VP - Operational Excellence - Transactional (Southeast)

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Company:

Confidential

Position:

VP - Operational Excellence (Southeast)

Location:

Confidential – Southeast

Reporting:

CFO

Compensation:

Excellent base and bonus compensation

Relocation:

Excellent relocation package available

Company Profile:

Our exclusive multi-billion dollar client is a leader in their market segment. They are seeking to further improve their operating performance by leveraging their core Lean Six Sigma initiatives.

Position Description and Responsibilities:

This is a key operational excellence enterprise wide deployment leadership position, reporting directly to the company’s CFO. This position will require an experienced Lean Six Sigma Leader with enterprise wide transactional deployment experience. This position requires a leader that is able to facilitate and drive change in a fast paced and “ever changing” environment leveraging his/her strong interpersonal skills. Key to success in this position is the ability to work within and across the organization at all levels creating value and buy-in as the a key change facilitator for the business’s enterprise wide Lean Six Sigma deployment

• This position will provide leadership and strategic direction for the deployment of our client’s Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
• This position will apply Lean Six Sigma concepts to improvement efforts across the business. Work collaboratively with senior business leaders to identify process gaps and improvement opportunities. Must be able to drive change, lead cross-functional teams, and coach and develop Black Belts and Green Belts, as demonstrated through past experience.
• This position will provide strategic leadership around initiatives focused on the sustained improvement of business processes throughout the enterprise.
• This position will drive the creation of breakthrough insights into business processes which unify and align strategy and operating plans resulting in enhanced shareholder value.
• This position will lead the integration of process improvement in business operations and culture.
• This position will reduce costs by streamlining processes, provide for accelerated value creation throughout the enterprise and enable associates to focus on activities that matter most to customers.
• This position will be focused on driving improvements in revenue and driving cost out of the business through more effective business process, elimination of non-value added or duplicate efforts, waste and other related defects in the business process.
• The position will serve as the corporate expert on process methodologies to include Lean, Six Sigma or other related process improvement tools.
• This position will help manage the development, delivery and administration of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, tools and training that will be deployed as part of the company's Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
• This position will drive and influence a culture for sustained improvement and continuous process improvement.
• This position will drive and implement tools, processes and policies designed to focus on business process improvement to maximize the capabilities within existing technologies to enhance business value and ROI.
• This position will provide leadership to achieve sustained improvement of business processes. Scope includes all major business processes throughout the enterprise.
• This role will help define process quality issues, measure current process performance, analyze root cause defects, and develop targeted process improvement opportunities with business partners.

Position Critical to Quality + Success (CTQ+S): Technical Behavioral Requirements:

• BS Business / Technical Engineering Degree (preferred)
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
• 7+ Years’ experience in Lean Six Sigma transactional implantation and facilitation in roles of increasing deployment leadership responsibility at the executive level
• Advanced Training in Lean, Kaizen, VSM and other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Track record of successful cross functional project management & deployment leadership experience
• Personal computer skills in a networked environment, Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power-point, and MSProject) required. Minitab

Position Critical to Quality + Success (CTQ+S): Skill/Ability Behavioral Requirements:

• Results based Leadership style skill set with strong impact and influencing skills
• Tenacity and energy in leading change towards an effective work environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively to direct and motivate team and others, maintaining a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills and process focus
• Progressive, flexible and team oriented person required.
• Strong planning/organization & time management skills required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

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