Job Description:
Responsibilities
The Strategic Initiatives Team is expanding its organization on the east coast to support multiple Initiatives and is looking for an Engagement Leader (Master Black Belt, Director) to manage a newly formed 5-7 person team that supports our east coast operations.
Responsibilties include:
Lead and build a team of 5-7 Black Belts that deliver improvements to the critical metrics of Revenue Generation, Cost Reduction, and Cycle Time
Report progress of multiple initiative and team status to VP of Strategic Initiatives
Act as an internal management consultant to support business unit's process improvement
Identify and lead Lean Six Sigma initiatives to improve current processes
Partner with executives and business leaders to run projects, drive change, and generate results
Identify, lead & enforce standards for projects resulting in growth opportunities, process improvement, cycle time reduction and cost out opportunities
Drive Lean/Six Sigma integration, awareness, and advocacy
Use Six Sigma, Lean and advanced project management methodology, to drive change management for business units
Drive and facilitate Action Workouts
Use consulting techniques to become a leader of change and process improvement
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
At least 5 years prior experience in leading a team of consultants or similarly skilled employees
Minimum 5 years of project leadership experience
Minimum 5 years of facilitation/leadership of large workouts (or equivalent), change management and cross functional team management Minimum of 3 years either internal or external consulting experience (or equivalent) including managing client engagement, defining client needs, delivering value to the client, and presenting/reporting out
BA/BS Degree in related field
Eligibility Requirements:
Candidate must be willing to travel a minimum of 6 weeks per year
Able to work and commute to New York City, and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Desired
Six Sigma certification, Black Belt or Higher
Knowledge and experience in the entertainment sector
MBA, Management Consulting and/or Operations Management Experience
Previous Six Sigma and / or Lean experience in transactional environment
CAP training (GE Employees only) or proven change management abilities
Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with PC proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Access) and Mini Tab (or similar functioning statistical software)
Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills
Proven track recoworking in multi-functional organizations
Strong initiative to not only complete responsibilities but also the wherewithal to find projects and grow the Strategic Initiatives organization generally
Working knowledge of Value Stream mapping, Action Work Outs, and other Lean tools and methods General
The Master Black Belt will be an internal management consultant directing a team that supports Digital Media, IT, Advertising Sales, Marketing & Research and Operations using Lean Six Sigma and change management techniques to drive process improvement and critical business initiatives. The Master Black Belt will focus project execution on New Product Introduction, Sales Inquiry to Order, and Order to Receivables processes and will report directly to the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. The primary focus of the Master Black Belt will be to lead a team of Black Belts committed to improving and revolutionizing our digital media, news editorial, sales and operational processes using Lean and Six Sigma. Specifically, this individual will have broad exposure to several organizations likely to include many projects related to operational process improvement, growth initiatives and other corporate initiatives as assigned within our Television and Film divisions. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to become a leader within a growing organization in an expanding and dynamic media environment.
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