Process Excellence Project Manager

Company: Dematic Corp. (ILD-US)
Location: Grand Rapids
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Do you enjoy fostering scientific thinking? Can you demonstrate ground-breaking business results, not just through yourself, but others? Do the concepts of Lean, Kata and Business Process Transformation get you excited? Do you find that the only true enemy in professional life is waste (resources, time and talent)? Can you drive positive and lasting cultural change in the organization(s) you have served? If you can passionately answer 'YES' to all of these, please read further.

We are seeking an individual who has experience in enabling, encouraging, and mentoring a continuous improvement mentality. The Process Excellence Manager will lead and mentor projects that ensure attainment of the strategic goals of the Solution Development (SD) organization, including further development of the Solution Development Business System.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applications will receive consideration. Dematic offers competitive compensation and benefits. We are committed to helping you develop and offer training specifically crafted for your personal development.

What we offer:

--- Career Development

--- Competitive Compensation and Benefits

--- Pay Transparency

--- Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $82,875-$121,550 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do in This Role:

• Mentor contributors and business leaders through Kata/A3 process. Serve as a hands-on coach, guiding teams through the process and contributing to resolutions.
  
• Inspire change management plans for initiatives in the organization by helping to build excitement around innovative approaches. Address resistance through engagement and transparent communication.
  
• Completes multifaceted projects and performs project organization, definition, planning, implementation and control. Act as a doer. Actively participate in tasks and ensure high quality delivery.
  
• Enables, develops, and mentors capabilities and experience in others in applying process innovation, process excellence, lean principles and tools.
  
• Foster a Continuous Improvement culture by leading, coaching, planning and/or facilitating projects using Lean-Six Sigma tools and techniques.
  
• Own the investigation, analysis and resolution of sophisticated application problems related to business functions
  
• Drives process measurement including project scorecards and other metrics, which can also be used to drive process improvements.
  
  
  What We're Looking For:
  
  • Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
    
  • Typically 5-8 of focused experience in Business Process Re-engineering, Standardization and Continuous Improvement.
    
  • 3-5 years demonstrated ability in a large, matrixed, global organization.
    
  • Demonstrates and applies broad knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures for managed work group(s) and how it supports related operations.
    
  • Lean, Six-Sigma certification, preferably Black Belt.
    
  • Ability to lead Kata/A3 activities.
    
    
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