Regional Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Regional Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Client is an US based Fortune 50 Firm with annual sales in excess of $40B and approximately 100,000 employees in over 60 countries. Diversity generates new ideas that yield the innovation that employees need for company growth, competitive advantage, and industry leadership. Client strives to create a rich and stimulating work climate to help employees develop their skills and advance their career- team environments designed to promote and reward individuality, innovation, leadership, and strong business results based on a solid understanding of the global organization.

Position Overview

As a  “Change Agent”, the Master Black Belt will be required to cultivate relationships (at the most senior levels) and establish a network of allies (at all levels) that will inspire and drive the rigor, value and benefits of Continuous Improvement throughout the organization.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
• 7 -10 years of experience as a certified Master Black Belt required with proven results
• 3+years of experience of other Continuous Improvements methodologies such as Lean.
• Must have Six Sigma/Lean experience within a manufacturing environment
• Must have a minimum of 5 years as a working Black Belt in manufacturing with project experience
• Minimum of 5 + years experience training and certifying Black Belts.
• Respected and trusted leader with a proven track record of achievement, solid management skills and a reputation as a leader of change
• Proven leadership skills, project management skills and business acumen – performance driven
• Excellent training and presentation skills with solid oral and written communication capabilities
• Excellent understanding of analytical tools and statistics, capable of explaining the theoretical derivations of probability and statistics
• Strong interpersonal capabilities and ability to work cross-functionally with other leaders on sensitive and/or emotional issues
• Combines aggressive initiative with professional discipline to accomplish difficult tasks through others
• Demonstrates a keen desire to continually learn and grow…motivated by successes.
• Must be able to travel up to 80% to 5-6 manufacturing facilities with in a geographical area/cluster.
• Candidate must have prior experience successfully leading and mentoring large groups of BB (30 – 60 Black Belts).

Additional Information

• Interact and influence at all levels within the plants and corporate.

• Will work across one or more Business Unit, i.e. Beverages, Cheese & Dairy, Grocery, Pizza and/or Snacks.

• Lead and train the Six Sigma training program within their assigned geographic cluster (5-6 manufacturing facilities).
• Plan, support and conduct training to others in Six Sigma methodologies (Black Belts, Green Belts, Champions, etc)
• Mentor Black Belts…coach and guide projects to accelerate execution and completion
• Lead Master Black Belt projects through all business units
• Identify and scope new projects.
• Provide assistance and be a resource to Black Belts, Green Belts, Champions, functional departments, and business units in identifying, planning and implementing Six Sigma projects.

• Level of Self-Directed Work - Consistently demonstrates the ability to act independently, prioritize, and influence others on a regular basis to drive Six Sigma

• Provide senior management with updates regarding deployment progress, results and feedback pertaining to key responsibilities and objectives.

Organizational relationships: Regularly meets with Continuous Improvement (CI) Managers and CI Directors to develop future projects to meet Growth, Quality and Productivity needs of the Plant.

Regularly meets with Plant Managers, CI Directors and CI Managers to develop projects and identify opportunities for processing improvements