Senior Director - LEAN

As the Senior Director - LEAN, you will be responsible for strategic leadership of operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts. You will work across multiple business functions in the development and implementation of identified programs and projects that support both short-term and long-term plans to achieve overall financial objectives. You will be responsible for division wide process improvements, managing complex issues within functional areas, long term strategic and operational planning, and contributing to overall performance of business across all front and back-end processes.

Responsibilities:

• Develop succession plans, development plans and ensure there is process in place to constantly develop the skills within the LEAN organization.
• Create reporting vehicles and dashboards to communicate progress, hurdles, risks, issues, and status to all key stakeholders.
• Build relationships with internal teams across organization, and lead, inspire, and drive teams to further business objectives.
• Develop appropriate key performance indicators and operation metrics to evaluate program success.
• Facilitate LEAN events and projects needed typically while mentoring less experienced professionals.
• Function as leader to develop and execute LEAN strategy for business units.
• Support executive team in developing business and executing LEAN business strategy and plans.
• Support deployment of resources to solve problems to meet business objectives.
• Utilize customer data to influence leaders to achieve positive business results.
• Participate in execution of LEAN strategy via training, coaching, and mentoring of LEAN practitioners (Black Belts, Green Belts and Yellow Belts) and LEAN Leaders (Blue Belts).
• Assist in development of LEAN program managers, facilitators and application specialists through personal example, coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Lead and facilitate strategic, enterprise-level events.
• Identify, promote, and disseminate out-of-the-box thinking and best practices, support and coach during implementation to improve sales, service, efficiency, inventory, cost and space.
• Function as catalyst to promote LEAN thinking and fosters continuous improvement culture. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree - Engineering, Logistics, Technical, or equivalent required; Master's Degree preferred.
• Licenses/Certificates/Designations - PMP, Change Management, Agile, or Scrum Master certifications required.
• 10 years required of extensive continuous improvement/LEAN leadership experience (preferably in a Fortune 500 company).
• 5 years required of managing large-scale strategic initiatives.
• 3 years required of managing teams.
• Must be a seasoned Lean Expert or 6 Sigma Black Belt. Master Black Belt preferred.
• Experience with coordinating and optimizing lean applications (visualization, etc.).
• Leadership – ability to formulate and communicate clear vision and sense of direction and mobilize people.
• Communication – ability to pass messages using different channels (verbal and written).
• Facilitating – ability to organize and facilitate multidisciplinary teams through structured workshops (strategic session, Kaizens, problem solving sessions).
• Change management – ability to communicate a need for change, create all necessary conditions for successful change and overcome different forms of resistance.
• Coaching – ability to coach people to develop their skills and abilities to achieve agreed upon objectives.
• Training – ability to identify and formulate training needs and assure training execution and follow up.
• C-level exposure preferred.
• Ability to travel 25% - 50%

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This amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.
For eligible positions, compensation may also include participation in a bonus or sales compensation plan paid according to achievement against sales targets and/or business objectives. Depending on the role, equity and other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package. In addition, Wesco offers a full range of benefits such as paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement savings plans for eligible employees. More information about benefits is available here.