Operations Excellence Manager

🕒 July 14

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Legrand

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10,000+ employees

🏭 Manufacturing

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Manufacturing • Hardware • B2B

Legrand is a French multinational and world leader in electrical and digital building installations and solutions. It designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of products for residential, commercial and industrial buildings — including switches and sockets, cable-management systems, access control, UPS and datacenter power and infrastructure — and provides bundled offers for datacenters and energy-transition applications. The group emphasizes design, sustainability/CSR, targeted acquisitions and digital solutions; it employs around 39,600 people and reported nearly €9. 5 billion in sales in 2025.

📋 Description

• leading enterprise-wide continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence, productivity, and sustainable performance. • serves as a strategic change agent, embedding Lean principles, optimizing end-to-end value streams, and building organizational capability aligned with business priorities. • develop and implement value stream transformations to achieve and support Legrand LNCA priorities. • work closely with plant leadership and cross functional leaders to deliver breakthrough results in safety, service, quality, productivity, and working capital.

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS/ME degree in engineering, business, or related fields. • Master’s degree preferred. • 7+ years of experience in manufacturing operations to include Lean framework deployment, actionable Lean tools and methods application, value stream transformation, and Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri). • Operations Management, Project / Program Management, Industrial, Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or Electronic background. • Demonstrated skills and results from value stream transformation utilizing; VSM, Shingijutsu style Kaizen and DMAIC. • Experience in Shingijutsu 3P (Production Preparation Process) is preferred. • Training from Shingijutsu, Lean Enterprise or other well recognized lean experts is preferred. • Expert problem solver and problem solve coach. Demonstrated ability to teach disciplined problem solving A3 and develop others. • CI Technical Competencies. Demonstrated application: • Lean Basics (DPM,8 Waste,5S, Visual management, Standardized Work) • Problem Solving (OBEYA RPS, A3, 8D, 7QC Tool, Advance PS) • Process Transformation (VSM, One Direction Flow, Line Balancing, Tak Time, Pull Systems, SMED, Hoshin, 3P) • Kaizen Framework (Transformation Kaizen, Ideation events, Basics, Charters) • CI Technical Competencies. Understand application: • Lean Logistics (Material Preparation, Storage, Picking, Put Away) • Productivity Management (Financial Acumen, TPM, Project Management) • Technical Documentation and Digital Systems (I4.0, MES, Routings) • Capable of driving results working across the divisions, influencing others at all levels of the organization. • Capability to manage large projects and stakeholders ranging from LNCA Directors to the shop floor. • Demonstrated understanding of global materials management and supply chain / logistics management.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match • paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay • short-term and long-term disability benefit plans • above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave • bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans • paid time off to volunteer • an active/growing Employee Resource Group network