Director, Business Transformation Office

Basic Qualifications 
Education

• Bachelor's Degree/University Degree in  Business, Manufacturing/Logistics, or Engineering

Experience

• Eight or more years’ experience in operations management, with at least two years spent in roles leading and driving Continuous Improvement
• 7 years of project management experience
• Leadership experience at Manager or Director level
• Experience with highly complex business plan management across multiple geographies and countries
• Experience interfacing with both higher management and operational/technical personnel

Other Requirements

• Lean Certification
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt
• Project Management Professional (PMP)  Certification
• Understands strategic implications as well as technical aspects of projects

Preferred Qualifications 
Education or Experience

• Master's Degree in Business, Manufacturing/Logistics, or Engineering
• 10 or more years’ experience in operations management, with at least four years spent in roles leading and driving Continuous Improvement
• Previous Lean or Six Sigma or other continuous improvement experience
• Global experience maintaining relationships across multiple cultures

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical data
• Ability to write in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions
• Excellent communication skills to lead and support empowered employees in a team environment
• Determination and persistence in the face of organizational or individual resistance, resource limitations, competing priorities, or other constraints
• Passion to consistently deliver better-than-expected results and the ability to inspire similar commitment in peers, subordinates and superiors
• Proactiveness, courage, and the willingness to seize the initiative and take reasonable risks while accepting personal responsibility for the outcomes of actions and decisions.
• The ability to easily work at all levels across the organization, to connect with all levels of colleagues, and to solicit and accept constructive input from others.

Technical Skills

• Computer skills
• Mathematical skills
• Solid understanding in applying Lean methods and tools including Value Stream Mapping, Just-In-Time, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow, 5S, Visual Management, Total Productive Maintenance, daily management, and kaizen.
• Understanding of Six Sigma tools including basic problem solving, statistical problem solving, process capability, design of experiments, and statistical process control. 
• A good understanding of financial measurements typically used to measure the success of CI initiatives.
• The ability to execute with decisiveness, determination, speed and confidence while requiring little to no follow up or supervision.
• Ability to guide and implement business unit plans and monitor performance to plan.
• Ability to effectively plan and organize
• The ability to build and sustain high-performance teams through internal and external recruitment, retention and development of superior talent.
• The ability to lead by example and effectively coach and mentor while demanding, and receiving, exceptional commitment and outstanding results.
• The ability to accomplish business objectives in a culture that values high-performance teams as critical to the achievement of business results. Excellence without arrogance.
• Broad tactical & strategic “bandwidth”, i.e., the ability to successfully manage multiple and/or rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to organize and direct functions under his/her direct control, as well as within a matrix reporting structure

Essential Functions 

• The ability to predictably and regularly attend work and to be punctual
• The ability to read and understand documents and drawings
• The ability to deal politely and professionally with customers and/or coworkers
• The ability to perform several tasks at once
• The ability to follow direction or instruction
• The ability to use a computer to communicate, create, and access information