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Foothill Ranch, CA

Full-time | Retail

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Oakley, Inc. is a sport and lifestyle brand, driven to ignite the imagination through the fusion of art and science. Building on its legacy of innovative, market-leading optical technology, the company manufactures and distributes high performance sunglasses, prescription lenses and frames, goggles, apparel, footwear, and accessories.

The essence of the brand is communicated through hundreds of professional and amateur athletes who depend on Oakley products to provide them with the very best while they redefine what is physically possible.

Oakley is part of Luxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of fashion, luxury and sports eyewear. Our wholesale network covers more than 150 countries and our retail presence consists of over 7,200 retail stores across the globe.

In North America, our wholesale business is the home to other global brands like Ray-Ban and many of the top fashion house brands. Our leading retail brands include; LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical and Sears Optical. We are also home to EyeMed, the fastest growing vision care company in the United States.

 

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Lean Six Sigma Director is responsible for the implementation of Oakley Lean System across Global Manufacturing. The Director creates the strategic lean transformation plan and drives preparation and execution of improvement efforts throughout the organization working through the LEAN Executive Committee and pillars. Engages the organization to adapt or maintain a lean continuous improvement culture in order to enable the organization to improve performance SYSTEM in a sustainable way.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


Works with business leaders in the annual strategy deployment planning process and prioritizes improvement opportunities based upon Strategy Deployment and tactical planning objectives.
Ensures that LEAN work is impacting both results and the culture change towards the vision as determined by the organization.
Coaches and mentors leadership toward a continuous improvement culture that fosters daily improvement involving all team members.
Provides lean status reports for both internal and external communications including metric based accomplishments of the transformation plan. Estimates and reports on true savings of lean efforts in all areas.
Coordinates with master pillar leaders and other LEAN coordinators for execution of plan.
Drives lean thinking to create enterprise level value stream management including customer interfacing and new product development areas.
Tracks progress of Lean pillar leaders and empowers team members to implement solutions.
Assesses the implementation progress across the organization and reports progress to leadership team.
Promotes and supports cross-fertilization of ideas, knowledge, standards and improvements.
Coordinates support from external consultants, if applicable.
Coordinates LEAN trainings at all levels, as needed.


BASIC QUALIFICATIONS


BS in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or related field
Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification
10+ years’ experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, to include 5+ years in developing and implementing supply chain, production, and process improvement initiatives within the context of Lean
Experience in a significant operations role (Continuous Improvement Manager, Operations Manager, project or program manager, quality manager, production control)
Superior problem solving and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
Strong written and oral communication skills
Advanced interpersonal skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively and maintain credibility across all levels in the business
Demonstrated passion for solving problems and operational excellence
Focused, organized, results-oriented individual
Ability to work effectively within a team
Ability to influence Business Units without direct control
Self-motivated and able to achieve high impact in an unstructured environment


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS


MBA
 

Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Luxottica will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities who need assistance in the application and hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Luxottica HR Solutions Group at 1-866-431-8484.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, veteran or military status, marital status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy or maternity leave), genetic information or any other characteristics protected by law.
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