
Continuous Improvement Engineer
Emerson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sorocaba • Brazil
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About the role
- Analyze customer, market and internal operations data to identify improvement opportunities, bottlenecks and performance variances across markets and portfolios.
- Convert complex data sets into actionable insights to support strategic decisions and prioritize initiatives.
- Lead and support bottleneck elimination programs by identifying constraints, quantifying impacts and facilitating cross‑functional alignment.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and Finance to drive order growth, improve service levels and increase profitability.
- Plan and support Continuous Improvement events through process analysis, data collection and post‑implementation follow‑up.
- Continuously monitor and report on Service Level performance for the Flow Controls area, ensuring visibility, accountability and sustainable results.
- Serve as a bridge between business teams and Oracle functionalities, contributing to adoption, enhancements and efficient use of new and existing features.
- Facilitate Oracle tool implementations by translating business needs into use cases and supporting testing, training and change management.
- Build strong partnerships within a matrix organization, aligning stakeholders around common goals and data‑driven analyses.
- Work autonomously from problem definition through solution implementation and realization of benefits.
- Communicate clearly about issues, root causes and solutions, using data to support decisions and foster alignment across diverse teams.
Requirements
- Degree in IT, Engineering or related fields.
- Minimum 4–5 years’ experience in continuous improvement or business intelligence.
- Desirable programming skills (SQL, R, Python) and experience in industrial or logistics environments — experience with control valves is a plus.
- Experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle.
- Knowledge of process mapping and root‑cause methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, PDCA, 5 Whys).
- Ability to measure performance and track KPIs.
- Experience in bottleneck elimination techniques and flow optimization.
- Experience developing business intelligence solutions and turning complex data into insights.
- Knowledge of cross‑functional processes (Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance).
- Basic project management skills (scope, prioritization, benefits tracking).
- Fluent English; Spanish is desirable.
Benefits
- Healthcare, dental, pharmacy benefits and Wellhub (Gympass)
- Life insurance
- Credit cooperative
- Private pension plan
- Recognition and more
- Supportive employee culture and employee assistance program
- Extended parental leave (maternity and paternity) as a Citizen Company
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLRPythoncontinuous improvementbusiness intelligenceprocess mappingroot-cause methodologiesbottleneck elimination techniquesflow optimizationKPI tracking
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingautonomystakeholder alignmentdata-driven analysisfacilitationtrainingchange managementpartnership building