Manager, Continuous Improvement

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Job Description

This position is a role on a regional business transformation team. The role will work with Business Leaders to identify opportunities for profitable growth and driving business transformation while leveraging the Toyota Production System (TPS) specifically focused on Continuous Improvement (CI). In addition, the candidate will require operational experience, an understanding of business financials, functions, and a proven ability to collaborate with functional leaders to drive change.

The role involves driving business analytics, using Lean principles, and managing the business transformation projects while working with the manager and functional leaders to establish an appropriate operating cadence.

Work Schedule: Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days from home)

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Title:

Mgr, Business Transformation

Pay Range: $94,000 - $130,000/year

• Medical/Prescription Drugs
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Supplemental Health Plans
• 401(k) Plan – Company match dollar-for-dollar up to 5%
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability buy-up
• Blueprint for Wellness
• Emotional Well-Being Resources
• Educational Assistance
• Paid time off / Health Time
• Variable Compensation Plans
• Sales Incentive Plans

• Owns the learning, application, and adoption of Lean principles and practices for a particular function within a regional business.
• Drives the use of big data analytics tools (adopting AI) to tackle system level problems.
• Works with functional leaders and team members to drive a cultural change shift from dashboards and analytics toward actions and results.
• Owns a portfolio of initiatives (strategic business transformation projects and operational execution) that result in large‑scale improvement across designated functions and businesses.
• Demonstrates understanding of continuous improvement, process management, or system thinking (value stream thinking).
• Has a proven track record in facilitating cross‑functional discussions, targeted workshops and Kaizens to achieve strategic & operational objectives.
• Possesses general knowledge of Hoshin and breakthrough planning.
• Exhibits expertise in business transformation projects using program management principles and has led and influenced at the mid‑to‑senior leadership level without direct authority.
• Captures, quantifies, and reapplies best‑in‑class practices within a regional function such as laboratories, logistics or patient services.
• Acts as a change agent to guide teams toward success.
• Works with local team members to identify and prioritize continuous improvement opportunities for a regional functional business and creates future‑state improvement roadmaps with clear executable plans that align with business strategies and improvement needs.
• Contributes toward building a grassroots culture of continuous improvement, use of big data analytics techniques, system thinking, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Required Work Experience

• 5 - 7 years of direct responsibility for operational ownership of different aspects of a business, and Continuous Improvement experience in areas of Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Organizational Leadership, or Healthcare.

• Demonstrated success leading large, complex change initiatives (5+ years).
• Previous experience deploying a "kaizen culture" across medium‑to‑large organizations.
• Experience working in the Toyota Production System, Danaher Business System, Virginia Mason Production System, Honeywell Operating System, or a similarly mature and rigorous lean model.
• Experience using robust, structured problem‑solving and designing counter‑measures for multivariate problems.
• Demonstrated understanding of continuous improvement, process management, and systems thinking.
• Proven track record of fostering leadership alignment, target setting, and "catch‑ball".
• Poise and leadership presence when facilitating discussions and leading workshops.
• Experience managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrated ability to…