Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Manufacturing

Bridgestone Manufacturing Excellence (BME) is the name for the plant operating model built on P&G’s Integrated Work System (IWS). We are seeking an experienced IWS leader to join our team!

The Director level Internal Consultant will be a multi-site Advisor and be responsible for leading the vision and execution of Bridgestone’s Manufacturing Excellence (BME) rollout. This role will support multiple Manufacturing facilities across the Americas.

The BME Internal Consultant Director drives manufacturing excellence by implementing a proprietary, culture-driven framework to achieve zero losses and 100% employee ownership. In this role, you will lead, train, and coach teams on multiple manufacturing pillars—such as Autonomous Maintenance and Focused Improvement—to optimize SQCDME (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, Environment) performance.

***Our ideal candidate would be based in the Nashville metro; however, could work remotely with travel as needed to corporate headquarters and plants***

In this challenging role, you will drive operational excellence by implementing lean manufacturing principles, such as TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and BME pillars, to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance productivity within company plants. You will analyze performance metrics, coach teams on continuous improvement initiatives.

A BME Internal Consultant will:

• Assure BME activities have a connection to loss elimination that will deliver required CBN results
• Coach of BME technologies and approaches in all pillars to include on-the-floor activities
• Assessor of integrated activity implementation and standards calibrator with leadership team.
• Participates in all phase assessments to provide a calibrated and objective viewpoint
• Capture and disseminate Current Best Practices worthy of reapplication
• Develop capability in leadership teams and especially in the BME manager whom they qualify
• Diagnose activities and identify technical know-how and organization behaviors that are barriers to implementation.
• Provide feedback to leadership teams that cause them to take action.
• Share and receive learnings with and from other Bridgestone Manufacturing leaders to foster global skill development.
• Working with GBU lead sites or pilots and initiatives as appropriate

A strong candidate will possess:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Operations, Business or related field; MBA Preferred

• 10+ years of continuous improvement and manufacturing leadership experience 

• IWS deep knowledge, specifically post/current P&G experience or other companies that have implemented IWS

• Plant / operational experience roles ideally in the environment of Phase 2/Phase 3 sites

• Exceptional communication skills; comfortable developing content and driving leadership discussions, and effectively leading working teams

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification highly beneficial

• Bilingual in Spanish or French would be highly advantageous

• Ability to travel, as needed (25-40%)

Apply and join one of our teams to begin a career at Bridgestone Americas. Trust your talent; trust the journey. Be Bridgestone.

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they bring their whole self to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.