Core Responsibilities:
· Partners with the site leadership team to implement the Continuous Improvement System in alignment with the goals and objectives of the site or function.
· Assesses, coaches, and provides constructive feedback to teams to strengthen the organization competency in Continuous Improvement fundamentals and processes. Engages and empowers employees to effect positive change through continuous training, learning and application.
· Builds and maintains trust and credibility with employees at all levels demonstrating corporate values and principles.
· Facilitates Continuous Improvement training programs, Kaizen events and other Continuous Improvement initiatives.
· Educates employees on Continuous Improvement systems, tools and techniques helping to form a culture of continuous
improvement and learning.
· Identifies and leverages best practices within the local site and Barnes to support the on-going evolution of Continuous Improvement. Documents lessons learned and incorporate it into local sites as appropriate.
· Manages Continuous Improvement systems and tools to improve business performance including the five levers of productivity. Provide continuous improvement plans to align business leaders and help them understand interdependencies, connect the metrics to business processes and focus improvement plans to yield productivity improvements to achieve/beat business objectives.
· Coordinates and synchronizes site level Continuous Improvement goals and initiatives. Provides documentation of results and benefits achieved.
Qualifications:
· Minimum of three to five years of demonstrated successful implementation / execution in continuous improvement systems and tools with achieve results.
· Strong leadership and people engagement skills; Leads by example using leadership effectiveness (EI).
· Understand change, including how people react to it and proactively plan for the various stages of transformational and transitional change and the effect of that change.
· Exceptional communication skills; oral and written throughout the change process. Can effectively build and maintain strong rapport with all stakeholders to deliver and sustain support throughout the entire improvement process. Strong ability to effectively interface with all levels of the organization.
· Acknowledges the changing business environment and is comfortable to change. An ability to persuade others through communication and fact-based information. Effective change agent skills to help the organization meet goals and objectives.
Education Requirements
· Bachelors degree in business or technical/engineering/operational discipline required.
