Remote Senior Operational Excellence Lead (Lean Six Sigma)

Chemtrade; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly benefits

Career growth opportunities

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Chemtrade Logistics Inc. is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Lead to drive a culture of sustainable change using Lean Six Sigma across the organization.

The role coaches and trains teams, supports productivity champions, and leads Black Belt projects to identify and solve operational challenges. The position requires extensive experience in change management and process improvement, with emphasis on mentoring belts and advancing continuous improvement goals across plants and functions.

Qualifications

• Engineering or science degree from an accredited university.
• 10+ years demonstrated experience in Change Management, Continuous Improvement, or Operational Excellence with a minimum of 5 years people management experience.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-organization and cross-functional Black Belt Projects through the application of Lean Six Sigma and Project Management tools as required.
• Lead, facilitate, and coach others on Kaizens or other Lean Improvement events as required.
• Actively partner and collaborate with business areas to identify potential continuous improvement projects and productivity savings projects with data analysis and other LSS tools.
• Contribute to updating and driving the Operational Excellence Road Map that aligns with all businesses.
• Identify best continuous improvement tools and methodologies including Lean Six Sigma and develop and apply those tools to Chemtrade.
• Collaborate with business areas to implement and sustain these tools.
• Contribute and drive standardization and structure into performance indicators through the different business areas.
• Partner with Business Areas to lead and foster cultural change of continuous improvement mindset by reducing waste and variation.
• Contribute to an environment where all employees have increased opportunities to propose contributions to the success of the business through Continous Improvement Efforts.
• Identify, mentor, and nurture future Green Belt and Black Belt prospects.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Change Management

Project Management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Engineering or science degree

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Minitab

SAP

Microsoft Project

Job description

Chemtrade Logistics Inc. is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Lead to drive a culture of sustainable change using Lean Six Sigma across the organization.

The role coaches and trains teams, supports productivity champions, and leads Black Belt projects to identify and solve operational challenges. The position requires extensive experience in change management and process improvement, with emphasis on mentoring belts and advancing continuous improvement goals across plants and functions.