Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

As our LATAM PPI Manager (Process Improvement), you will play a pivotal role in driving groundbreaking change and ensuring flawless execution. This role presents an outstanding opportunity to craft and enhance our Continuous Improvement Business System across Latin America, collaborating closely with driven business leaders and steering committees.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and collaborate with commercial and functional teams to enhance processes, improve customer experience, and spread a culture of action and critical metrics.
• Drive impactful results directly linked to key performance indicators, successfully implementing solutions beyond simple problem-solving.
• Improve problem-solving capabilities within teams to increase autonomy and pace of change.
• Manage the PPI project funnel strictly to ensure priority topics are addressed in the region.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to train colleagues on PPI tools.
• Monitor and report savings and efficiency derived from projects.
• Partner with the global PPI team to drive the adoption and uniformity of the PPI Business System and exchange standard processes.

• Passion for driving improvement and leading change in a matrixed, global environment.
• Self-directed leader with the capability to lead and influence across and up in the organization without direct reporting responsibility.
• Outstanding social skills with the ability to positively influence leadership and all levels of the organization.
• Problem solver skilled in integrating and streamlining systems for efficient benefit.
• Proven track record for developing, training, and guiding teams.
• Excellent communicator with solid written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of financial and business insight.

• Extensive experience and a hands-on track record of implementing continuous improvement business systems, including Strategy Deployment, Gemba, critical metrics, and value-stream mapping.
• Advanced project management skills.
• Expertise in formal problem-solving programs/processes.
• Approach: Seeking a Lean Practitioner with extensive experience and a hands-on track record of indirectly leading teams to achieve results.
• Proven record of developing and training teams.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, operations, or business, or equivalent experience demonstrating operational, leadership, or professional skills.
• Proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification desired.