Lean Partner

As a Lean Partner within the Strategy Execution Office, you will help increase customer satisfaction and business value through Lean improvement activities across Sales, Business Development, and Business Support. In this role, you will support leadership teams and process owners in strategy deployment, Kaizen execution, structured problem solving, and the sustainment of improvements that strengthen competitiveness and operational performance.
Key Responsibilities
Improvement Leadership & Kaizen Execution (90%)
Drive, support, and facilitate Lean improvement initiatives across key value streams and processes.
Strengthen strategically important VP Kaizens and improvement projects.
Support the creation and maintenance of the corporate VP Kaizen funnel process, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
Partner with VPs, directors, process owners, and local Lean Agents to identify improvement opportunities and challenge the status quo through data analysis and structured problem solving.
Translate strategic ambitions into prioritized initiatives, clear objectives, and executable Kaizen projects using Strategy Deployment Planning and top-down analytical thinking.
Lead VP Kaizen projects from scoping and potential assessment through implementation and sustainment.
Coordinate, support, and facilitate the validation, prioritization, execution, and sustainment of improvement initiatives that support the company’s strategic direction.
Act as an execution champion and Kaizen project manager, helping leaders identify and realize improvement potential across the organization.
Ensure delivery against scope, time, cost, and quality targets while tracking adoption and business impact.
Lead complex structured problem-solving activities with process owners to identify true root causes when TTIs or KPIs are off track.
Design and execute change management plans, communications, and training activities.
Strategy & Business Partnership
Provide sparring and support to leadership teams and process owners on improvement identification and execution.
Assist top management and process owners with Strategy Deployment initiatives.
Drive execution of Kaizens across:
Sales (50%)
Business Development (25%)
Business Support (25%)
Maintain a cross-functional, collaborative, end-to-end mindset when driving improvements across business areas.
Lean Culture & Capability Development (10%)
Support leadership in fostering a Lean culture of continuous improvement.
Train and coach the organization in the facilitation and use of Kaizen events, structured problem solving, and standard Lean methods and frameworks.
Share responsibility with the Executive Lean Partner and the Lean Partner in Global Operations for maintaining and improving Lean standards and the Lean toolbox.
Promote best-practice sharing and capability development among managers, employees, and local Lean Agents.
Help ensure Lean principles and strategic top-down thinking become an integral part of how the organization approaches business optimization and continuous improvement.
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Requirements
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree or higher, or equivalent educational background.