Director, Lean

About the job

Position Title : Director, Lean

Reports to : VP, Operations (Canada)

Location : Canadian Head Office in Etobicoke

Position Overview

Brink’s Canada, a division of Brink’s, Incorporated, is the premier provider of armored car transportation, currency and coin processing, ATM servicing and other value-added services to financial institutions, retailers and other commercial and government entities.

The company has a proud history of providing growth and advancement opportunities for its employees.

Job Summary :

The Director of Lean is responsible for hands-on leadership, planning, implementing and performing processes of continuous improvement initiatives with emphasis on lean methods and sustainability of those methods.

The role will leverage leadership and individual contributor skills to contribute to a highly collaborative environment.

Assist the business to identify, prioritize and implement improvement.

Responsibilities

Responsible for supporting strategic goals to improve speed of service, quality of service delivery, process efficiency and effectiveness, and business process innovation and transformation.

Implement process and lead for the Canadian region.

Facilitate / lead Kaizen events and train local teams on a regular basis to systematically assess current state, perform root cause analysis, collect, and analyze data, eliminate waste, and develop future state recommendations.

Drive the development of compelling business case for projects, developing roadmaps to enable future state, and managing implementation to achieve tangible benefits.

Maintain an active role as a change agent on internal Continuous Process Improvement initiatives within the organization.

Educate, coach, and mentor employees at all levels in the organization to establish an engaged CI culture.

Drive cross-functional CI teams to breakthrough or Best-in-Class performance in People, Quality, Speed and Cost.

Successfully manage project timeline, resources, and deliverables, present regularly to stakeholders and team members.

Train local teams and apply wide range of process improvement tools to assist in identifying and eliminating waste and support growth including Value Stream Mapping, Visual Management, Kaizen events Planning and Facilitation, Flow Concepts, Pull Systems / Kanban, 5S / Workplace Organization, Level Load Scheduling, Standard Work, Fishbone Diagram, etc.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Minimal 5 years of operational experience

Minimal 3 years of proven effective delivery of cross-functional continuous improvement.

Led several mid to large Kaizen events (ideally in a multi-site environment).

BA / BS degree in Industrial Engineering or Operations Research (or equivalent experience)

Certified lean practitioner and / or Six Sigma (Green Belt Minimum, Black Belt Preferred)

Must have experience developing and launching lean implementations from the ground up (assessments, roadmaps, training development, etc.)

Proven project implementations including demonstrated process improvement, KPI and financial results.

Background in logistics, cash management, and / or industrial manufacturing or supply chain management industry.

Track record of successful project management experience

Solid hands-on experience of using a wide range of lean / six sigma management tools (value stream mapping, fish bone diagram, pareto diagram, 5S, visual management, Kanban, Standard Work, etc)

Experience in coaching and mentoring.