APM Terminals
LeanLeaderGlobalFunctions,COO
“Lean Leader - Global Functions, COO at APM Terminals. Skills: Lean Coach, driving sustainable results, strategic in thinking, tactical in execution, Inspiring and empowering, achieve exceptional outcomes, lead teams through uncertainty, fast-paced, dynamic environment, lead an energetic team, forefront of Lean transformation, coach, and embed Lean principles, elements, and behaviors, applying Lean thinking to back-office environments, culture development, problem-solving, developing our people, ”
What You'll Achieve.
Driving sustainable results; Achieve exceptional outcomes; Tangible and sustainable improvement of transactional processes and back-office procedures; Cross-functional performance management on day-to-day basis; Establish a robust closed-loop process around it; Developing business problem solvers across all functions and teams; Drive performance; Create lasting value
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving; A3 Problem Solving mindset; Business problem solvers development
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Lean Practical Knowledge of most common tools and processes, such as A3 Problem Solving, Kaizen, Daily Management & Visual Management, VSM, TPI, Standard Work/Standard Process, 5S, VOC, Value Selling, Hoshin Kanri., Solid operations background, ideally with hands-on experience in terminal, logistics, manufacturing, or industrial environments, ensuring practical understanding of operational challenges and improvement opportunities., Experience in facilitating leaders and senior management teams and develop their participation and ownership to transformation projects and workshops., Experience with working across different cultures and with different functions., Skilled in facilitating senior leaders and driving ownership in transformation projects., Ability to exercise leadership without authority, change management.
Nice to Have
Lean and project management certifications from authoritative institutions will be a plus.
What You'll Do.
Play a key role in deploying and improving the Lean Program by leading change and coaching and mentoring functional managers under COO leaderships and employees mainly in the headquarter office.
practice and commit to driving a kaizen culture and mindset through a robust kaizen events program execution mainly targeting tangible and sustainable improvement of transactional processes and back-office procedures.
Building a stable Daily Management structure across all headquarter functions driving cross-functional performance management on day-to-day basis and supporting the teams to establish a robust closed-loop process around it.
Promote Lean behaviors and extremely high quality A3 Problem Solving mindset
particularly among people leaders
developing business problem solvers across all functions and teams.
Coach and train headquarter team on our Lean awareness programs and specific Lean tools.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Close collaboration with our Heads of Functions at HQ; Supporting regional Business Centers; Facilitating leaders and senior management teams; Develop their participation and ownership to transformation projects and workshops; Working across different cultures and with different functions; Facilitating senior leaders; Driving ownership in transformation projects
Process & Methodology
Lean project management
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