Hybrid Senior Manager – Lean Six Sigma

at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

• Job title: Senior Manager – Lean Six Sigma
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $154,968 - $205,332 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager leading Lean Six Sigma strategy for S&C Electric Company with focus on operational excellence. Driving improvements in productivity, quality, cost, and delivery across enterprise initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support and advance a unified enterprise Lean and Six Sigma strategy aligned with S&C’s operational and business objectives. Define and reinforce the operational excellence framework by integrating Lean system design with Six Sigma methodologies to improve productivity, reduce waste, and elevate quality performance across value streams.
• Serve as a senior subject matter expert and mentor in Lean and Six Sigma. Build organizational capability by coaching Black Belts, Green Belts, and senior leaders. Design and deliver training that strengthens problem-solving capability, supports leadership development, and embeds a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify, prioritize, lead, and govern a portfolio of high-impact initiatives with measurable impact on cost, quality, safety and delivery. Apply advanced Lean Six Sigma tools to address root cause of complex business-critical challenges. Lead efforts to reduce cost of poor quality and optimize end-to-end operational performance.
• Own and execute a phased Lean and Six Sigma deployment roadmap. Ensure alignment between foundational tools and advanced initiatives to drive sustainable improvement and long-term transformation. Establish governance, standard work, and execution rigor to support consistent and scalable deployment.
• Conduct in-depth value stream and process assessments. Partner with functional leaders and business unit leaders to implement improvements using structured methodologies such as; DMAIC and Kaizen facilitation. Embed improvements into standard operating procedures to ensure performance sustainability and scalability.
• Lead Value Stream level and cross-functional change management. Engage senior leaders and cross-functional teams to drive understanding, ownership, and adoption of Lean and Six Sigma initiatives. Communicate with clarity and consistency to enable alignment, reduce resistance, and accelerate transformation.
• Leverage advanced analysis and performance data to identify trends, measure effectiveness of initiatives, and uncover improvement opportunities. Develop and present executive-ready insights and reports. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure benefits realization and sustainment.
• Act as a trusted advisor, enterprise change agent, and thought leader in operational excellence. Build strong relationships across functions and organizational levels, translating complex concepts into practical application, and fostering collaboration to accelerate results.
• Ensure Lean and Six Sigma activities comply with company policies, brand standards, and regulatory requirements. Drive standardization of tools, training, and governance to support consistent enterprise-wide implementation and operational discipline.

Requirements

• 15+ years of manufacturing experience, with at least 5 years of leading continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise or multi-site Lean Six Sigma initiatives with executive engagement
• Proven portfolio of completed Lean Six Sigma project with multi-million dollar cumulative savings in large organizations (at least $350M)
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to evaluate cost, savings, and ROI of improvement initiatives.
• Advanced proficiency in statistical analysis and data-driven decision-making
• Proven experience in assessing processes and developing continuous improvement plans, aligning with organizational objectives, and ensuring budgetary alignment to optimize resources and drive results.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to lead, guide, motivate, and delegate to deliver results, build teams and capabilities, embrace change, drive decisions and results, embrace culture and inclusion, and exhibit integrity.
• Demonstrated success coaching and mentoring, and developing Lean Six Sigma practitioners and leaders.
• Strong proficiency in statistical analysis, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Solid business acumen, entrepreneurial approach, and analytical skills with the ability to use and analyze data to drive informed decisions, problem-solve complex issues, and leverage data and learnings to drive improvement and profitable growth.
• Excellent communication skills, (written, verbal, listening, and presentation) with the ability to engage audiences from executive leadership to production floor team members.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust, navigate conflict, and foster collaboration across diverse teams.
• Demonstrated organizational, planning, and project management skills, creatively problem-solving manufacturing and supply chain related issues and juggling a heavy volume of diverse strategic projects.
• Ability to apply practical fit for purpose solutions without unnecessary complexity or cost

Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
• Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).