Business Excellence Leader
Flex · Texas
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Flex (industrial) in Texas. Identify, Drive and Yokoten Best practices-based Kaizen projects on the accord timelines.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Root cause
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Texas: typical posted base $80k–$127k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 24 continuous improvement openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Texas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 23 other live lean / ci postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $80k–$127k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 88%
- ✓ Six Sigma 67%
- ✓ Root cause 46%
- ✓ Kaizen 42%
- Value stream mapping 33%
- ✓ Cost reduction 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Flex
We found 1 person at this company and state: 1 in this kind of role. Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. See them ↓
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
Write to Eric → (free) - 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Full description from FlexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Business Excellence Leader located in Austin, Texas .
Reporting to the Director, Business Excellence. Business Excellence Leader role will be i n charge of continuously driving a culture of excellence in the organization and enabling waste removal activities using lean and six sigma approaches and tools and guiding actions to a sustainable conclusion.
The experience we're looking to add to our team
- ✓Typically requires 1 -3 years of related experience.
- ✓Demonstrates functional, technical skills as well as customer service attitude (external and internal).
- ✓Teamwork participation to enable project improvement.
- ✓Comprehends the strategic & tactical impact of the function across sites.
- ✓Must be able to guide direct projects and business initiatives.
- ✓Financial, research and statistical skills to resolve conflicting goals.
- ✓Demonstrate good level knowledge of Industrial Engineering Lean & Six Sigma methodology.
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Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
What a typical day looks like
- •Work as a change agent and drive lean and six sigma activities as defined in the GBE A3.
- •Applying and deploying Flex Lean Enterprise Values across the entire organization.
- •In charge of eliminating waste and create value by reducing variation in the processes to achieve sustainable results throughout the organization and segment.
- •Utilize Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) techniques, initiate process improvements, cycle time reductions, cost reductions and other activities aimed at reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities in the process.
- •Create and validate processes/standards based on standard work and BPs.
- •Identify, Drive and Yokoten Best practices-based Kaizen projects on the accord timelines.
- •Conduct Industrial Engineering lean and six sigma training and accelerate the proliferation of Lean culture thru out the organization by guiding and facilitating Continues Improvement Lean Deployment.
- •Perform assessment of Continuous Improvement Maturity Tracker (CIMT) Operation/Supply chain/Office and drive initiatives to close gaps.
- •Agile participate in the selection and executions of lean and six sigma projects.
- •Transformation (continuous workshop in 90 days). Facilitate Continues Improvement Transformation activities through Kaizen, workshops, and Small Group Activities.
- •Comprehend and use Center point portal as depository to enable data research and cost saving effectiveness.
- •Achieve Industrial, Lean & 6 sigma training & Certification in order to become subject matter expert in the organization.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide
- •Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- •Life Insurance
- •Short-term and Long-term Disability
- •Matching 401(k) Contributions
- •Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- •Tuition Reimbursement