[Remote] Process Improvement Consultant V - Supply Chain Services - Vendor Risk

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kaiser Permanente is a healthcare organization, and they are seeking a Process Improvement Consultant V to lead process improvement initiatives within Supply Chain Services-Vendor Risk. The role involves collaborating with leadership, conducting complex data analyses, and fostering continuous improvement to align organizational objectives with industry practices.

Responsibilities

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others
• Le the delivery, execution, and sustainment of process improvement (PI) engagements including kaizen by leveraging advanced methods and tools to ensure the development of stakeholder capabilities for process change and improvement; applying data-driven PI principles, tools, and problem-solving methods including Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques; fostering high performance team capabilities to harness collective intelligence and take quick action to test ideas and achieve real time business results; leading the design and development of process architecture and recommendation documents, including presentations, process maps, supporting metrics, business requirements and related impact analyses; sharing accountability for realization of results with process owners; and presenting results and recommendations to senior management as appropriate
• Serves as a lead consultant to stakeholders and process owners by providing consultation and trusted partnership to stakeholders and teams to drive process improvements; leading the development of management systems to sustain process changes; fostering stakeholder process improvement leadership competencies; providing training and guidance to stakeholders on complex issues and engagements; and providing ongoing coaching to senior management in order to build a continuous improvement mindset and culture, and to build capabilities that drive results
• Develops strategic plans which ensure alignment of organizational objectives, business priorities and process improvement initiatives by defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics, standards, and methods to establish process success; partnering with senior stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable metrics; refining strategic plans and performance metrics as appropriate; and managing complex initiatives or portfolio to ensure delivery of measurable results and alignment with strategic objectives
• Serves as a lead advocate for continuous improvement by keeping abreast of cutting edge industry practices, standards, and benchmarks; attending and presenting at rohows, conferences, and speaking events; leading the ongoing enhancement of process improvement practices, standards, and methods across KP; and serving as an advocate to ensure continuous learning and improvement is championed as a people strategy
• Le change management activities associated with process improvement by engaging stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes; partnering with senior management, project champions, and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives; determining appropriate change management method and approach; and ensuring stakeholders embrace a change management mindset, understand intent and purpose, and foster a culture of change
• Performs complex data analyses to drive process improvement initiatives by identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approach to assess system or process performance; determining suitable data gathering and analysis methods (e.g., process observation, hard data, etc.); defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements, including customer requirements as appropriate; conducting advanced analyses and performing experimental tests; and identifying and alleviating risks through data-driven analysis

Skills

• Deep expertise in business process analysis and design
• Experience utilizing improvement methodologies such as DMAIC, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and system thinking
• Ability to lead the delivery, execution, and sustainment of process improvement engagements including kaizen
• Experience in developing strategic plans that align organizational objectives with business priorities and process improvement initiatives
• Strong communication skills to promote learning and provide advice to drive projects forward
• Ability to build relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and provide actionable feedback
• Experience in conducting or overseeing business-specific projects and promoting adherence to procedures and policies
• Ability to solve complex problems and escalate high-priority issues or risks as appropriate
• Experience in developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines
• Ability to recognize and capitalize on improvement opportunities
• Experience in leveraging advanced methods and tools for process improvement
• Ability to foster high-performance team capabilities and lead the design and development of process architecture
• Experience in providing consultation and trusted partnership to stakeholders and teams
• Ability to develop management systems to sustain process changes
• Experience in defining, developing, and evaluating performance metrics and standards
• Ability to manage complex initiatives or portfolios to ensure delivery of measurable results
• Experience in leading change management activities associated with process improvement
• Ability to perform complex data analyses to drive process improvement initiatives
• Experience in identifying appropriate data analysis tools and approaches

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