Director Of Americas Continuous Improvement Jobs

· Strong Lean Management Skills + Bias for Action

*HIGH VISIBILITY ROLE***** GROWTH PATH*

to help them with driving the Lean Operating System across a cluster of locations throughout North America.

If this is you – or not, give me a call to discuss your career next steps!

· Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering preferred)

· 5+ years working with Lean Manufacturing or Operations Leadership

Oversee the CapEx submission, consolidation, and overall management process related to the business unit.

Set the pace as the enterprise coach for Plant Managers in driving multi-site and multi-functional operational excellence transformation.

· Experience working in a private equity backed business is a plus.

· Experience working within a Business System-driven enterprise.

May participate in evaluation of acquisition targets

80/20 mindset based on – prioritization, simplification, and continuous improvement initiatives across a manufacturing environment

Experience with Change Management practices in a rapidly growing organization, a plus.

Experience with Business Process Analysis, including Lean principles and practices, including Agile.

Strong strategic planning, organizational, analytical and execution skills.

Proven experience and expertise with frameworks for scaling operations.

Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships required for change adoption.

Strong leadership skills to guide and motivate teams.

Stay up-to-date on industry trends, and best practices in customer experience

Proven professional with 6+ years of experience as a Customer Experience / Support leader in an Enterprise SaaS environment

Outstanding facilitation, brainstorming and collaboration skills

Skilled in providing purposeful leadership and clear sense of direction to cross-functional and virtual teams in a scaling environment

Fully dedicated learning and development team that provides opportunities for our employees to hone and gain new skills

Director of Customer Experience, Americas

Build, develop and manage a high performing multi-site Manufacturing Quality Operations team and Deploy quality requirements for BU specific products.

Collaborate across the organization at all levels, across functional groups and geographic locations, including executive management.

Prefer 10 -15 years’ experience in an Industrial environment and regulated industry, with multi-site or regional responsibility.

The essential requirements of the job include:

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

Support site/BU regulatory agency and customer audits and follow up actions, supervise critical corrective/preventive actions at the sites.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders at all levels.

Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, providing effective project management oversight and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

Talent Development and Team Management:

8+ years of proven leadership experience in electronics/hardware product design and manufacturing, preferably within the refurbishment, sustainability, or circular economy domain.

Strong knowledge of circular design principles, sustainable materials, and refurbishment processes, with a demonstrated ability to apply them in practical settings.

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of identifying and addressing design challenges effectively.

8-10 years relevant work experience across Continuous Improvement, Operations and General Management Positions (multi-site management preferred)

Critical thinking skills to properly identify problem area & potential solutions

Analytical skills to properly interpret data

Leadership skills to develop and mentor cross functional teams for Continuous Improvement journey

Financial and Operational solid experience to support demand/supply pipeline

Policy Deployment and strategic planning experience

LVMH Inc. Legal, Corporate Communications, Finance & Procurement departments (NYC, Paris)

Detail oriented and highly organized; able to prioritize and lead multiple simultaneous projects and manage complex relationships.

4. Provide thought leadership and data education.

LVMH Media, Research & Image HQ & Americas teams (Paris, NYC, Miami)

LVMH Digital & IT Departments (NYC, Paris)

Maisons’ Digital and Media teams in US, Canada, and Latin America

Strong project management, change agility and problem-solving capabilities.

Lead change management of continuous improvement initiatives and programs

Proactively identify opportunity to deploy internal and external resources for robust and sustained manager training program for HCID managers

10+ years of experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, or clinical laboratory industries

Strong experience with successful business processes improvements

Demonstrated skills and success in relationship building, negotiation, and influencing.

Experience of leading complex operational excellence and CI transformation programmes within CPG

Previous experience of leading change and transformation using Opex/Continuous techniques

Multi-site experience – ideally across North America

Demonstrable experience of implementing Lean and Six Sigma process improvement methodologies

To be considered for this high profile role you must have the following experience:

QLM Search is partnering a fast growth manufacturing group that is recruiting a Director of Continuous Improvement.

