A defined window, a defined number. You are brought in to find waste on the factory floor and convert it into throughput and margin inside six to twelve months, then transfer the capability to the site team before you leave.
This is a hands-on floor role. You will spend your days at the process, not in a conference room building decks.
What you'll own- Value stream mapping across the primary product families
- Constraint identification and throughput improvement at the bottleneck
- Changeover reduction, cycle time improvement, and line balancing
- Scrap, rework, and first-pass-yield improvement through structured root cause work
- Standard work, visual management, and tiered daily accountability
- Kaizen event planning and facilitation, with financial validation on each
- Capability transfer: training and certifying site personnel so the gains hold post-engagement
A quantified improvement pipeline with financial validation, a functioning daily management system, and a site team capable of running the next wave without you.
What you bring- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt, or equivalent demonstrated depth
- 10+ years driving improvement in discrete or process manufacturing environments
- A record of financially validated results — improvements the controller agreed to book
- Ability to teach and coach at every level, from operator to plant manager
- Credibility on the floor. Operators decide within a day whether they are going to work with you.
- Willingness to be on site five days a week
Strong plus: TPM and predictive maintenance deployment; PE-backed environments; prior work inside a formal business system such as the VDS Business System®; training and facilitation experience.
2. FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP & RESTRUCTURINGSkills Required
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt, or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- 10+ years of experience driving improvement in discrete or process manufacturing environments
- Record of financially validated improvement results
- Ability to teach and coach personnel from operators through plant managers
- Willingness to work on site five days per week
- Experience with TPM and predictive maintenance deployment
- Experience in private-equity-backed environments
- Experience with a formal business system such as the VDS Business System
- Training and facilitation experience
What We Do
Value Driven Solutions (VDS) is an operational-excellence consulting firm serving middle-market companies, private-equity firms, and portfolio companies. It improves operational and financial performance through supply-chain optimization, operations, finance, technology, procurement, strategic consulting, and vetted interim executives. VDS also applies Lean Six Sigma, automation, robotics, AI, and analytics to strengthen efficiency, margins, capital efficiency, and enterprise value, with measurable, lasting results.
