Strategic Continuous Improvement Consultant

2 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States IMEC Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center Full time
Job Title: Strategic Continuous Improvement Specialist

IMEC Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center is seeking a highly skilled Strategic Continuous Improvement Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for initiating and maintaining relationships with manufacturers, discovering their operational challenges and opportunities, and developing and executing long-term countermeasures in consultation with the manufacturers' teams.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide direct consultation to manufacturers within the area of Transformational Strategic Lean and Continuous Improvement.
  • Manage project engagements, which may include the following:
    • Lean Policy Deployment
    • Lean Daily Management
    • Lean Tools such as 5S, Value Stream Mapping, etc.
    • Root Cause Analysis
  • Work with third party resources.
  • Participate in IMEC's solution development and process improvement teams.
  • Assist in proposal development.
  • Participate in sales presentations.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree with 3+ years' experience working with manufacturing companies with a career progression that includes leadership responsibility. Master's degree preferred.
  • Job-related experience in strategic lean and continuous improvement.
  • Strong problem-solving, project management skills, and decision-making skills.
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
  • Proven skills in coaching and mentoring others.
  • Strong relationship management skills.
About IMEC:

IMEC is a team of improvement specialists dedicated to providing manufacturers in Illinois with the tools and techniques to excel and compete globally. Our experienced hands-on team works closely with clients to plan critical business improvements in all areas of their organization from: Leading their Company, Planning for Success, Growing their Business, Improving their Operations, Focusing on their People, and Deciding with Data.

We deliver local expertise to not only plan and strategize, but to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of client improvements. In fact, we assist more than 1,500 companies each year with successful business improvement projects.

As a result, we have demonstrated a return on investment that exceeds 19:1. This is made possible as organizations become more effective and efficient.

Our team members enjoy their jobs because of the challenge in working with a variety of organizations in a broad range of industries. They also gain satisfaction from providing assistance and advisement to help organizations succeed in a demanding marketplace.



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