Job Summary: The focus of this role is to lead and inspire a team of specialists in identifying, assessing, and harnessing opportunities for operational improvement across the organization. A primary objective will be to instill a culture of continuous improvement that drives efficiency, innovation, and growth throughout the company.
Responsibilities and Activities:
- Leadership and Team Development: Foster continuous improvement skills and cultivate a mindset of ongoing growth and excellence throughout the organization
- Process Analysis and Improvement: Analyze existing processes and procedures to identify opportunities for improvement and utilize proven methodologies such as PDCA, Lean Six Sigma, and KATA to develop solutions.
- Project Oversight: Oversee the progression of continuous improvement projects and collaborate with stakeholders to implement change.
Data Analysis and Problem-Solving: Analyze data to identify and resolve operational problems, using data-driven insights and process control techniques. - Project Team Leadership: Establish and lead cross-functional project teams.
- Cost-Benefit Analysis: Analyze improvement ideas to determine their cost-effectiveness, impact, and associated risks.
- Reporting and Documentation: Prepare comprehensive post-project assessment reports, documenting the impact of initiatives compared to established goals and targets.
Competencies:
- Leading and Managing People: Motivating, developing, and directing people
- Systems Analysis: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Change Management: Create and execute a strategy to support the adoption of changes required by an improvement initiative.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being
Qualifications:
- BS in a technical field or 3+ years of work experience in quality and process improvement.
- Experience managing others.
- Experience in leading projects.
- Authorized to work in the US.
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma tools and concepts is a plus.
- Willing to travel, approximately 10-20%