Program Manager - Business Process Excellence - Eteam : Job Details

Job Title: Program Manager - Business Process ExcellenceLocation: New York, NYDuration: 5 MonthsQualifications/requirements

• Bachelor's degree level and a minimum of 5 years' experience in a program or project role or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (e.g. . belt, black belt, master black belt or other)
• Experience in change & project management, stakeholder management and influencing people without authority
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Ability to communicate with all levels of staff, management and senior leadership
• Capacity to think strategically and innovatively

Desired Characteristics

• Strong self-starter, able to consistently deliver without requiring significant oversight and direction.
• Strong political acumen, able to tailor style and approach to influence teams and individuals to gain the commitment and performance required to deliver on our strategic goals.
• Pro-active approach to delivery, identifying and neutralizing threats to success; positive approach to addressing conflict.
• Previous experience working with remote teams, international experience a considerable plus

Global Controllership - Business Process ExcellenceThe Global Controllership - Business Process Excellence team is responsible for the roll out and the day-to-day management of our internal Business Process Excellence program (). The Business Process Excellence team facilitates kaizens and provides coaching and guidance to the Global Controllership team on continuous improvement. Our geographical scope spans four main locations; Amsterdam, London, New York and Los Angeles.Job OverviewThe Business Process Excellence Program manager will be accountable for:

• executing and evaluating the Business Process Excellence Program
• providing training, coaching and guidance to the Global controllership team
• facilitation and management of process improvement initiatives
• This includes engaging with employees across all levels of the organization to identify and scope Business Process Excellence related improvement opportunities, conduct fact-based analyses and problem solving, and develop actionable recommendations to drive business impact through improvement in cost, customer and employee experience.

The successful candidate will be a fast, clear and independent thinker who is naturally curious about end-to-end processes, is metrics and number savvy with an analytical mindset, has proven change management experience and has the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer-centric and ever-changing environment.Responsibilities:

• Business Process Excellence Program execution
• Design, plan, organize, facilitate and follow-up on trainings, projects and events with the ability to switch back and forth between facilitative leader and driver as situations dictate
• Coaching of cross functional teams to ensure delivery of disciplined, data-driven, well-documented improvement initiatives
• Train and coach teams on KPI selection and design
• Encourage, motivate & foster an environment for teams to be receptive to change
• Global tracking of strategic goals and projects and facilitation of annual strategy planning
• Recognize and address improvement roadblocks for teams and organization
• Other duties and projects as assigned