Sr Practice Lead - P2R Process Excellence

Diageo; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Diageo in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Practice Leader - Process Excellence (Plan to Report) to drive end-to-end process improvement across FP&A, GL accounting, reconciliations and statutory/regulatory reporting. You will mentor teams, partner with senior management, and lead Lean Six Sigma initiatives to raise CSAT and efficiency.

You will apply data analytics with Power BI and Minitab, guide value-stream mapping, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and cost effectiveness

Qualifications

• Experience in Plan to Report sub-functions (FP&A, GL, reconciliations, regulatory reporting).
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from a reputed institute.
• 12–15 years of professional experience with 5+ years with senior management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop process improvement strategy for Plan to Report processes.
• Oversee end-to-end customer experience and service delivery improvements.
• Plan and implement continuous improvement projects.
• Drive value stream mapping and lean future state design.
• Support root cause analysis and data analytics to address issues.
• Study trends and bridge capability gaps with targeted training.
• Provide updates to key stakeholders on quality initiatives.
• Mentor process improvement teams and Lean Six Sigma projects.

Skills

Process Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

Stakeholder Management

Data Analytics

Project Management

Quality Management

Communication Skills

Tools

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Minitab

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

Job Summary

As Senior Practice Leader - Process Excellence (Plan to Report), you will work closely with the senior management team to drive Process Excellence Initiatives and Projects across the Plan to Report Function and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in processes. This could be an individual contributor or team leader role and requires you to work in partnership with various stakeholders across the Global Business Services (GBS) and broader business/markets/regions.

This role is pivotal to develop a culture of Process Excellence and Innovation, by strengthening the quality of end to end processes.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Develop process improvement and innovation strategy for Plan to Report processes and sub-functions, working closely with customer / business / IT / PMO / process stakeholders.
• Responsible for overall end to end customer experience / satisfaction; service delivery health and continuous improvement projects for the aligned business towers/segments.
• Plan, Identify and Implement Continuous Improvement projects and manage process improvement program for the assigned Business.
• Plan and drive value stream / process mapping workshops to map current state and identify waste and improvement opportunities to create a lean and agile future state design of the value streams/processes delivering efficiency and effectiveness goals against the targets / benchmarks
• Support partner concerns, customer complaints/issues, Root Cause Analysis, Data Analytics and Action Planning to provide solutions to address and mitigate the risk/issues.
• Work in partnership with operations managers and capability leader to study and analyze trends in process improvements, transformation, intelligent process automation and plan targeted interventions to bridge capability gaps by ensuring right training interventions
• Provide regular updates on quality initiatives and process improvement projects to key project stakeholders across the organization as required.
• Mentor Process Improvement Teams to improve internal quality and customer satisfaction (CSAT/ NPS).
• Mentor Lean and Green Belt projects across the function to drive process improvements and efficiency

Experience/skills required

• Background in Plan to Report sub functions like FP&A, GL Accounting, Reconciliations Statutory and Regulatory reporting are critical to the role
• Certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from reputed institutes and/or organisations
• Strong knowledge of Quality and Process Improvement Methodologies (Six Sigma, LEAN, Values Stream Mapping)
• 12-15 years of professional experience, with 5+ years, of experience working with the senior management team
• Strong understanding of the relationship between process, organization, and business objectives
• Ability to innovate and enhance procedures and methods to increase productivity & cost-effectiveness
• Excellent communication and customer management skills
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Share point) and Minitab
• Knowledge of Power BI, Power Automate will an added advantage

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