Director -Divisional Black Belt

Company: Lean Six Sigma Experts LSSE
Location: Elkhart
Posted on: March 20, 2020

Job Description:

Divisional Lean Director Summary The Divisional Lean Director leads our Lean implementation at the division level. This leadership role drives the transition of the division through value stream mapping, strategy deployment, kaizen events, and other tools. This is a highly visible position that will work with all levels of employees. The key objective is to drive change that will positively affect the bottom line of the business while delivering optimum performance to our customers. Essential Duties and Responsibilities -- Assess manufacturing and business process efficiency and performance -- Identify greatest Lean opportunities across the Division -- Develop business cases and establish financial and non-financial project goals -- Lead change management activities -- Coordinate and lead all Lean Manufacturing Activities within the division including kaizen events, projects and any other activity to improve and further lean efforts (create transition plans from current to future state and execute) -- Lead projects through discovery, design and implementation, utilizing Lean / Six Sigma tools and methodologies (DMAIC, VSM, Cellular Flow, 5S, etc.) -- Manage people and projects to ensure proper achievement of results -- Use Lean techniques to perform process reviews and aid in establishing standardized work procedures -- Coach and mentor leadership toward a continuous improvement culture that fosters daily improvement involving all team members Qualifications: -- B.S. in Business or Engineering related fields -- MS or MBA preferred -- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred -- 10 years of business/manufacturing experience with Lean deployment responsibilities. -- Analytical Problem Solving: Able to identify problems; apply structured and disciplined methodology to identify root cause using data -- Innovative and effective solution development, risk mitigation and execution -- Ability and willingness to engage and drive change at the shop floor level

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