
Lean 6 Sigma Black Belt
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead and manage 8-10 projects per year, with the ability to handle 6-7 projects simultaneously, depending on complexity.
- Utilize the DMAIC 6 Sigma methodology to drive permanent corrective actions into production and into service parts.
- Conduct thorough failure analysis and root cause analysis to identify and address process inefficiencies.
- Develop and execute project and validation plans to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to confirm root causes and implement effective solutions.
- Foster strong collaboration and communication among cross-functional team members to achieve project objectives.
- Deliver successful projects meeting project velocity, effectiveness and communication metrics.
- Proven experience in leading 6 Sigma projects, with a strong understanding of the DMAIC process.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver results within deadlines.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with diverse, cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct failure and root cause analysis.
- Experience in project and validation planning to ensure successful project execution.
- Certification in 6 Sigma (Green Belt, Black Belt, or Master Black Belt) is preferred.
- DMAIC 6 Sigma process
- Failure analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Project and validation planning
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Project management, including escalation
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proactive and results-driven mindset
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Active Learning: Understanding the necessity for continuous personal growth and learning; ability to gauge one's strengths, limitations and interests accurately, and use this knowledge for purposes of performance effectiveness self-development.
- Explains lessons learned from mistakes and failures as well as successes.
- Maintains network of contacts within own unit.
- Identifies and explains own strengths and development needs.
- Makes use of journals, associations, and conferences in own professional specialty.
- Learns new concepts, processes and tools related to own immediate responsibilities.
- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
- Develops basic persuasive arguments.
- Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
- Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
- Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
- Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.
- Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.
- Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.
- Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.
- Gives examples of critical paths in projects.
- Analyzes business priorities for selecting potential critical metrics.
- Uses tools (e.g. trend charts, Pareto charts, sigma conversion chart) to measure historical performance.
- Researches important causes that have an impact on quality and customer satisfaction with the use of statistical tools.
- Resolves routine problems in a cost effective manner.
- Reports deviances from process improvements.