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Monday, March 10, 2008
Manager of Operational Excellence - Boston
Company:Confidential
Position: Manager of Operational Excellence
Location:Boston Area
Reporting: Director of Operational Excellence
Compensation: Based on experience+ Bonus
Relocation: Relocation Offered
Client Company / Company Profile:
Our client is a multi-billion dollar, global medical equipment company that is either number 1 or number 2 in most of its market segments. Strong record of growth and profitability.
Position Description and Responsibilities:
This is a Six Sigma Operational Excellence role focused on the identification and implementation of process changes that deliver costs savings and improve revenue and profit in alignment with our client’s strategic objectives. This role will responsible for training and mentoring project teams on proper use of six sigma methodologies and tools. Initial projects will be related to transactional processes and will impact the following cross functional business to include service, sales and R+D.
Service: improve the product Returns process and profitability of contract customers.
Sales Operations: improve product placement and compliance processes.
R&D and Manufacturing: improve the quality and serviceability of products through design changes or lower-cost vendors.
Effectively train/coach Green and Black Belts in the application and knowledge of the six sigma methodology, tools and techniques.
Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve transactional processes that reduce costs and/or improve revenue and increase margins, and validate impact with Finance teams.
Define projects, structure and lead project teams, collect data, conduct analyses, define and implement sustainable solutions.
Influence cross-functional owners in Quality, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Service.
Partner with other OPEX staff to drive project synergies and cross-business impact.
Present updates to senior management on behalf of functional project teams.
Position Critical to Quality + Success (CTQ+S): Technical Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in technical or quantitative business field.
MS in industrial engineering/management, operations research, applied statistics/mathematics or quality engineering is a plus.
Certified Black Belt/Master Black Belt.
5-10 years of business experience in Operations improvement, Financial Audit or Six Sigma roles.
Extensive experience in successful process improvement and project management through the application of Lean, Six Sigma & Design Excellence methodologies.
Demonstrated track record of delivering cost and profit improvement solutions across multiple functional areas.
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Timothy Noble is the managing principal and partner at The Avery Point Group, a leading global executive search firm specializing in Lean and Six Sigma leadership talent for clients in Europe and North America. Mr. Noble has over 25 years of executive leadership experience in manufacturing, supply chain management, distribution, continuous improvement and executive search. Throughout his career he has been consistently promoted and has held senior level executive roles in major Fortune 500 companies like General Electric (GE) and The Stanley Works (SWK – which is now Stanley Black & Decker). He also has extensive experience in Lean Manufacturing and is a GE trained Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
Yvonne Hite is a principal and partner at The Avery Point Group, a global executive search firm specializing in Lean and Six Sigma leadership talent for clients in Europe and North America. Ms. Hite has over 25 years of executive level leadership experience in manufacturing, financial services, Lean and Six Sigma. Throughout her career she has been consistently promoted and has held senior level executive roles in major Fortune 500 companies like General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC) and The Stanley Works (SWK – which is now Stanley Black & Decker). Ms. Hite is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Bank of America Certified Master Black Belt and has extensive experience driving both Lean and Six Sigma initiatives on a global scale.
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