Senior Consultant, Continuous Improvement

Senior Consultant, Continuous Improvement

Position: Full-Time, Salaried (Exempt)

Location:5401 Jefferson Davis Highway

Richmond, Virginia 23234

Job Summary:

Change Leader role focused on improving operational performance and capability within the plant by implementing and strengthening Lean, Six Sigma and Agile practices to enable continuous improvement and future digital enhancements. Partners with the Plant Leader and Business Integrated Operations CI Leader to prioritize work, identify methodologies and staffing as needed. Collaborates with other sites to ensure leveraging of ideas, tools and methods.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Collaborates with plant leadership to establish a common view of the current state of operational maturity, the key opportunities for improvement (margin, EBITDA, and operational maturity).

 Develops and maintains a plant Operational Excellence Roadmap aligned with the line of business strategic objectives.

Leads plant Program Management Office (PMO) including the pipeline for opportunities, a plant leadership / LOB decision board, performance monitoring of initiatives, and benefit validation in OTT.

Leads integration and planning of the plant implementation/rollout of the Dupont OpEx Framework according to the roles and responsibilities defined in the Deployment model playbooks.

Leads/coaches improvement projects from opportunity definition (data analysis, voice of the customer, problem definition) to realization and financial validation through the application of our company's Industry 4.0 Operational Excellence approach (combining Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile).

Facilitates workshops and different types of learning methods beyond "classroom" to mentor plant leadership and team members in Operational Excellence techniques and approaches (examples: 5S, SMED, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, online training through OpEx Academy).

Monitors success of development/implementation plans to help employees turn training into action and sustain results.

Partners to identify improvement projects across multiple functions/plants and drafts charters for improvement projects with clearly defined benefits, scope, resource requirements, and project plans with milestones and timelines.

Engages in network meetings for learning/success sharing among peer groups.

Shares and trains on new approaches, tools, concepts, and processes to the plant in concert with the larger CI network.

Serves as a local champion for impact tracking and validation.

Qualifications:

BS Engineering, Supply chain or Information technology discipline required.

5 years minimum relevant experience.

Continuous Improvement practitioner

Process leadership, Project Management, Change Management, or People leadership, preferred

 Skills & Abilities:

Balanced Leadership Factors (Head, Heart, Hand)

High bias for action to drive measurable impact

Strong collaboration and influence skills at all levels and functions

to accelerate execution of improvement goals

Ability to teach, mentor, and coach others; strong facilitation skills

Strong knowledge of and experience in Lean, Six Sigma, and

Agile practices

Technical aptitude and critical thinking abilities

Ability to express self in a clear, concise manner (verbal and written communication) to connect people to purpose

DuPont-Aramids is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please contact our Talent Acquisition team for additional information.DuPont-Aramids offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package and is proud to offer a comprehensive, integrated total rewards package, which includes competitive pay and benefits.

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DuPont-Aramids offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package and is proud to offer a comprehensive, integrated total rewards package, which includes competitive pay and benefits.