Process Improvement Leader

Requisition Number: 665

Position Title: Process Improvement Specialist

External Description:

SUMMARY:  The Lean Six Sigma Change Leader will partner with the Executive Leadership team to develop Lean Six Sigma processes and implement the strategy for a Lean Six Sigma culture within Worldwide Clinical Trials Early Phase business unit. The ideal candidate will have experience leading Kaizen events in a clinical or laboratory setting. This position will help select and prioritize projects to ensure work aligns with strategic goals and reports to the General Manager, Early Phase business unit.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Partner with subject matter experts to generate and analyze information that will support the recommendations of solutions that address productivity, efficiency, complexity, and strategic opportunities, while enhancing the customer experience.
• Design, document and drive processes to ensure timely completion of projects with successful outcomes. Guide team members through the project and implementation process.
• Educate and train team members on how to use Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques, such as control charts, histograms, and a root cause analysis.
• Perform gap analysis on needs versus existing availability of metrics. Develop and modify reporting configurations that meet requirements.
• Designs/develops/modifies/troubleshoots methods supporting business process analysis
• Performs proactive and reactive analyses to ensure data integrity and opportunities for improvements.
• Analyze financial data and assist in developing project ROIs to determine savings potential
• Drive for high-quality results on any other deliverables as assigned.
• Participates in and supports multiple internal levels of management in the analysis and evaluation of initiatives, projects, and issues
• Participates in efforts to implement ongoing process management mechanisms (process mapping, documentation, metrics, monitoring systems, and process control techniques).
• Perform other duties as assigned.  The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Proven cross-functional team leadership skills and the ability to influence others at all levels of an organization.
• Project management training and/or certification a plus.
• Ability to present complex concepts comfortably and effectively

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• Certified Black Belt
• Eight years of experience leading Lean Six Sigma projects -
• Demonstrated proficiency with statistical and process management software, flowcharting, and process mapping.
• Ability to produce measurable productivity gains.
• Must have experience with analytical laboratory or clinical projects -
• Ability to travel extensively between Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX

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City:

State: Texas

Employment Type: Regular

Community / Marketing Title: Process Improvement Leader

Company Profile:

We’re a global, mid-size CRO that pushes boundaries, innovates and invents — because the path to a cure for the world’s most persist diseases is not paved by those who play it safe, but by those who take pioneering, creative approaches, and implement them with quality and excellence. We are experts, bright thinkers, dreamers and doers and, together, we are changing the way the world experiences CROs, in the best possible way.

Location_formattedLocationLong: Austin, Texas US

CountryEEOText_Description: Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to enabling professionals from all backgrounds and experiences to succeed and, to that end, we prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and creativity. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, military status, or other class protected by applicable law. Worldwide is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where people thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do their best work every day.