Company Description
**Job Description**:
**ABOUT THE ROLE**
The ELS Leader is a Lean/Six Sigma expert that will play an exciting and important role by using the tools of Lean/Six Sigma to identify opportunities at the site or within a functional area to improve business results.
The ELS Project Leader will be responsible to assure business performance improvement by leading, executing and coaching ELS projects at all levels of the site organization.
**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE**:
REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Activities and duties will vary depending upon the functional area assigned.
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Develop in-depth understanding of Enterprise Lean Sigma philosophy and methods as demonstrated by successful training and certification in these areas.
- Analyze Supply Chain and help identify projects or process changes that will eliminate non-value added activities and create or improve processes that add value to our customers.
- Successfully initiate, lead and implement projects assigned.
- Be a change agent - challenge old ways of doing business and implement breakthrough improvements
- Motivate others to accept process changes and take ownership.
- Report results and issues to ELS Manager.
- Train, educate, and mentor others in the organization on Lean/Sigma principles.
- Identify project opportunities within the site or across business units.
- Identify and remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processes.
- Drive site's layout and flow process improvement efforts.
- Use the Value Stream Map to establish the baseline process and measure progress.
- Track and report on project Continuous Improvement metrics.
**Qualifications**:
**WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU**:
- Industrial Engineering or similar Bachelor's degree.
- 5+ year's business, operations or lean experience (technical and/or manufacturing)
- English for business
- Auto CAD and Minitab proficiency
- Effective interpersonal skills dealing with people at various levels and in a variety of functions to build a high-performance team work environment.
- Able to challenge the status quo.
- Excellent project management skills (black Belt or Green Belt necessary)
- Effective oral and written communication skills; ability to effectively present complex topics in a concise manner.
- Proven leadership skills - able to influence and motivate others.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead Change.
- Strong quantitative and analytical capability.
- High Energy, passion for excellence, bias for action.