Continuous Improvement Lead

Job Code: SAS20231205-100757

Job Location: Santa Rosa, CA

Job Description:

L3Harris, Sonoma EO is looking for a Continuous Improvement professional to help drive a culture of Operational Excellence. This will include working toward alignment of functional leaders on how to manage and lead in a high change and matrix organization; training, coaching, and mentoring CI practitioners, Lean/Green Belt (GB)/Black Belt (BB) personnel through projects that align to strategic business objectives. The candidate must have the ability to diagnose business needs and put plans in place to address them via Kaizen events, Lean, GB / BB projects or by “Just Do Its” (JDI’s).

L3Harris Sonoma EO is a team of visionaries located in Santa Rosa, CA (the heart of wine country, 75 miles north of San Francisco) is dedicated to recruiting and developing leaders to join our diverse and dynamic team who develop advanced, next-generation Electro Optical / Infrared (EO/IR) stabilized imaging systems. We offer a robust total rewards package, an alternative 9/80 work schedule, career development and recognition programs. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and drive a continuous improvement roadmap that enables the business results.
• Develop and execute capacity improvement plans.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to identify and capture process improvement opportunities.
• Drive the Implementation of the OpEx Framework - Business Operating System.
• Facilitate continuous improvement events (i.e. Value stream mapping events, kaizens, Problem solving, TPM, 3P, etc).
• Drive efforts to identify and coordinate the planning for Kaizen events and projects; including objectives, root cause analysis, tool identification and team structure
• Ensure follow up actions are addressed from continuous improvement events
• Make effective decisions that drive business performance
• Develop training material as required to support continuous improvement activities
• Own facilitation of monthly Operations and Strategic Goal Deployment reviews, coordinate this across all divisions.
• Develop a Talent succession plan to build the bench and enable capabilities using skills assessments and development plans to address gaps
• Coach team on Gemba & Problem solving processes
• Manage budgets & expenses for Strategic Initiatives, and e3 Continuous Improvement objectives
• Take initiative to follow up on open tasks
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required and 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years prior relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Experience with teaching, mentoring, and coaching on continuous improvement programs
• Lean and Six Sigma implementation experience (Certification preferred)
• Experience leading Workshops and Facilitation

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
• Strong collaborative work ethic and ability to build and maintain relationships at various levels of the organization
• The ability to influence Leaders through a data driven approach
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to assess business priorities

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $94,500-$175,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.