Senior Manager, Transformation and Continuous Improvement

Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status.  To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits

Job Description:

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

· Lead the enterprise transformation and continuous improvement strategy, developing and executing initiatives that drive operational excellence, process optimization, cost efficiency, and long-term organizational effectiveness.

· Partner with executive and functional leadership teams to identify strategic improvement opportunities, prioritize transformation roadmaps, and ensure alignment with corporate objectives and business priorities.

· Oversee the design, implementation, and governance of continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean, Six Sigma, process standardization, and performance management frameworks across the organization.

· Drive change management and organizational adoption efforts, ensuring transformation initiatives are effectively implemented, measured, sustained, and embedded into business operations.

· Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and value realization metrics, providing executive leadership with actionable insights on initiative progress, business impact, risks, and opportunities.

Qualifications

· Demonstrated expertise in organizational change management, including stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments, communication planning, training strategies, organizational readiness assessments, and adoption measurement.

· Proven ability to influence and drive alignment across executive leadership and diverse stakeholder groups, effectively managing competing priorities and guiding organizations through complex change initiatives.

· Strong knowledge of process improvement and change management methodologies, such as Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Prosci ADKAR, Kotter Change Model, or equivalent frameworks, with a demonstrated track record of delivering measurable and sustainable business results.

· Demonstrated experience leading large-scale organizational change initiatives, including technology implementations, process redesign, operating model transformations, mergers and integrations, or other enterprise-wide programs requiring significant stakeholder engagement and behavior change.

·  Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, manage resistance to change, and influence decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Experience:

· Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.

· Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive leadership experience in transformation, continuous improvement, business operations, management consulting, or related disciplines, including experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives.

· Microsoft Office proficiency.

Work Environment:

· While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer
While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).