Continuous Improvement Leader

Eurofins Built Environment Testing is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader to join our team! The Continuous Improvement Leader will be in charge of developing planning and executing the strategy that results in eliminating waste improving customer satisfaction and increasing market share. The Continuous Improvement Leader is not only highly competent as a process manager skilled in project design planning and implementation to ensure performance and process development but also as a leader who drives the CI initiatives set for Eurofins Built Environment Testing.

 Continuous Improvement Leader responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Managing and facilitating all Continuous Improvement initiatives and strategy
• Driving a continuous improvement culture within the organization by prioritizing opportunities and execution of a Lean transformation strategy and metrics
• Using metrics to provide support to process owners in linking projects to strategic operational objectives
• Driving plant cost savings initiatives
• Assisting teams in developing Lean roadmaps to use in the deployment of strategic objectives
• Ensuring successful definition and execution of large crossfunctional improvement initiatives tied to annual strategic priorities
• Identifying best practices within and outside the company and serving as a channel for bestpractice sharing and adoption across business units
• Providing guidance for projects and kaizen events
• Managing and facilitating continuous improvement projects and kaizen events to improve productivity and accelerate growth
• Challenging organizational leaders when necessary to create an actionbased culture of continuous improvement and increase CI and Leanoriented thinking throughout the organization
• Working with the finance department to evaluate project savings estimates validate reported CI benefits and ensure accurate accounting of CI productivity

Some core responsibilities of the Continuous Improvement Director:

• Analyzing company processes and procedures
• Developing process enhancement strategies
• Establishing norms and standards of company performance
• Monitoring staff performance and organizational processes
• Communicating ideas and opinions to other members of management
• Training mentoring and guiding team members in new processes
• Staying uptodate with developments in management and process optimization
• Providing reporting regarding process updates and overall results and company performance

Qualifications :

Soft Skills:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Predisposition to teach leaders and others a zerodefect mentality
• Ability to weigh and manage priorities
• Skilled at synthesis and analysis
• Strategic and analytical thinker
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Project management

Hard Skills:

• Continuous Improvement
•  5S
•  Lean Service Enterprises
•  Kaizen
• PowerBI
• Lean Six Sigma Methodology
• Root Cause Analysis
• Value Stream Mapping
• Proficiency in commonly used and specialized software
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite including advanced skills with Excel
• Demonstrated ability to work in high paced and changing environments
• Previous Experience with Financial Planning or Controller experience

 Basic Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Operations Finance or other related field
• 5 years of experience in process optimization operations or business management
• 13 years of previous Continual Improvement Process experience
• Proven results with Six Sigma Lean Service Enterprises and Continuous Improvement
• Passionate about continuous improvement teaching and coaching.
• Advanced skills in the use of data management tools to monitor progress toward goals

Additional Information :

Eurofins Environment Testing (USA) provides a compensation range for informational purposes the actual base salary may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience and skill set base salary of internal peers business section and geographic location

We support your development! Do you feel you dont match 100% of the requirements Dont hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression race nationality age religion sexual orientation disability and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025 through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: Environment Testing Businesses in the US are routinely engaged in Federal Contracts. Federal Government vaccination mandates may apply to staff working in these businesses. Successful applicants may be required to confirm vaccination status or demonstrate eligibility for medical or religious exemptions prior to commencing employment.  In addition certain positions require travel for which vaccination is required in accordance with Eurofins policy.

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime