Business System Practitioner, Japan

Key Responsibilities

- Resource for the organization to lead Regional-based problem-solving engagements
- Cascade strategic goals from regional leadership down to individual contributors, ensuring everyone understands their role in achieving the company's vision.
- Initiative / self-starter: able to execute within strategic vision with motivation and resiliency
- Work closely with the regional leadership team, facilitating effective communication and collaboration to drive strategic initiatives.
- Serve as a liaison between the regional leadership team and key stakeholders, ensuring transparent and effective communication.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging Lean methodologies to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring the organization's long-term sustainability and success.
- Coach and develop Lean Practitioners, Process Owners, and other leaders within the organization, fostering a culture of growth and development

What You Will Do

- Aligns with global lean program, and supports regional implementations
- Implement process improvement methodologies and tools.
- Support integration and alignment vertically and horizontally across the organization.
- Lead improvement projects aligned with business strategies and priorities.
- Utilize Lean methodologies to drive process improvements in key areas.
- Conduct and manage Lean training sessions for all personnel.
- Conduct root cause analysis to identify improvement opportunities, recommending appropriate technology and business solutions.
- Facilitate Obeya Room Set-ups, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen workshops, Daily Work Installations, and driving action closure.

How You Will Do It

- Work closely with local leadership to implement and deliver improvements in process performance.
- Mentor other project leaders to accelerate results and improve the culture of continuous improvement.
- Identify key process improvement opportunities and lead process standardization.
- Conduct training sessions and workshops to promote Lean methodologies.
- Facilitate workshops and training sessions, balancing theoretical knowledge with practical application.
- Foster innovation by introducing new CI techniques, methodologies, and tools, sharing insights broadly across CI Team.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Quality, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Continuous Improvement.
- Experience leading business transformation projects - track record of delivering tangible, recognized business & customer results
- Demonstrated leadership capability, ability to align change management approach to business needs.
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Ability to establish rapport with leaders, customers and peers.
- Proven analytical and systems-thinking: design & deployment of end-to-end solutions that exceed requirements.
- Excellent facilitation and strategic thinking skills
- Experience in training, and coaching Lean and 6Sigma methods & tools.
- Strategic thinking: translating stakeholder inputs, performance metrics, and directives into actionable plans
- Proactive risk management and issue resolution skills with appropriate escalation practices
- Fluent Japanese and business level English language skill
- Travel Requirements: 25-50%