ELS Project Lead

Company Description

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Job Description

The ELS project lead is a Lean/Six Sigma expert, hands on role that will:

• Support the operations leader for establishment of lean principles and practices for shop floor operations to establish an operating system for daily, weekly, and monthly practices that enables ability to see and solve problems for continuous improvement of capabilities and performance results.

• Collaborate directly with operating teams areas to support standard operations, identify opportunities and facilitate improvements

• Collaborate and benchmark with other sites, functional teams, other internal and external stakeholders to support standards and improvements

• Standardize operating, quality control, ongoing preventive maintenance processes

Key responsibility focus areas will include, but not limited to:

• Establishing and following priority SOP’s

• Establishing and supporting standard metrics and reporting

• Support standard management system practices:

• Daily - Managing for Daily Improvement process (MDI) that includes:

  • Leader standardized work (“gemba”)

  • Daily accountability

  • Visual controls

  • Abnormality management/support escalation

• Weekly management practices - ongoing performance management, problem solving and improvement projects

• Monthly management processes - strategy alignment, communications

• Value stream mapping to plan and prioritize improvements

• Developing and executing productivity improvement roadmaps, projects, and action plans

Critical skill and capability areas, expectations for the role:

• Be a change agent – challenge the status quo and implement breakthrough improvements, influencing and motivating others to adopt and take ownership of new processes

• Must have relevant manufacturing work experience

• Understanding of lean sigma principles and practices with practical applications experience

• Effective collaboration with team members at all levels

• Training and coaching others

• Excellent verbal and written communications with others, across all levels of the organization

• Project management and problem solving skills

• Experience in completing complex technical assignments without immediate supervision; analyzing complex data and preparing effective reports and recommendations.

• Ability to work and manage multiple projects with limited direct supervision

• Basic business acumen

• Model and promote our Avery Dennison code of conduct, values and ethics

• Ability to travel when required to work at manufacturing locations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or commensurate training and work experience

• Minimum 3 years related work experience - manufacturing operations, engineering, problem solving and process improvements

Additional Information

AVERY DENNISON IS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK:
We not only embrace change… we drive it. We work hard, push hard, and take brave risks. Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action. We grow strong talent through stretch opportunities only restricted by your interests. We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business. We are a force for good, embedded in industries and communities worldwide. We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life. Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone. We offer: 

• Workplace Flexibility 
• Structured learning and development 
• Mentoring program 
• Competitive total rewards

We look forward to receiving your application.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.