Continuous Improvement Sr. Specialist

the LEGO Group • Richmond, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

If you have experience working in Continuous Improvement and are looking to make your next career move, this might be the opportunity for bringing your skills to help your team achieve the best results for a great organization within the LEGO Group! The LEGO Continuous Improvement Sr. Specialist will be responsible for assisting managers in implementing continuous improvement tools, processes, behaviors and mentality. Play your part in our team success Lego Continuous Improvement builds capabilities in the organization to align, simplify and improve processes, to increase problem-solving skills and to increase change readiness. “LCI” jobs focus on manufacturing operational improvement and cost savings to improve the organization's profitability and efficiency.

Requirements

• Proven experience with Lean/OPEX/CI Tools and facilitation of workshops and improvement events.
• Analytical mind with excellent data collection and analysis skills.
• Excellent competence in creative problem-solving and leading improvement projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with ability to communicate and establish rapport with colleagues and managers from and out of the team.
• Proven coaching technique, applicable from Team Members to Managers.
• Change agent with proven experience leading and coordinating new initiatives across different areas.
• Ability to apply organizational change techniques to move the organization into new working methods and new approaches.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and lists potential opportunities to improve manufacturing processes and drives productivity agenda through promoting the usage of Continuous Improvement tools.
• Leads CI breakthrough/strategical projects using Lean tools, as well as CI initiatives to improve processes, tools, and programs.
• Documents lessons learned from CI projects and initiatives.
• Coaches and supports site managers and lead professionals to implement CI tools to improve processes and/or tackle critical problems.
• Performs LCI assessment process and supports areas assigned on LCI assessment journey to achieve target.
• Supports CI assessment governance process.
• Arrange and conduct Continuous improvement tool training to organization
• Implements Shopfloor management principles through continuous improvement initiatives using various Lean methodologies and principles (e.g., 5S, Kaizen, etc.).
• Support and participate in the implementation of global and local CI agenda, and activities supporting the business strategy.
• Influences, coaches, challenges, and acts as a sparring-partner to the Manufacturing leaders and their support to adopt CI thinking practices and to demonstrate CI behaviors that drives desired results.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees