Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist

Job Purpose
The Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist leads the execution of Continuous Improvement initiatives within a site / function in order to embed best practices, reinforce a continuous improvement mind-set and streamline non-value added activities.

Core Responsibilities

Business Alignment
●    Contribute to the design of Site/Business Unit strategies and deployment plans 
●    Proactively identify and quantify improvement opportunities; develop action plans accordingly.

People Engagement
●    Support in deploying  CI Awareness workshops to all teams (e.g. CI basics training)
●    Enable everyone to actively share Good Practices (e.g. through active communication, newsletter)

Capability Building
●    Follow up of CI capability building governance at Team/shop floor level 
●    Develop people by delivering training, coaching and mentoring for basic CI Methodologies
●    Training includes:  CI Basics (5S, 8Wastes, Problem Solving), Yellow, Visual Performance Management, CI Maturity Assessment

Problem Solving
●    Follow up of Problem Solving building governance at Team/shop floor level 
●    Coach project teams in applying effective problem solving (root cause analysis)

Performance Management
●    Set up and support the effective implementation of daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly performance management reviews at shift, department and site level including the definition of lagging and leading indicators

Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA)
●    Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment (CIMA):
●    Support the CI Manager / Lead / Site or Business Unit to prepare the CIMA Assessment and follow up with the teams based on CIMA outcome

Process Efficiency
●    Train, coach and inspire teams in applying relevant CI tools and methodologies for improving Processes and Asset Efficiencies;

Work Standard
●    Support process owners on development and maintenance of CI related work standards
●    Enable teams to apply and comply with work standards (e.g. SOPs, OPLs)

Business Impact
●    Lead or support specific business improvement projects
●    Coach project teams on applying Lean and Six Sigma tools during project execution phases.
●    Drive implementation progress of assigned CI projects/programs, monitoring resource plans, project team accountabilities, change requests, deadlines, milestones, change management roadmaps, communications etc. and manage periodic updates 
●    Responsible for reporting the financial and non-financial benefits for assigned improvement projects

Academic Background
●    BA in related field
●    Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent required; Black Black certification or equivalent  is an advantage

Professional Experience
●    +3 years in continuous improvement.
●    Proven results on leading improvement projects, training and  coaching;
●    Training experience with operators, shift leaders and departmental managers.
●    Exposure to cross-functional teams and projects

Technical Skills
●    Advising, Training and Coaching Skills
●    Stakeholder Management skills
●    Project & Change Management skills

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