge of MS Office and web-based systems
• Good organization skills and the ability to pay strict attention to details.
• Correctable normal reading distance vision.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to coach and mentor staff.

Apply here!

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Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams am Standort Bochum suchen wir einen engagierten Werksstudenten (m/w/d), der unsere Abteilungen Einkauf/Supply Chain unterstützt.

Tätigkeiten:

• Pflege und Aktualisierung von Lieferterminen in Microsoft Dynamics 365 anhand von Auftragsbestätigungen
•  Überwachung offener Bestellungen und Nachverfolgung von Lieferterminen
• Kommunikation mit nationalen und internationalen Lieferanten bei Terminabweichungen oder fehlenden Auftragsbestätigungen
• Pflege von Preisänderungen im ERP-System
• Aktualisierung und Pflege von Lieferzeiten (Lead Times)
• Unterstützung bei Auswertungen, Analysen und Reports im Einkauf
• Stammdatenpflege und Unterstützung bei administrativen Einkaufstätigkeiten
• Unterstützung des Supply-Chain- und Einkaufsteams im Tagesgeschäft
• Mitarbeit bei Prozessverbesserungen und Digitalisierungsinitiativen
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• Die Möglichkeit sich bereichsübergreifend weiterzuentwickeln
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