Continuous Improvement Director

ADP•Alpharetta, GA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

ADP is hiring a Continuous Improvement Director for NAS - Operations in Parsippany, NJ and Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid). This role is for individuals looking to grow their career in an agile, dynamic environment with opportunities for advancement. The position involves applying analytical, technical, and business management skills to support and drive projects from strategy through execution in an internal consulting capacity. The Director of Continuous Improvement will be responsible for planning, performing, and implementing process improvement initiatives, developing metrics for process and service measurement, collecting data to identify root causes of problems, and acting as a liaison between departments to re-engineer processes and improve performance, product, and service quality. Effective project management and communication skills within systems are required. The ideal candidate is comfortable in a metrics-driven, ever-changing environment, possesses strong communication skills, critical/strategic thinking, and problem analysis, and is not deterred by pace or change. The role offers job satisfaction through participation in a Continuous Improvement Team that champions change and process improvement, while advancing careers at a stable, respected company.

Requirements

Problem solving skills: Ability to break down problems and quickly find solutions, focused on solving problems and moving forward.
Understand patterns between people, process, technology, data and products and how they all fit together (big picture).
Core analytical skillset: Ability to identify which analyses need to be done to answer questions, manipulate data sets (comfort with Excel required), and build models, as needed to answer complex questions.
Business & org change/transformation skills: Ability to develop a strategy/plan to use for execution into actionable projects and deliverables to deliver value to the business within a set timeline.
Develop and conduct stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments (people, process, technology), communications, training needs analysis, change measurement and adoption tracking (KPIs) + Dashboards, surveys (as needed).
Experience in business analysis and creating reports and presentations for senior leaders focused on telling the story.
Perform assessments (as needed) to gain insights and develop action plans and strategies to address areas of opportunity through pain point identification and then recommending solutions to resolve problems.
Technical training development and execution as related to new products, technology and processes to drive adoption and understanding of how to use tools, processes and tech across NAS.
Experience in technology adoption/implementation large scale transformation efforts.
Business Process improvement skills: Ability to analyze current state processes, find gaps, identify areas of improvement and recommend a plan for improvement and a desired future state.
Strong Written and Verbal Communication skills: Possess strong communication (written / verbal) and interpersonal skills to communicate recommendations and impact with everyone from associate to Senior Leaders.
Write strategic communications related to the projects you are working on to convey clear and easy to understand messages to stakeholders (associate – leader).
Consulting experience, including 3+ years with a recognized consulting firms.
12 years of experience in change management/process improvement/project management.
15-20% anticipated/required travel.
A college degree is great but not required. What's more important is having the skills to do the job. Other acceptable experiences could include: Experience noted above, OR Military experience where skills including teamwork, adaptability, organization, and follow-through will help you build team and client relationships, identify solutions, and achieve success.

Nice To Haves

Consulting experience, highly preferred
Bachelor and/or Masters in Industrial Engineering or similar
MBA or other advanced degrees
Lean, Six Sigma or DMAIC certification and/or advanced methodology experience
PMP or equivalent Professional Project Management certification
Previous experience with process design and implementation
Ability to use Tableau proficiently to create meaningful insights and visualizations
Industry knowledge of all pertinent HR, Payroll and Benefits policies and procedures
Experience in presenting to senior leaders is a plus
Desire to grow within an organization
Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with all levels of the organization (associate through SVP)

Responsibilities

Gather insights and ask probing questions to develop a strong understanding of the business process.
Develop metrics that provide data for process and/or service measurement while collecting data to identify root cause of problems and/or process inefficiencies.
Serve as the liaison between and among various departments and business units to identify quick wins and medium to long-term solutions.
Articulate the problem statement, analyze facts (from data, interviews), summarize findings and recommendations.
Map processes in detail (fluency with MS Visio or a similar process mapping tool).
Build simple business cases with an understanding of how to model the inflows, outflows, ROI calculations.
Conduct meetings with a clear agenda and right-sized group of people, mitigate scope creep, avoid groupthink, and facilitate insightful discussion.
Resolve conflicts with internal teams and stakeholders, create consensus and drive outcomes to ensure business success.