Continuous Improvement Manager

Description

• Assist in implementing the Continuous Process Improvement System for ship repair.
• Engages, negotiates, resolves conflict, and builds strong consultative relationships and strategic partnerships with business leaders to drive change.
• Assist in developing key performance indicators to establish baseline performance metrics on key processes required to assess the impact of change.
• Facilitates updates, meetings and key communication with functional managers and executives.
• Assist in develop the core continuous process improvement tools to be used to drive change within the shipyards. Key is to avoid "flavor of the week" toolsets and establish an over-arching approach.
• Engage employees, communicate, and train to drive a cultural change.The goal is to establish an organization where the majority of employees want to improve processes and recognize it as a key part of their "day job."
• Partner with leadership to identify and prioritize opportunities to create positive bottom-line results.
• Direct the efforts of internal operations partners, vendors and Subject Matter Experts in the execution of approved Improvement Initiatives.
• Execute continuous improvement events using appropriate process improvement tools and personnel to affect sustainable change. Develop processes to assess the current state (including costs), affect change, forecast the financial improvement over time, and codify the change and drive implementation to reduce associated budgets to realize the financial improvement.
• Coordinates and develops communications to publish change results in order to share improvements amongst the various business entities.
• Develops and delivers training on continuous process improvement to various audiences.Training would include training on the strategic change to implement continuous process improvement, establish employee expectations, general and specific training on "how" to do continuous process improvement.
• Establish processes to share process improvements between business entities.
• Benchmark key processes both within and outside ship repair to learn best practices.

• Demonstrated understanding and experience deploying Lean, Six Sigma or other Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Strong knowledge or ability to quickly obtain knowledge of process improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience effectively leading and managing diverse teams.
• Strong ability to effectively and efficiently facilitate process improvement events.
• Superior leadership, management and team-building skills with cross functional teams.
• Ability to work with leadership across the business to bring about positive cultural change.
• Ability to clearly and concisely report on CPI progress and impact.
• Proficiency in developing and analyzing key performance indices to measure change.
• Analytical ability to assess the impact of change.
• Strong and convincing communication skills.
• Ability to develop and deliver appropriate training to all employees on a variety of process improvement topics.
• Ability to work positively with front line employees.
• Proven track record of successful change management and accomplishments implementing productivity and cost reduction programs.
• Ability to schedule, direct and organize work within a diverse department and coordinate work with other departments to maintain efficiency and facilitate group decision-making, team building and conflict resolution.

• BS degree in technical, engineering (civil, electrical, or mechanical), business, or the equivalent in related ship repair work experience is required.
• Minimum twelve (12) years of experience in production, construction, or marine or administration. Prior marine industry experience preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in a senior management position with financial responsibility