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Senior Specialist | Lean Six Sigma Business Consulting
Job Description
Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates and finished products.
We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Senior Specialist | Lean Six Sigma Business Consulting that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.
Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs
Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)
Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape
Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world
Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us
Summary, Focus and Purpose
Under the direction of our Company Production System (CPS) Leader, the Senior Specialist will work on driving continuous improvement at the process and systems levels to ensure highest quality, shortest lead time and lowest cost through application of principles utilizing the CPS Roadmap. As a member of the CPS Team, the Senior Specialist utilize CPS Lean skills, tools and techniques to analyze and improve business processes enabling behavioral change. You will provide teaching and coaching to build self-sustaining Lean capabilities, realizing on-going improvement and cultural change in client organizations and provide leadership and guidance on the integration of CPS and to achieve business objectives.
Key Functions
Six Sigma | Supply Chain | Continuous Improvement
Champion our Company Production Systems/Lean Six Sigma (CPS/LSS) Initiatives | Educate, communicate and excite the organization on CPS/LSS
Generate interest for CPS across the site
Leading others and supporting and implementing the CPS/Lean Six Sigma programs
Assist with development of visual workplace and proper execution of tier process
Encourage a culture of problem solving, continuous improvement, and customer focus
Continuous Improvement concepts such as Six Sigma (DMAIC, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)), Lean Manufacturing, Change management and High Performing Organization
CPS principles of teamwork, methodology, business benefit, innovation and customer focus
Subject matter expertise in Packaging, Manufacturing or support functions (Quality, Technology, or Supply Chain)
Performance Monitoring & Data Analysis
Assess business process efficiency and performance
Identify CPS financial and non-financial goals
Realizing business process improvements and measuring/reporting initiative results
Provide consultation to various functions to establish and maintain meaningful metrics
Serve a resource for statistical data measurement and analysis
Manage and report site metrics
Strategy Development & Execution
Lead change management activities (create transition plans from current to future state and execute)
Facilitating and participating in the processes for identifying, sharing and deploying implementation plans
Facilitate Hoshin/Strategy Plan cascade throughout site
Establish CPS plan and ensure alignment with site strategic objectives
Assist with site portfolio management
Understand site current state value stream and facilitate future state planning. Develop and support plan to achieve future state performance
Project Leader
Identify opportunities for improvement and lead projects through discovery, design and implementation
Identifying, leading and managing cross-functional CPS Lean projects
Serve as Kaizen event facilitator
Benchmarking
Coordinate benchmarking and external analysis (Subject Matter Experts, Workshops, company visits, etc.)
Identify and share best practices and external trends
Capturing and using external and internal benchmark information
Share best practices from other divisions and corporate-wide activities
Teaching & People Development
Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion
Teaching scientific problem solving and standardized work
Lead transformational change and work on identifying greatest CPS opportunities across the site
Provide leadership for CPS knowledge management and sharing (i.e. training)
Recommend and develop training curriculum on specific CPS Lean and Six Sigma tools
CPS Sponsors | Team Leader | Mentoring & Coaching
Create the right sponsorship
Develop community of practice increasing leveraging of skills available
Provide one-on-one coaching to lean expert candidates
Serve as team member for critical site projects
Provide input to new product launch/transfer teams to ensure incorporation of FMEA, lean methodology, DFSS, and QBD
Education
Bachelor's degree
Experience | Skills | Knowledge
Required
Five years direct experience in the application of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
Five years of functional experience in operations, technology/engineering, supply chain, or quality, preferably in a manufacturing/packaging environment
Demonstrated application of culture and business change methodologies
Demonstrated experience building and leading high-performing teams
Demonstrated business acumen and the ability to develop business case scenarios and business benefits
Preferred
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent
Advanced Degree (MS, MBA etc.)
Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high-quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.
What we look for …
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
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