At Oshkosh, we build, serve and protect people and communities around the world by designing and manufacturing some of the toughest specialty trucks and access equipment. We employ over 17,000 team members all united by a common purpose. Our engineering and product innovation help keep soldiers and firefighters safe, is critical in building and keeping communities clean and helps people do their jobs every day.

　　THE ROLE:

　　The Simplification Program Manager partners with business units and functions across the Oshkosh enterprise to accelerate strategic initiatives while building key capabilities along the way. This role collaborates closely with project and department leaders to help achieve near and long-term goals by using Simplification best practices and principles: providing data insights, reducing complexity, and leading people through change. Potential people leader role for interns and early career professionals.

　　YOUR IMPACT:

　　Define business problem/opportunities for multiple initiatives.

　　Build, cultivate, and maintain long term relationships at all levels and across the enterprise with an understanding of customer’s imperatives.

　　Coach and develop skills for team members, SMEs and leaders through Change Management, Continuous Improvement, and Project Management disciplines.

　　Advise leaders in making decisions based on insights that keep team members engaged and result in meeting or exceeding customer expectations.

　　Facilitate communication between suppliers, customers, leaders, and team members.

　　Align viewpoints by guiding and influencing project leaders and team members to ensure plans are connected and practical.

　　Identify, monitor and mitigate people and/or organizational risk.

　　Plans and guides strategic projects/programs to completion.

　　Considers the return on investment to the organization and impact to team members.

　　Foster communication between leaders and team members.

　　Prepare and present program status, issues, plan proposals, and lessons learned to internal and external customers.

　　Develop communications for stakeholders appropriate to support the project or initiative.

　　Create and execute training plan by impacted stakeholder groups.

　　Create, improve, and maintain Simplification training and coaching materials.

　　Shape key measurements, product quality, process controls, people readiness and other project goals (milestones met, risks mitigated, lessons learned, VOC).

　　Create and coach project transfer of ownership. Engage project leadership to ensure transfer of ownership is successful.

　　Perform other tasks as requested.

　　YOUR SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Bachelor’s degree

　　(6+) years of experience with business change initiatives

　　Excellent verbal, written and visual communication skills

　　Aptitude for training, coaching, facilitating, and advising a variety of people

　　Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

　　STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Project Management

　　Organizational Change Management (i.e. ADKAR model)

　　Operational Excellence (i.e. JIPM)

　　Shingo / Lean / Six Sigma Green-Black Belt

　　80/20 principles

　　CORE COMPETENCIES:

　　Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information. May include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.

　　External Contacts: Limited external contact to: gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.

　　Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving: Work requires the ability to plan and perform work in a light of new or constantly changing problems, work and broad instruction, and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated. Decisions require considerable judgement, initiative, and ingenuity in areas there is little precedent.

　　Communication Skills: Read and interpret instructions and procedures. Write reports, correspondence and speak effectively before both internal and external groups; Read, analyze, and interpret business manuals, technical procedures and/or government regulations; Language Skill(s): English.

　　Decision-Making: Regularly makes decisions or responsibility, involving evaluation of information. Decisions may require development or application of alternatives or precedents.

　　Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, prioritizing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as “lead worker”. Job functional supervision only.

　　Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact our reception desk by phone at +1 (920) 502.3009 or our talent acquisition team by email [email protected] .

　　Oshkosh Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

　　Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

　　Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.