Senior Process Improvement Analyst

Tennant Company•Eden Prairie, MN

About The Position

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected. The Senior Process Improvement Analyst is responsible for leading improvement projects in the North America sales, service, and field operations functions. In this role, you will analyze data to identify, validate, and drive process improvements that bring savings and efficiency to processes within the business unit. This role will be a collaborative role that requires informal leadership and a technical understanding of process improvement, as well as the capability to influence and sustain change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
5 plus years' experience in: Business Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Project Management, or Business Process Management
Training in Process Improvement or Lean Six Sigma Methodologies, including basic process mapping skills
Ability to problem-solve.
Ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment.
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both internally and externally, while maintaining a customer service orientation.
Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in dealing with highly confidential information.
Ability to take direction and accept supervision.
Application of project management skills for time management and holding others accountable.
Demonstrated effective collaboration with peers and customers.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, be detail-oriented, understand when urgency is required and use good judgment in varied situations.
Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment.

Responsibilities

Support North America Sales, Service and Customer Service organizations by leading process improvement projects.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business.
Complete process mapping to identify current and future states.
Conduct ROI analyses to identify and promote benefits of process improvement initiatives to the business.
Use data and metrics to identify and evaluate opportunities for process improvement projects.
Conduct research/interviews to gain information on process or project and uses analysis to provide recommendations to customer.
Use process improvement tools such as a flow chart, gnatt chart, pareto chart, process mapping, and fishbone diagram, etc.
Present work or findings to peers, teams, and managers.
Effectively set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor and summarize progress of a project in order to drive on-time completion.
Develop new/updated documentation as a result of a process improvement projects.
Demonstrate strong commitment to personal development and willingness to learn and apply process improvement and business transformation tools and methodologies.
Assist in the recommendation and establishment of new Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to support company objectives and goals.
May work as a project manager on both smaller projects that provide value within an organization, as well as complex projects or process improvements that drive standardized work.
Collaborate with multiple departments, Subject Matter Experts (SME's), and outside consultants and vendors
Contribute to a culture where continuous improvement is a “way of life.”