Company Overview

ProLift Toyota Material Handling is more than a forklift distributor in the Midwest. We are driven to be the premier provider of material handling equipment and service. We believe that by investing in our people and technology, we create an exceptional customer experience, allowing us to focus on our customers and take action on improving our customers' business.

We are a passionate and inclusive group of people working together to foster innovation for our customers, community, and each other.

ProLift Toyota Material Handling strives to achieve indispensable partnerships with customers, associates and our communities. Our company creates these partnerships through communication, continuous improvement, transparency, and doing the right thing.

Job Summary

The Toyota Lean Management (TLM) Advisor supports internal ProLift Toyota Material Handling activities and our customers with coaching and mentoring towards their organization's Lean journey and overall business improvement initiatives. The TLM Advisor is a credible expert that help customers and associates apply the principles of the renowned Toyota Production System (TPS) in various industries through identification and elimination of waste and improving business processes.

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Follows the TLM roadmap to train and support Champions and Leaders to implement 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, Just In Time, Jidoka, KPI management
• Builds trust with Champions and Leaders in order to facilitate continuous improvement culture (kaizen)
• Comfortable and adept at providing both Lean classroom instruction and tactical Lean improvement advice in the actual workplace at large customer sites
• Prepares and leads process discovery and requirement workshops - process or value stream mapping - with key stakeholders to identify current condition and improvement opportunities to gain efficiency, sustainability
• Clearly articulates and applies complicated Lean concepts in order to solve problems - regardless of customer industry
• Promote ProLift Toyota Material Handling's values, mission and purpose of "Helping People Carry the Load" to ensure we are customers', vendors' and associates' "Indispensable Partner"

Educational/Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, 5 or more years of leadership experience such as Operations/Supply Chain/Production Control/Quality Management/Engineering in a Lean practicing organization and emphasize on developing human capital and total company culture over dispatching experts to problem solve and drive change. The role requires up to 50% of travel, mostly locally between ProLift location. This candidate will have a deep academic understanding and application experience of key Lean Concepts. The TLM Advisor communicates to associates, customers, and managers, which requires excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate will protect the organization's values by maintaining confidential information utilizing their ability to handle sensitive information.

The ProLift Team

Our associates have the opportunity for personal and professional growth as well as a long-term career. We have examples throughout our company of associates' advancements within the organization.

We value our associates and the work they do. ProLift associates flourish by collaborating on our obstacles and celebrating our achievements.

What We Have to Offer

ProLift Toyota Material Handling is proud of the benefits package we offer associates including medical, dental, vision, 401K, company paid life insurance, company paid short-term disability, paid parental leave, and other supplemental insurance options (i.e. - pet insurance). Paid time off is available after 30 days!

We have a shared focus in helping our communities thrive. We encourage groups of associates to volunteer for non-profit organizations and reimburse those participants for the hours contributed to our communities.

Are you ready to make the best decision of your life and join the ProLift Toyota Material Handling team? Apply Now! We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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