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13 - Director, Continuous Improvement 2-March 2024
Monterrey
Mar 28, 2026
About 13 - Director, Continuous Improvement 2

  Req ID: 119695

  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

  Global/Regional role:

  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 process 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 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 helping to develop and implement the CI training programs and lead the training deployment and 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

  Demonstrated success in leading/facilitating a CI transformation

  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

  Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority by acting as a change agent

  Trains/coaches/mentors others in CI subject matter

  The ability to apply the scientific method through PDCA or DMAIC to solve complex cross-functional and technical problems where the symptom(s) and/or root cause(s) are not understood

  Experience in key facets of complex manufacturing and support function environments

  Demonstrated experience in deploying CI across entire value streams

  Proven ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization and across all geographies

  Ability to develop vision and strategy

  Leadership experience within a matrix organization

  People management and development experience

  Change Management

  Collaboration

  Communication

  Planning

  Problem solving

  Results oriented

  Leadership

  Time Management

  Teamwork

  Initiative

  Flexibility

  Physical Demands

  Duties of this position are performed in generally good conditions with occasional exposure (10% - 33%) to noise, odours, dust, drafts, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, hazardous substances, etc.

  Duties may require regular periods of sitting and/or standing and sustained visual concentration on observing operations. Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, time studies, assembling workstations/racking, labeling, floor taping, etc., as applicable) are regularly required.

  Occasional overnight travel is required.

  Typical Experience

  12+ years of experience

  Master Black Belt, CI Director

  Should have deployed CI in another location and understand the fundamentals as to how this works by working as a black belt and then moving to manager/director

  Experience with change management programs and organizational change

  Operations experience is also essential

  Management and leadership experience

  Typical Education

  Bachelor Degree

  Notes

  This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

  Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

  At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

  COMPANY OVERVIEW:

  Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

  Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

  Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

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