Lean Consultant

Project Consulting Group (PCG) is seeking a skilled Lean Consultant to drive process optimization and efficiency improvements across various industries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate teams through problem identification, selection, solving, piloting, implementing, and sustaining.
• Collaborate with leadership to identify areas for improvement, review, and evaluate strategies and tactics to deploy Lean initiatives.
• Lead and implement continuous improvement efforts, including Kaizens, Six Sigma, 8-D, Problem Solving, and Value Stream Analysis.
• Develop, monitor, and ensure requirements are being met and improvements are being made to meet goals.
• Facilitate capacity studies, machine utilization, and lean flow to meet customer requirements.
• Identify and facilitate the implementation of process improvements and cost savings opportunities aligned with key business objectives.
• Oversee project performance, track, and measure results of improvement initiatives and ensure timely completion of goals.
• Produce skills matrices and development initiatives for employee development and cross-utilization of the workforce.
• Review Lean performance expectations with leadership teams, providing expectations, performance planning, feedback, training, and development.
• Meet internal and external customer expectations through teamwork, respect, and willingness to help and support others.
• Train, mentor, and coach teams to ensure a continuous improvement culture is institutionalized.
• Demonstrate commitment to a culture of safety while promoting a safe work environment.
• Comply with relevant laws and regulations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of practical experience with Lean methods, Six Sigma, or Process Improvement.
• Lean or Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt or business process reengineering experience.
• Proven Change Management skills.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Expert in Microsoft Office, including advanced skills in Excel.
• Ability to coordinate, contribute to, and work within a cross-functional team.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Able to prioritize duties and manage multiple projects from start to finish with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Proven expertise and deployment of Lean manufacturing techniques, six sigma, and use of continuous improvement tools and processes.
• Black Belt and/or Green Belt certification.

Please note that this is a full-time position, and candidates must be eligible to work as Full-Time W-2 employees of PCG. Sub-contracting is not available for this position.

This position includes a competitive compensation package, which includes salary, hourly compensation, and full benefits.

Project Consulting Group (PCG) is Minnesota's leading provider of Management Consulting Services. Since 1998, PCG has been providing Fortune 1000, Government, and Mid-Market clients with our experienced, full-time Consultants that ensure their top initiatives and mission-critical projects are successful and delivered on-time and on-budget. Over the past 25 years, we have successfully completed over 2000+ projects across the US and around the globe.

PCG consultants are leaders who are experienced, knowledgeable, passionate about their field, and eager to deliver value to our clients. PCG's dedicated Sales and Recruiting teams afford its consultants the benefit of consistent work on challenging projects that vary across industry, function, and scale.

Choosing PCG is choosing to invest in your career. In working with PCG, you will be working with some of the leading minds in management consulting to deepen your knowledge, expand your experience, and build a rewarding career. PCG continuously works to present its consultants with exciting and challenging work opportunities. We believe in our consultants, we support them, and we are proud to share in their successes.