Assists Black Belts and Master Black Belts developing Six Sigma programs, policies and principles to improve quality standards and facilitate business process improvements.

Job title:

Contiuous Improvement - Lead Green Belt

Job Description:

This role will be responsible for the leadership and management of Continuous Improvement Culture and Lean Six sigma projects within a client business. Incumbent would also lead a team of Lean Practitioners / Green Belts.

Improvement culture across the entire organization. Working with colleagues in the Global Delivery across various locations, this role will be key to embedding the Lean Six sigma processes in business operations across various client areas.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Black Belt / Lead Black belt, the post holder will be responsible for successful delivery of all Lean Six Sigma projects that they have been assigned within the allocated budget, resource and time constraints.Identify improvement opportunities in client facing business / support processes through various methods eg. customer demand, gathering Voice of the Customer, developing CTQs, identifying their Moments of Truth, journey mapping and benchmarking.Plan and deliver CI Projects to meet the client objectives / KPIs and efficiency targets as per business / client needsResponsible for the day-to-day management of a Continuous Improvement Team of Lean practitioners.Leading and managing the Continuous Improvement Team including all necessary appraisals, performance reviews, support and coaching.Project management of LSS projects utilising the DMAIC system to ensure effective outcomes and appropriate governance. Team support and facilitation, conflict management, recognition, coaching and mentoring.Gaining appropriate project commitment through Stakeholder analysis, Communications plans, influencing strategy, Visioning, SWOT etc.Project definition through all project charter elements; Business Case, Scope, Problem and Goal Statements from baseline.Idea Generation, sorting and prioritisation to ensure the best use of resources to deliver projects.Ensuring that all projects are correctly recording the current process through appropriate techniques including SIPOC, process mapping, functional deployment / swim lane maps.Developing techniques to assure effective workplace and process management including standard operating procedures or documentation including operational measurements and response plan.Defining and implementing appropriate methods to assure process robustness and success including FMEA and pilot tests.Identifying obstacles to process flow and techniques to improve it such as Value added / Non-VA analysis, 8 wastes, Process measurements including cycle time, touch time and take time.Embedding techniques to assure effective workplace and process management including 5S, visual management, etc.

CAPITA VALUES

Implement and practice the Capita Values through practical application of the behaviours required as a VALUES champion and actively pursue our promise of a great experience again and the purpose of helping to enable others.

Professional Know-how 

Academic:

Matric 

Black Belt Accreditation 

Minimum Experience:

2 years+ experience in the Continuous Improvement environment gained within the Services Sector or BPO or Contact CentreAccredited Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with 2 years of  successful track record  of CI delivery (Attach your accreditation to your application)Experience of successfully guiding & leading teams to deliver on challenging projects.Experience of leading and developing team members.

Key Competencies

Skills and Abilities (what must I be able to do / display):

Strong communication skillsAbility to manage different sites simultaneously.Demonstrates passion and commitment for excellence, the customer, and businessPlays a leading role in driving sustainable transformational initiatives at a strategic levelBuilds strong networks and strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholdersAre consistent in their decision making and owns the consequences thereof due to strong business understanding and commercial knowledgeExcellent data analytical and presentation skillsConfidentialityFinancial Integrity

Management Responsibility:

This position has a leadership responsibility

Location:

Cape Town

,

South Africa

Time Type:

Contract Type:

Permanent