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Continuous improvement is at the heart of operations in first advantage, but there is a lot of opportunity to more fully developed into a true six sigma organizationThe master black belt will develop and deploy a lean six sigma (lss) strategy for first advantage from within the operations organizationThey will execute high complexity lss projects, as well as direct individuals and cross-functional teams using lss dmaic/dmadv methodologies to achieve significant, sustained improvements to critical operational and business processes, and to help management achieve performance goalsThe master black belt will administratively manage, mentor and develop a team of black belts; provide leadership, technical and cultural guidance, consulting, and coaching in lss principles and tools to the organization; and participate in training green belts and other members of the organization in lss tools and methods.
The master black belt role will be responsible for:
Leading large scale and complex enterprise-wide business process improvement projects
Direct management and leadership of black belts
Providing technical leadership and coaching as the ?in-house? subject matter expected on the application of lss tools and methodology for black belts, green belts, kaizen leaders, project sponsors, and champions.
Assisting business teams in managing, coordinating, and prioritizing their lss project portfolio
Assisting in selecting the appropriate project type and developing charters for continuous improvement
Developing, maintaining, and revising lss curriculum
Ensuring rigor in the lss process is maintained across the globe and throughout all organizations
Facilitating the communication, translation, and incorporation of best practices across businesses and regions
An exceptional candidate has a history of leading big organizations through changes involving:
Updating technology and operational processes for scalability to handle exponential growth
Automating and fail-proofing manual processes like data entry and report-based reactive workflow management
Improving accuracy of operational output in a high-stakes industry, where quality directly impact consumers and clients
Education: bachelor’s degree required; business, economics, mathematics, statistics, communications, engineering, majors all work wellPreferably with significant coursework in mathematics or statistics.
Experience: this is a senior role within operations requiring a minimum of 10 years professional experience in process improvement, quality, or business process development with a minimum 2 years as a master black belt.
Knowledge, skills & certifications: master black belt certification requiredMicrosoft office suite proficiency requiredKnowledge or experience in atlassian products, power bi, and/or qlik a plus.
