Sr. Service Manager (Certified Black belt- Business Excellence-Quality)
The Ops & Quality Service Manager supports aligned BU business partners in effectively managing and improving operational performance and meeting productivity goals through a culture of continuous improvement.
Job Location & Work Schedule
- Location: Gurgaon
- 5 days week (Work from Office)
Skillset
- DMAIC Methodology
- Hypothesis testing
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- QC tools
- FMEA
- MINITAB
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Lean Six Sigma
High Level Responsibilities
- Facilitate / Lead improvement projects based on Lean / Six Sigma methodology.
- Provide analytics support to Business Leaders both onshore and offshore.
- Drive a continuous improvement culture.
- Manage the innovation/idea generation platform “MERCURI”.
- Facilitate Process Improvement trainings.
- Support the business with Quality/Operational excellence initiatives.
Detailed Responsibilities
- Understand business processes, analyze data trends, and share recommendations with stakeholders.
- Showcase / share skill set & quality service offerings with stakeholders.
- Analyze data on key client operational metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Learn and understand the domain / business to help define process metrics.
- Map processes to identify non-core activities and suggest alternatives to remove waste.
- Act as liaison with North America Ops & quality counterparts and other stakeholders to drive collaboration and teamwork.
- Deliver Lean trainings for Band 3-5 colleagues.
- Deliver need-based trainings on problem‑solving, quality concepts & tools.
- Mentor colleagues within the Business Unit on client knowledge, process knowledge, and tools knowledge.
- Identify failure modes and help establish process controls.
- Design and develop metrics for accurate measurement of work performance.
- Baseline metrics and monitor performance.
- Provide advanced data analytics as per Business Unit / Process requirements.
- Identify opportunities for capacity creation and facilitate / lead capacity‑creating projects aligned with productivity goals.
- Support business to create year‑on‑year efficiencies.
- Support transition of new processes, map processes, create metrics, and consult the business on setup and design of Quality Assurance processes.
- Use Six Sigma and Lean tools as required.
- Facilitate / lead projects on quality and operational excellence using Six Sigma / Lean / Project Management methodologies.
- Develop project roadmaps for assigned projects with minimal or no mentoring support.
- Act as a program manager for BU specific or division level programs.
Education & Certifications
- Graduate in any stream.
- Green Belt / Black Belt certified.
Required Experience
- 8+ years of work experience.
- 5+ years of post‑graduation experience.
- 3+ years of relevant / industry work experience.
- Maximum experience should not exceed 8 years.
- Hands‑on experience mentoring and executing Green Belt / Black Belt Six Sigma projects.
- Experience managing multiple project teams simultaneously.
Preferred Experience
- Training and facilitation skills and experience.
- Excellent oral, written, cross‑functional, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Learning ability with customer orientation and a keen eye for process improvement.
- Exposure to COPC, ISO, TQM, Project Management and other quality methodologies/systems.
- Knowledge of Minitab.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access.
- Good knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and MS Visio.