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Job Title: Senior Principle, Continuous Improvement

Job Code:  19619

Job Location:  Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

 L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR) segment is looking for a Director of Continuous Improvement to help drive a culture of Operational Excellence. This will include working toward alignment of functional leaders on how to manage and lead in a high change and matrix organization; training, coaching, and mentoring CI practitioners, Lean/Green Belt (GB)/Black Belt (BB) and cross functional team members  through projects that align to strategic business objectives. The candidate must have the ability to diagnose business needs and put plans in place to address them via Kaizen events, Lean, GB / BB projects or by “Just Do Its” (JDI’s).

Essential Functions: 

Training, coaching, and change leadership to drive the continuous improvement (e3) savings process, achieving the organizations yearly goals.Manages large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction.Communicates within and outside of the organization to explain and influence changes to practices, processes and approaches.Makes significant improvements in processes, systems, or products.Provides input into new products/processes and implements operational plans that have measurable impact on business or functional results.Develop and drive a continuous improvement roadmap that enables the business results.Develop and execute capacity improvement plans.Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify and capture process improvement opportunities.Drive the Implementation of the OpEx Framework - Business Operating System.Facilitate continuous improvement events (i.e. Value stream mapping events, kaizens, Problem solving, 3P, Flow, etc).Drive efforts to identify and coordinate the planning for Kaizen events and projects, including objectives, root cause analysis, tool identification and team structureEnsure follow up actions are addressed from continuous improvement eventsMake effective decisions that drive business performanceDevelop training material as required to support continuous improvement activitiesCoach team on Gemba & Problem-solving processesTake initiative to follow up on open tasksPerform other related duties as assignedAbility to obtain and maintain a security clearanceTravel to all AR locations which may include international travel

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 15 years of diverse Operations experience with hands-on leadership experience leading small to medium sized organizations in day-to-day execution and improvement. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related Operations experience.   Certified Lean Black BeltSubject matter expert with in-depth knowledge of job area and exceptional interpersonal communication skillsStrong analytical and problem solving skills

Preferred Additional Skills:

5+ years hands-on experience deploying Lean Manufacturing in complex/highly regulated manufacturing environments (value stream mapping, Kaizen, 5S, one-piece flow, TPM, etc.) with a proven record of achieving sustainable resultsKnowledge and Working Understanding of current L3Harris e3 continuous improvement programs, such as the OpEx framework, L3Harris core CI elements and tools, and e3 productivity programSubject matter expert with in-depth knowledge of job area and exceptional interpersonal communication skillsStrong analytical and problem solving skills

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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