We’re Hiring for a Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist!

　　If you are excited and passionate about helping #LetsSolveWater, consider joining our team today! Xylem, Inc. is a leading global water technology company servicing more than 150 countries and is dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues. We are looking for individuals to join our mission by exceeding customer expectations through smart sustainable solutions. At Xylem, you will have the opportunity to solve water by participating in our paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark !

　　THE ROLE: The Sr. CI Specialist will be responsible for working for an outstanding global company with an amazing culture lead by leaders who reflect the highest values. Key to this role is driving a CI Lean culture. The majority of the focus is on transactional processes. Person is accountable for providing strong support to leadership define and achieve their CI priorities relative to the strategic direction, Goal Deploying/X matrix, priorities, and overarching metrics in a business unit. This position coaches, trains, and facilitates driving a CI Lean culture along with business results. This position leads cross-functional projects analyzing workflows that improve flow, remove waste, and achieve the principles of operational excellence overall based on lead principles. This person interfaces with other department leaders, managers, and staff to systematically identify improvement opportunities and spread best practices. This position is also responsible for supporting the overall direction of CI as set by CI leadership.

　　CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

　　Strong skills through experience and passion for driving lean in transactional processes.

　　Facilitates lean design developing value stream (VS) maps, VS metrics, and kaizens to achieve the future state. The focus on driving a lean design for optimal flow is key.

　　Simplifies project planning ensuring objectives are achieved at a healthy pace of change.

　　Trains managers in CI Lean, leader standard work, daily metrics and leading indicators.

　　Possesses experience and ability to observe and drive change with all levels of the organization over zoom/Teams.

　　Leads cross-functional, complex projects designed to analyze and design sequence of operations and workflows to improve operations.

　　Facilitates the development of sequenced action steps to achieve departments’ improvement opportunities.

　　Drives daily change creating and supported Tiered Metrics and huddles.

　　Essential to be supportive of facilitating kaizen events, virtual and in-person.

　　Essential is ability to coach senior leaders in driving a lean culture.

　　Skilled both in the creation/development of PERRT diagrams and basic project planning and in a way where change is solidly, effectively, and timely orchestrated.

　　Strong skills in leading, coaching, teaching and instilling 8-step problem solving.

　　Skilled in spreading of best ideas to expedite improvements, their impact and to build a culture of sharing and spreading of best practices.

　　Be a change agent: challenge organizational leaders to drive continuous improvements; remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processes.

　　Strong skills in Partner and work closely with customer facing teams and business functions (HR, Finance, Customer Support, Product Management, Engineering, Product Development).

　　Experience delivering tangible productivity results via transactional excellence projects.

　　QUALIFICATIONS :

　　BS/BA Degree or Equivalent.

　　Masters preferred.

　　5+ years of experience implementing CI Lean principles.

　　5+ years of experience leading or facilitating CI Lean principles workshops.

　　3+ years of experience leading teams through implementing process improvements and standardized processes

　　Strong at identifying and driving hard revenue increases and hard cost reductions.

　　Can lead VSM 2-3 day events and drive follow on action.

　　Strong at leading kaizen events both virtually and in person in production and transactional processes.

　　Strong understanding of visual management and deploying same.

　　Proficient in MS Office Suite and familiarity with databases for querying and analyzing.

　　Demonstrated successful project management experience and acumen.

　　Comfortable with ambiguity.

　　Demonstrated experience with ensuring effective Change Management execution.

　　Excellent oral and written communication skills.

　　DAY IN THE LIFE :

　　(The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters and must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

　　Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment

　　Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility.

　　Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.

　　Work environment includes zoom/Teams interactions leading CI improvement initiatives as well as team meeting rooms

　　Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours

　　Travel: 25%

　　SALARY:

　　The estimated salary range for this position is $110,000 to $115,000 plus bonus.   Starting pay is dependent on multiple factors, such as skills, experience and work location, and is not typically at the top of the range.  At Xylem we offer a competitive compensation package with a generous benefit package, including Medical, Dental, Vision plans, 401(k) with company contribution, paid time off, paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement.

　　At Xylem, we embrace diversity and strive to create avenues where employees feel valued and appreciated through our DE&I initiatives and Employee Resources Groups (ERG). Xylem is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action workplace. Xylem prohibits discrimination, harassment of any kind and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, marital status, medical conditions or disability, genetic information, age, or other non-merit factors.

　　Join the global Xylem team today! Xylem is a team creating advanced technology solutions to the world’s water challenges through developing new technologies and services that will improve the way water is used, conserved, and re-used in the future is central to our work. Our products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor, and return water to the environment, in public utility, industrial, residential, and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities.

　　Disclaimer: The information listed within this job description is designed to indicate the general nature of work expected for this position and shall not be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required in this position. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship. Xylem reserves the right to modify this job description or assign other duties to this position as needed.

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