Lean Engineer - Manufacturing
Deluxe Corporation (Rockford, Illinois)

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Deluxe Corporation

Innovative. Hard working. Honest. Entrepreneurial.

These are the words our customers and employees use when they talk about Deluxe.

Building on our legacy as one of the top check producers in the North America, Deluxe has evolved into a trusted and valued advisor to financial institutions and small businesses.

A Fortune 1000 company with more than 8,000 employees, Deluxe helps financial institutions and small businesses grow their businesses through a wide range of innovative products and services in fraud prevention, customer loyalty and brand building.

Deluxe is also a proud community leader. Through the Deluxe Foundation, it has contributed more than $82 million to local organizations and charitable giving programs since 1952. Over the years, Deluxe has received a number of prestigious awards for its responsible corporate citizenship, governance and industry best practices.

The Johnson Group was founded in 1957 and serves its nation-wide customers through a complete menu of full prepress support, one-to-multi-color offset and digital printing, extensive finishing, bindery, mailing, and fulfillment support. The Johnson Group is a leader in the digital arena, providing innovative web-to-print and one-to-one variable data print services.

We are looking for an experienced Lean Engineer to work with our lean / process leadership to achieve operational goals.

In this role, you will:

Utilize teaming and lean methodologies to create a culture of and drive continuous process improvements. Educate/train employees on lean process improvement methodologies. Work with cross-functional teams across the organization to implement lean process improvements, particularly the standardization of processes. Manage/lead lean process improvement projects.\ Continuously improve the focus upon internal and external customers. Reduce manufacturing process cycle time. Focus upon meeting the expectations of customers and the reduction/elimination of non-value added activities. Qualifications • Bachelors Degree (industrial or manufacturing engineering is preferred) or equivalent work experience. • 3+ years successful manufacturing experience driving continuous process improvements. • Understanding and effective utilization of Lean methodologies. • Proven ability to drive (cultural) change; challenges the status quo and looks for ways to improve team and organizational performance; champions new initiatives and stimulates others to make changes. • Proven ability to analyze problems and make decisions; effectively analyzes issues and makes sound, logical business decisions in a timely manner. • Strong achievement orientation; demonstrates strong personal drive, initiative and persistence; is motivated by challenges and determined in the face of setbacks. • Effective interpersonal skills; develops and maintains working relationships with a diverse spectrum of people/customers (ex. leadership, peers, internal and external customers etc.); conveys respect for others’ perspectives and contributions; demonstrates that maintaining effective working relationships is a priority. • Solid verbal and written communication skills. • Excellent change management, team building, and leadership skills and experience. • Project management skills required. • Lean implementation experience is preferred. Drug screen and background check required. EOE/M/F/D/V.