Director Lean Manufacturing Americas

The Director, Lean Manufacturing – Americas, is responsible

for executing the regional lean strategy and driving the implementation of the

Sunrise Medical Business System across manufacturing sites in the Americas. The role focuses on delivering measurable results in productivity, quality, safety, delivery, and cost by applying proven lean methodologies and coaching site teams in world-class operational practices.

The role is primarily execution-oriented, ensuring that lean initiatives translate into tangible performance improvements at the site and regional levels.

• Execute the Americas lean roadmap aligned with corporate lean principles and regional operational goals.
• Implement standardized lean practices including Work Standard Sheets, Kaizen, Kanban, 6S, Value Stream Mapping, TPM, and MES utilization.
• Deliver lean training across the entire organization to foster a strong lean culture.
• Ensure operational policies, procedures, and standards are consistently applied across all Americas manufacturing sites.
• Support site leadership in translating business forecasts into lean-driven operational planning for production, materials management, and logistics.
• Lead the execution of lean tools such as Policy Deployment (X-Matrix) and systems across Americas operations with a strong emphasis on measurable results.
• Ensure consistent application of standardized work, visual management, and structured problem-solving (A3, PDCA, etc.).
• Track and report KPIs related to lean execution: productivity, OEE, scrap, throughput, labor efficiency, inventory, and delivery performance.
• Facilitate Kaizen events and focused improvement workshops to deliver rapid operational gains.
• Partner with production, materials management, and logistics teams to ensure effective resource deployment and workflow optimization.
• Support operations leaders in identifying and executing regional improvement projects.