Associate Manager, Process Excellence

Work Flexibility : Hybrid

The Continuous Improvement Associate Manager sets the strategy and roadmap for continuous improvement and quality within finance centers. They support finance teams by promoting a CI / Quality mindset, fostering problem-solving (A3 thinking), and addressing quality issues.

Responsibilities include participating in daily huddles, leading improvement workshops, coordinating team efforts, tracking improvement plans, and supporting automation projects. This role is key in building a Culture of Excellence, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring quality management deployment.

What you will do :

Deployment of the Process Excellence Model across finance services areas and provide to support to achieve maturity

Deploy the Lean Six Sigma training across the Site.

Provide training in CI methodologies and mentoring in LSS projects / initiatives to deliver business impact and efficiency goals within the organization. Help analyze & quantify results of LSS projects

Sustain the Quality Management System across the Centers

Facility improvement workshops to drive business impact

Act in the capacity of a business analyst to identify and prioritize business optimization.

Complete end to end process review across Stryker’s Shared Service Centers, identifying areas for standardization.

Develop improvement projects / ideas for processes linked to all key finance processes

Lead the headcount analysis for migrations through statistical analysis. Support the process mapping and capacity analysis for migrations. Lead the change management strategy to build and sustain the process excellence culture

What you need : Required :

Over 5 years in the field of continuous improvement, driving projects through Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Finance and accounting degree with CI experience or similar disciplines

Experience in process mapping session, BPMN and VSM

Experience in improvements in Finance (intercompany, R2R)

Knowledgeable in Minitab, R and other statistical software

Fluent spoken and written English

Proffered :

PMP / Agile Certified is a plus

Data Analytics is a plus

Knowledge in Power Bi

Lean Six Sigma Certified (Green Belt - Black Belt)

Travel Percentage : 20%