Job Description
**Pioneering in America, from the first mile to the last. This is what drives us!**
For more than 160 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. Automation’s impact on the railway industry is second only to the effects of digitalization. Combine them and the results are transformative! We work at the leading edge of this movement, applying our proven expertise in digitalization to rail infrastructure and automation.
Our innovative solutions deliver greater safety, punctuality, reliability, and sustainability across the line, all while reducing costs for mass transit and freight transportation systems. We are continuously developing new answers for rail automation \- often to questions that haven’t been asked yet.
**Position Overview:**
Siemens is seeking a driven and experienced professional with a passion for optimizing processes and enhancing quality. Do you thrive in an environment where you can challenge the status quo and drive tangible improvements? We are seeking an initiative\-taking Quality \& Manufacturing Process Improvement Specialist to join our team. In this critical individual contributor role, you will play a pivotal part in collaborating with leaders across the organization to identify, develop, and implement innovative process improvements within our quality and manufacturing operations.
**What your day may look like**:
* Work closely with leaders and stakeholders across various departments to understand current challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and align process enhancement initiatives with strategic business objectives.
* Conduct thorough analyses of existing quality and manufacturing processes, utilizing strong technical quality management skills to pinpoint inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for optimization.
* Design and develop robust, data\-driven action plans and solutions for process improvements, leveraging best practices in quality management, lean methodologies, and manufacturing excellence.
* Lead and support the implementation of approved process improvements, ensuring seamless integration and minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
* Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the effectiveness of implemented changes, track progress, and report on the impact of process improvements.
* Champion a culture of continuous improvement, effectively communicating the benefits of new processes and challenging existing norms to foster innovation and efficiency.
* Act as a subject matter expert, sharing insights, best practices, and training with colleagues to elevate overall organizational capabilities in quality and manufacturing process improvement.
* Ensure and improve the quality of supplied products and services in the assigned areas of manufacturing. Implement Supplier Quality Management (SQM) requirements regarding specifications, supplier, product, and service selection and...