Hybrid Continuous Improvement Manager

at Cushman & Wakefield

• Job title: Continuous Improvement Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $110,500 - $130,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Continuous Improvement Manager driving operational excellence through improvement initiatives at Cushman & Wakefield. Leading lean transformation and developing a coaching culture for effective processes.

Responsibilities

• Leads and drives business transformation and change initiatives to create and sustain world-class, visually managed processes for instantaneous recognition of wastes.
• Implements CI/Lean methods to drive improvement in alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
• Facilitates and/or conducts continuous improvement training programs, Kaizen events, and other lean initiatives.
• Assesses, coaches, and provides constructive feedback to teams to strengthen competencies.
• Serves as a change facilitator, develops, and collaborates with business leaders and influences leadership in the transformation to and in support of a continuous improvement culture.
• Develops and manages multiple processes, long and short-term, sustainable, improvement related visual action plans as well as assigned key projects.
• Monitors existing and new processes for improvement opportunities in cost productivity through problem solving methodology and takes appropriate follow-up action.
• Tracks, measures, and reports progress on improvements using standard, established KPI’s.
• Assists in the preparation of budgets, schedules, and other financial reports regarding the impact of improvements, waste reduction, and achieving ROI, as indicated by lean accounting principles.
• Organizes and facilitates the Americas CI Steering Committee.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through benchmarking world-class improvement organizations and delivering improvement related training.
• Hires, trains, develops, coaches, and provides team member guidance and supervision in the event of having direct report(s).

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4-6 years of demonstrated, qualified lean experience in a leadership role
• Knowledge and demonstrated understanding of a variety of lean tools such as: Process Flow Mapping, Value Stream Mapping, Process Problem Solving, Built In Quality, Just In Time, Kaizen/Continuous Improvement, and Lean ROI.
• Lean certification from a recognized independent technical organization
• Experience in working within a matrix environment reporting to Continuous Improvement organization and taking direction from Key Stakeholders
• Knowledge and use of Improvement tools, data analysis, and project management tools
• Must have strong ability to influence team members to shift to continuous improvement methods
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and develop team members.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid and unpaid time away from work