Sr Principal, Continuous Improvement

Company: L-3 Technologies
Location: Mason
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Description:
Job Title: Senior Principal, Continous Improvement

Job Code: IMS20220512-94261

Job Location:Mason, OH, onsite due to programs

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers' mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $17 billion in annual revenue, 50,000 employees and customers in more than 130 countries.

POSITION

The primary role of the Senior Principal, Continuous Improvement is to drive a culture of improvement across all the divisions contained within the Electro Optical Systems Sector. This will include aligning Division leaders on how to manage and lead in a high change and high improvement environment; developing and executing Strategic Goal Deployment (SGD) at Sector and Divisional Levels; identifying, training and then coaching and mentoring Green Belt (GB) and Black Belt (BB) personnel through projects to ensure delivery in line with stated benefits and more importantly in line with SGD. Furthermore, the candidate must have the ability to diagnose business issues and put plans in place to address them via Kaizen events, GB / BB projects or by "Just Do Its" (JDI's).

The candidate will also be responsible for establishing robust Business Management Processes across the Sector that fit the divisional business model but also drive efficiency and effectiveness; this may include SIOP, Ops Reviews, Business Development Reviews and daily stand-ups in all functions. Finally, the candidate will be responsible for developing a CI Roadmap that aligns to L3Harris's corporate and Segment goals, is appropriate for the maturity of all divisions but is a stretch that will drive behaviors. This position reports to the Sector Sr. Director Operations.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Develops and drives a continuous improvement roadmap at both the sector and Division levels
• Partners with Divisions and functions to identify and capture process improvement opportunities
• Participate as a member of each Division's Continuous Improvement team driving results throughout the Divisions and sector
• Facilitates continuous improvement events
• Drive efforts to identify and coordinate the planning for Kaizen events and projects; including objectives, root cause analysis, tool identification and team structure
• Ensures follow up actions are addressed from continuous improvement events
• Make effective decisions that drive Sector performance
• Develops 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 each of the Divisional CI Leads so that they could become Sector CI Leads
• Manage budgets & expenses for Strategic Initiatives, and e3 Continuous Improvement objectives at the Sector Level
• Drive the Implementation of the OpEx Framework - Business Operating System
• Perform other related duties as assigned
  EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
  
  • Bachelor's Degree required. Master's degree relevant to role and responsibilities of job requirements preferred
  • Minimum of 15+ years operations, Quality Management or related work experience and 5+ years continuous improvement experience
  • Lean and Six Sigma implementation experience required
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively teach, mentor, and coach on continuous improvement programs
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance as needed, which requires U.S. citizenship.
  • 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
  • Excellent MS Office skills
  • Capability in performing analysis as well as handling multiple projects.
  • Proficiency in time and project management, manage multiple priorities with speed and accuracy.
  • Meeting organization skills including large group meetings.
  • The ability to influence Leaders through a data driven approach to problem solving
  • Superior communication skills
  • Workshop and Facilitation Skills
  • Understanding of Lean Principles and 6 Sigma tools
  • Strong problem-solving skills with ability to assess business priorities
  • Takes initiative to follow up on open tasks
  • Able to define Sector needs and plan accordingly
  • Ability to travel up to 25%

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