Lean Practitioner - Americas

Description

• Facilitate Obeya Room Set-ups, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen workshops, Daily Work Installations, and driving action closure.
• Work closely with local leadership to implement and deliver improvements in process performance.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging Lean methodologies to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Facilitate workshops and training sessions, balancing theoretical knowledge with practical application.
• Coach and develop Lean Practitioners, Process Owners, and other leaders within the organization, fostering a culture of growth and development
• Work closely with the regional leadership team, facilitating effective communication and collaboration to drive strategic initiatives.
• Identify key process improvement opportunities and lead process standardization.
• Lead improvement projects aligned with business strategies and priorities.
• Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring the organization's long-term sustainability and success.
• Serve as a liaison between the regional leadership team and key stakeholders, ensuring transparent and effective communication.
• Conduct and manage Lean training sessions for all personnel.
• Cascade strategic goals from regional leadership down to individual contributors, ensuring everyone understands their role in achieving the company's vision.
• Foster innovation by introducing new CI techniques, methodologies, and tools, sharing insights broadly across CI Team.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to promote Lean methodologies.
• Utilize Lean methodologies to drive process improvements in key areas.
• Mentor other project leaders to accelerate results and improve the culture of continuous improvement.
• Implement process improvement methodologies and tools.
• Support integration and alignment vertically and horizontally across the organization.
• Aligns with global lean program, and supports regional implementations
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify improvement opportunities, recommending appropriate technology and business solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Quality, Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, ability to align change management approach to business needs.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to establish rapport with leaders, customers and peers.
• Initiative / self-starter: able to execute within strategic vision with motivation and resiliency
• Experience leading business transformation projects - track record of delivering tangible, recognized business & customer results
• Proven analytical and systems-thinking: design & deployment of end-to-end solutions that exceed requirements.
• Quick learner with aptitude for complex business and technological concepts
• Proactive risk management and issue resolution skills with appropriate escalation practices
• Travel Requirements: 25-50%
• Excellent facilitation and strategic thinking skills
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Continuous Improvement.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance