Advanced LEAN Lead Full Time

Summary:

• Diebold Nixdorf is looking for an Advanced LEAN Lead to implement LEAN tools to improve business processes and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• This role drives business productivity, efficiency, and operations by applying LEAN techniques, system enhancements, and process reengineering.
• The Advanced LEAN Lead develops data-driven metrics to evaluate operational effectiveness and provides support for enhancing business operations.
• The role involves working across functions to improve operational efficiency and collaborating with senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Apply LEAN expertise to consult and advise on complex processes and applications worldwide.
• Engage with senior leadership to identify and define business-critical process improvements.
• Monitor business analysis progress and status, identifying trends and resolving technical and process issues.
• Advise management on functional progress, status, trends, and issues.
• Engage with Business Operations management to contribute to strategic planning and priority setting.
• Remain current with industry, process, and state-of-the-art technology.
• Lead functional continuous process improvement by recommending enhancements and applying LEAN tools/technologies.
• Provide function-wide insight and leadership.
• Develop project plans and schedules, including task assignments, resources, milestones, review points, and reporting requirements.
• Impact the organization broadly.
• Regularly train, coach, and mentor team members.
• Execute LEAN services techniques and design.
• Use Value Stream Mapping to determine and record business processes and improvement areas.
• Develop principal work standards and line balancing for productivity.
• Identify services cost reductions and provide ROI justifications for change.
• Optimize workflow and cell designs and introduce cost-effective automation for productivity and safety advantages.
• Track and execute cost reduction for process improvements.
• Plan, execute, and manage LEAN projects to completion.
• Communicate LEAN philosophy, vision, and expectations to the organization.
• Develop and sustain employee LEAN training and development on LEAN concepts.
• Develop measurement systems supporting the LEAN philosophy.
• Engage employees in LEAN initiatives such as Value Stream Mapping, 6S Organization, and Kaizen cost reductions.
• Develop and implement project plans to achieve the Future State.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 – 10 years of relevant experience as a LEAN practitioner or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand production processes and awareness about services operations.
• Ability to understand and lead the implementation of low-level automation.
• Ability to understand and follow all quality standards (ISO & customer requirements).
• Work towards increasing efficiency and safety of the services system.
• Understanding of maintenance processes and costs.
• Ability to analyze complex services data and propose changes leading to higher efficiency and safety.
• Must be a team player and understand motivating and leading a team without direct supervisory responsibility.
• Self-motivated to implement goals with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication skills including verbal, presentation, and interpersonal.
• Strong analytical, technical, analysis, and computer skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on orientation.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent business English skills (written and spoken).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Direct experience of solutions similar to the DN portfolio (SW, Products, Service) is welcomed.

Benefits:

• Diebold Nixdorf values collaboration, decisiveness, urgency, willingness to change, and accountability.
• Diebold Nixdorf offers a diverse and inclusive environment where innovation is fostered.
• Diebold Nixdorf is an equal opportunity employer, with no discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age, or disability.

Tagged as: Business Analyst, LEAN Practitioner, Process Improvement Specialist, Project Manager, South Africa