Business Excellence Manager

Anord Mardix, a Flex company, is a global leader in critical power solutions. With facilities around the globe, Anord Mardix leads in critical power infrastructure, supporting a myriad of industries, from financial institutions to data centres. At Anord Mardix, we welcome people of all backgrounds. We develop skill sets, encourage curiosity, and enable empowerment – we turn jobs into careers. If this sounds interesting, we’d like to meet you.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Business Excellence Manager located in Henrico, VA.

Reporting to the Director – Operations, the Business Excellence Manager role leads and facilitates operational excellence initiatives to drive Lean culture, strategic alignment, and continuous improvement across Critical Power operations.

What a typical day looks like:

• Grow Critical Power Lean Culture by embedding Lean Leadership behaviors, 5S, Visual Management, and Value Stream Mapping (VSM).
• Conduct Industrial Engineering and Lean training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean Continuous Improvement culture throughout the organization by co-guiding and co-facilitating Lean deployment.
• Align Lean strategy with business goals to support capacity increases and lead time reduction.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques to drive process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost savings, and the elimination of non-value-added activities.
• Develop and monitor KPIs across Tier 1, 2, and 3 levels to ensure visibility and accountability of performance.
• Lead up, across, and throughout the organization to influence decision-making, align priorities, and drive cross-functional collaboration.
• Apply structured change management approaches to ensure successful adoption and sustainability of Lean initiatives and cultural transformation.
• Drive and yokoten the identified best practices across sites and teams according to established timelines.
• Perform Lean Maturity Assessments and support each site in developing a plan to close identified gaps.
• Collaborate closely with Advanced Manufacturing, Business Process, and other OpEx Managers to integrate new technologies and systems that drive innovation and global standardization.
  
  

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in Operational Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering.
• Must have at least 3 years in project or people leader role.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to influence up and across and leadership experience across Operations functions.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and sustaining change through structured methodologies and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong ability to define and lead projects aligned with business and customer needs.
• Deep technical expertise across multiple domains and ability to apply Lean principles in complex environments.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to understand and influence the broader impact of OpEx initiatives across sites.
  
  

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Anord Mardix is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the recruitment process. Please advise us of any accommodations you may need by e-mailing: accessibility@flex.com.