· Risk and stakeholder management experience (e.g., stakeholder partnership, communication, influencing, judgement)

· Vendor management experience (e.g., resource selection, implementation, onboarding)

Accounting/Finance, Engineering, Executive Leadership, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Human Resources, Information Technology, Manufacturing/Operations Management.

· BTO Change Management (CM) Analyst

· Understand organizational change management (CM) needs/practices and engage CM resources as needed

· Conflict resolution and management

Proven experience in various aspects of program/portfolio management, Business Transformation Office (BTO), or Project Management Office (PMO)

Risk and stakeholder management experience (e.g., stakeholder partnership, communication, influencing, judgement)

Vendor management experience (e.g., resource selection, implementation, onboarding)

PMI certification(s) (e.g., PMP, lean project management) and/or Agile certification(s) (e.g., Scrum Master, Product Owner [CSPO], Product Manager [SAFe, POPM])

Understand organizational change management (OCM) needs/practices and engage OCM resources as needed

Mentorship experience with leadership, peers, and junior team members on roles and responsibilities

Minimum of 10 years of general management and project management experience.

Proven experience in the Sales, Bid Management, and Implementation of complex turnkey projects.

Proficient in leadership methodologies, including personnel management and development, team development, motivation, and problem resolution.

Maintain knowledge of strategic and operational positioning and activities of competitors.

Solid technical knowledge of turnkey project execution.

Strong communication skills and interpersonal expertise are essential.

Along with that, they also have the additional step-up responsibilities of Sr Managers growing into Directors.

Oversees all aspects of software application development or infrastructure management within the organization.

Responsible for establishing partnerships with industry-leading commerce platform companies to expand sales outreach and enhance the organization's product offerings.

Work with industry-leading commerce platforms to expand sales outreach and enhance the organization's product offerings.

At least 12+ years of Technology leadership experience with delivery excellence and technology excellence in an omnichannel/e-commerce consulting capacity.

Have set and managed goals for Engineering teams and have managed multiple large-scale complex e-commerce projects with competing priorities.

Ability to conduct group facilitation, and coach and counsel management at all levels.

What education and experience are required?

Deliver NA benefits strategy that ensures global alignment and makes Aerogen an attractive employer.

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; must be an articulate and persuasive communicator.

Excellent interpersonal, group, process, and influence skills.

Knowledge of local laws, statutes, etc. which govern employment policies and practices.

A strong balance between merchandising, inventory management, store management, store operations, and financial planning/analysis skills

Provide excellent leadership through rigorous talent management and the development of a solid and capable team

Career ownership, enabling you to build your knowledge and experience across different brands and even other countries

Strong team leadership experience in managing large divisions and motivating at all levels to achieve sales and profit objectives

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, effective in executive and C-level meetings with key partners

Basic computer skills, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Retail software

Ideally a marketing generalist; experience with ABM, Content, Demand Generation, PR, Analyst Relations, Partner Marketing, Website Management, etc.

5+ years of SaaS marketing experience

SAP ecosystem experience is highly desirable

Ideally located in Dallas, but they are open to remote candidates in EST large(easy to fly from) cities as well

Reporting into the VP of Global Marketing, but will collaborate frequently with the CRO and VP of Sales in the Americas

Regionalize global marketing efforts for the Americas

Have strong data generation, validation, and management skills, with a desire to solve problems

Strong program and project management skills

Experience working in a lean manufacturing environment (3-5 years)

Experience in technical presentations, training and customer relations

In depth knowledge of Lean including:

Demonstrated experience in leading teams

Excellent people-management, negotiation, presentation, and executive-level communication skills

Undergraduate degree required in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, and Operations Research; MBA preferred

Six Sigma Black Belt certification with Lean and DMAIC experience

Positive and proactive process management with an eye for detail and a strong challenger mentality

Oversee Lean idea collection from Field teams and manage vetting process to continuously fill initiative pipeline

Collaborate with Finance to ensure financial recognition of project impacts and forecasted impact.

Manage various projects including a comms ID system and a computerized maintenance system

10+ years of experience in concrete, mining, construction or other related fields

5+years of leadership experience and CI

Must have Lean, 5S, Kaizen and value stream mapping experience

Develop and deploy a world class operating system

Value stream mapping, transactional process mapping for both onsite and administrative processes