Operational Excellence Coach

4 weeks ago


Round Lake Beach, Illinois, United States Takeda Pharmaceutical Full time
About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Operational Excellence Coach to join our team at Takeda Pharmaceutical. As a member of our Business Excellence site/functional team, you will be responsible for building expertise in the AGILE Operating Elements (Takeda's Lean Six Sigma program) and delivering the eAGILE program at site/function.

You will engage all employees, build the site's capability in the eAGILE program through coaching of AGILE Champions and other colleagues across all levels of the organization, and be an advocate of change at the site. You will report to the Agile Lead.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Establish and educate the understanding in Round Lake of the eAGILE program, its workstreams, and expectations.
  • Lead identification, creation, maintenance, and adherence of site eAGILE roadmap, detailing opportunities which will be implemented in the fiscal year according to the site strategy.
  • Lead, coach, and help implement the eAGILE roadmap commitments, including project management, facilitation of workshops and problem-solving sessions using Lean Six Sigma principles, coaching deployments, and ensure sustainability of deployments, where applicable.
  • Be the driver and champion of change using Takeda's Organizational Change Management framework, including practical application as it relates to the eAGILE roadmap deployments.
  • Perform data analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and to drive transformation, while collaborating with important partners and according to the site's strategy.
  • Improve Takeda's Leadership Behaviors as it aligns with eAGILE program and mindsets and behaviors needed to inspire creativity, transformation, and continuous improvement culture.
  • Build competencies and capabilities in influencing and coaching through collaboration with global workstreams and other coaches to apply at the site.
  • Participate in site/functional workshops to identify coaching opportunities and proactive capability building at the site.
  • Follow industry trends in coaching and influencing to identify new capability needs for development of self and others.
  • Maximize learning and competency building of AGILE champions through assignment of AOS deployments.
  • Influence important partners and collaborate on implementing the eAGILE roadmap.
  • Assist AGILE Champions across OpU/Region where required, in their AGILE journey.
  • Maintain the eAGILE and AOS (Takeda's Lean Six Sigma Program) roadmaps.
  • Ensure data accuracy and monthly updates are documented and maintained in SPOT (project reporting tool) for eAGILE roadmap projects.
  • Administer DMAIC ecosystem at the site.
  • Maintenance and report goals. Maintain schedule of Lean Six Sigma deployments (e.g. CI Loop).
Requirements:
  • Typically requires bachelor's degree in science, engineering or other related technical field.
  • 6+ years of related experience with 1+ years as a supervisor.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification.
  • Project management experience (incl. small scale projects).
  • Change management experience.
  • Experience with application of statistical software and data analysis (e.g. Minitab, JMP, PowerBI, and Tableau).
  • Understanding of regulated biopharmaceutical or biotech operations or other regulated industry.
About Takeda:

Takeda is a patient-focused company to inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work. We are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and the best patient support programs. Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. You may work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.



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