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Hybrid Associate Director, Lean Transformation, Continuous Improvement
Posted 10 hours ago
About the role
- Associate Director driving Lean Transformation and Continuous Improvement in a global healthcare leader. Engaging with business leaders to enhance operational performance across multiple sites.
Responsibilities
- Partner with and consult business unit leaders and their leadership teams to develop plans and execute performance improvement activities in line with organizational priorities
- Develop Lean management and people development plans and processes
- Utilize various Lean tools, techniques and apply GMPS standards to diagnose, analyze and improve business processes
- Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills into the organization for the development of Lean Leaders
- Self-manage projects and teams, mitigate risks, allocate resources, and drive on time completion of initiatives and deliver intended results.
- Develop visual controls and effective management systems to make problems visible, respond with urgency, effectively break down complex problems, lead root cause analysis, and develop effective countermeasures.
- Build trust and develop new relationships with internal and external clients and effectively coach senior leaders and E2E/IP Managers to collaborate and achieve successful outcomes at site/regional/global levels.
- Leverage digital and data capabilities to properly measure, visualize and analyze information to support operations improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (engineering, business, supply chain, sciences)
- Experience analyzing complex processes or end-to-end supply chains and driving timely process improvement
- Hands-on application of Lean tools and techniques not limited to standardized work, scientific problem solving, value stream mapping, mistake proofing, production leveling, SMED, 5S-Visual Factory
- Experience applying consultative skills: ability to influence decision making, ability to interact with all levels of the business (senior leaders to shop floor working teams)
- Project management skills (demonstrated experience in managing large project teams)
- Proven experience in coaching and equipping others to apply lean methods and tools.
- Changing mindsets and behaviors to achieve a continuous improvement philosophy
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
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