Director, Six Sigma Master Black Belt Job in Park Ridge, New Jersey US
Director, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Park Ridge, Nj
Hertz is the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand operating from more than 8,500 locations in approximately 145 countries
worldwide. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 94 major airports in Europe, operating both corporate and licensee locations in cities and airports in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Hertz On Demand car sharing operates in the U.S., Canada and Europe. In addition, Hertz operates one of the world’s largest equipment rental businesses, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, offering a diverse line of rental equipment, including tools and supplies, and new and used equipment for sale from approximately 320 branches in the United States, Canada, China, France, Italy, Spain and Saudi Arabia. The company also operates the Advantage car rental brand at more than 65 airports in the U.S. owns Donlen Corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, which is a leader in fleet leasing and management services.
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt: This position has matrixed responsibility to various global business units and to the Process Improvement and Program Management organization. Depending on the role, this position may report directly to either organization.
Job Pupose:
To drive down Hertz' cost base and improve the customer experience by streamlining processes and reducing defects. Support the culture of continuous improvement; leading teams and promoting change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the deployment and administration of LSS methodologies, tools and activities to help drive a metrics based, performance driven culture, achieving both financial and process improvement targets.
- Support business objectives by leveraging LSS tools and activities to build a robust strategy that systematically addresses gaps identified through the Hoshin planning process.
- Forge a successful relationship and partner with business leaders to assess current processes, identify process improvement opportunities, prioritize and execute large scale projects at the 'pull' of the business. Become established as a recognized expert utilizing the CI skillset.
- Provide inspirational leadership to the organization in our quest for continuous improvement. Serve as a change agent enabling ongoing culture change, characterized by disciplined execution and accountability. Proactively maintains and demonstrate a CI mindset in own activities and learning.
- Direct and support LSS resources in the organization. Ensure established objectives are met or exceeded by conducting regular project and process reviews at each tollgate. Take an active role in ongoing employee development, providing robust coaching and mentoring.
- Provide data integrity oversight and technical expertise for projects, ensuring that best practices are identified, shared and replicated where appropriate. Collaborate on cross-organizational improvement opportunities.
- Manage projects end-to-end, delivering or exceeding agreed upon results. Gain stakeholder approval and commitment throughout the project life cycle. Implement sustainment strategy in partnership with process owner.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) at a minimum
Professional Experience:
- Certification at Master Black Belt level in Lean Six Sigma methodologies with at least 5 years of active LSS deployment, project and process improvement work.
- Minimum of five years management experience with significant P L responsibility, including both direct supervision of employees and leading teams. Experience with virtual teams a must.
- Proven track record leading LSS projects and events using industry standard LSS tools and methodologies which achieved significant improvements to cost, quality and time.
Knowledge:
- Proven experience with established continuous improvement methodologies
- Solid business and financial acumen
- Proven project management experience
- Competent with MS Office elements including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Access
- Proficient with industry standard statistical software (Minitab etc.)
- Igrafx, Tableau experience a plus
Skills:
- Demonstrates extensive LSS and change management experience in applying contemporary improvement tools with direct responsibility for delivering broad organizational improvements.
- Results based leadership style, managing complex projects and leveraging influencing skills across a diverse team ranging from frontline employees to senior executives.
- Proven ability in strategy development, program implementation, team building, coaching, mentoring and project delivery.
- Strong business and technical skills in LSS methodologies including DMAIC, DFSS, Lean, 8D, Hoshin planning, VSM, QFD, FMEA, 5S etc. Experience in a transactional environment desired.
- Strong quantitative, analytical and systemic thinking skills with ability to thoroughly synthesize information from different sources
- Functions with a high degree of autonomy while maintaining a collaborative approach.
Hertz is a Drug-Free Workplace. All employment is contingent on successful completion of drug and background screening.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V
Learn more about Hertz by visiting www.hertz.com
Hertz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.