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The Director of Lean & Enterprise Transformation leads the design, deployment, and sustainment of the OHD Lean Operating System across eight U.S. manufacturing plants. This role ensures operational excellence by embedding Lean thinking, leadership discipline, and customer value creation into every process. Responsible for measurable improvements in productivity, cost, safety, quality, and engagement, this leader will partner with Plant Managers and functional executives to drive enterprise transformation through system governance, capability development, and cultural adoption. 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields. 
• Master’s degree or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred. 
• Minimum 10 years of progressive manufacturing experience, with at least 5 years in a Lean leadership role. 
• Proven success deploying Lean systems across multi-site manufacturing environments. 
• Deep knowledge of Lean principles, systems thinking, and operational excellence frameworks. 
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels. 
• Experience in building products or industrial manufacturing preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% across U.S. sites. 

Lean System Leadership

• Own the design, deployment, and sustainability of the OHD Lean Operating System. 
• Develop a corporate Lean playbook defining standard tools, methods, and behaviors. 
• Integrate Lean governance through Tier 1–4 management routines linking plant operations to enterprise strategy. 
• Ensure alignment of Lean systems with Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Customer Value pillars.

Performance & Financial Accountability

• Deliver measurable business impact through Lean deployment, targeting 3–5% year-over-year cost improvement per site.
• Partner with Operations Finance to validate productivity savings, cost-out initiatives, and ROI of improvement project
• Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, and delivery performance through structured problem solving. 

Lean Maturity & Capability Development

• Establish and govern the Lean maturity assessment and certification process (Bronze/Silver/Gold). 
• Conduct quarterly maturity assessments for each site and coach plant leadership on next-level development. 
• Facilitate training, Kaizen events, and structured problem-solving workshops to strengthen internal capability.

Governance & System Integration

• Lead the enterprise Lean governance cadence including weekly reviews, monthly transformation updates, and quarterly executive reviews. 
• Partner with Plant Managers, Manufacturing Engineering, EHS, Quality, Materials, and PMO to integrate Lean into daily operations. 
• Ensure standardization, alignment, and accountability across all plant-level Lean deployments.

Leadership & Cultural Transformation

• Serve as a visible change agent who models leadership discipline and daily Gemba engagement. 
• Coach plant and functional leaders to lead with process and data rather than opinion. 
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and respect for people across all sites.

Leadership Expectations

• Operates as an enterprise transformation leader, influencing systems and data. 
• Embeds Lean leadership behaviors into executive and plant-level routines. 
• Demonstrates relentless pursuit of waste elimination, flow, and customer value creation. 
• Acts as the enterprise guardian of the OHD Lean Operating System, ensuring its adoption and sustainment.

The Overhead Door Corporation is a strong and vibrant company! We have successfully grown our sales performance both organically and through acquisition, and our balance sheet is strong. We have a great pipeline opportunity that is supported with a formal development program designed to prepare the right candidate for future growth and additional responsibilities.

Overhead Door Corporation is a leading manufacturer of doors and openers for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation applications. Our corporate headquarters is located in Lewisville, Texas.

Overhead Door Corporation has five divisions: Access Systems Division (ASD), which features the Overhead Door and Wayne Dalton garage door brands; The Genie Company, manufacturer of remote-controlled garage door opening systems; Horton Automatics, a manufacturer of automatic entrance systems; TODCO, the largest producer of truck doors for the transportation industry and Installed Services Division (ISD) which features two service and install brands: Creative Door Services in Western Canada and NationServe in the United States.

What does Overhead Door have to offer?
At The Overhead Door Corporation, we recognize people as the core of our strength. That’s why we provide a comprehensive benefits package to our employees, including medical, dental and life insurance. Employees also enjoy the freedom of optional benefits suited to their needs and lifestyles, so they take home benefits that are customized for them.
• Health and Dental – 2 options
• 401K Match
• Profit Sharing
• Company Paid Life and Disability
• Education Assistance
• Employee Purchase Program

Overhead Door Corporation is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of talented people who make things happen - a powerful and diverse team that includes women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans.