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General Information

We are looking for a dynamic senior Continuous Improvement (CI) professional to join our EU HBU Quality and Continuous Improvement leadership team. As a senior leader of continuous improvement, you will support the GI global business by coaching and leading quality and performance related improvement projects.

Reporting to the EU Head of Quality and Continuous Improvement you contribute to the development and optimization of business processes, product quality & reliability as well as internal capability development and deployment of improvement methodologies across the organization.

Your Responsibilities:

• You lead the GI business performance improvement strategy and support operational excellence activities across the business leveraging Continuous Improvement methodologies including Quality Tools, Lean, Sig Sigma and Agile.
  
• You coach on continuously improvement principles and practices, role modelling these attributes and contributing to the cultural transformation across the organization through the execution of projects.
  
• You act as a CI Subject Matter Expert, providing help and guidance on methods, tools, and templates to drive improvement projects in the areas of defect reduction, productivity and Operational Excellence.
  
• You partner with leadership and functional experts to understand and support delivery of their organization’s vision, objectives, and challenges.
  
• You drive the sharing of best practices, new processes, tools, and improvements achieved through application of CI methodologies
  
• You live core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
  

Your background:

• Senior experience in continuous improvement and/or Quality engineering with significant time working at a leadership level, preferably in the energy or engineering sector.
  
• Certified as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (L6S BB) with several years of hands on experience in coaching and leading high value and complex CI projects.
  
• Proven experience in leading and developing global programs & in leading and managing change in a dynamic, international, and fast-paced environment.
  
• Excellent analytical skills and data-driven decision-making.
  
• Exceptional problem-solving and communication skills
  
• Experience in Agile project management, Automation and Digitization and Business process management an advantage.
  
• Fluency in English is required, both written and spoken. Other languages are considered a plus.