At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. As the Director of Operational Excellence Americas, you will serve as the lead change agent for driving transformation and embedding operational excellence across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of world-class lean manufacturing, transactional or functional experience, with a proven track record of driving operational excellence
- Extensive experience with GEMBA-based continuous improvement tools and techniques, including problem-solving, A3 management, value stream mapping, and strategy deployment.
- Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and influence leaders at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent leadership & facilitation skills
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with the ability to speak and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- Ability to align operational excellence initiatives with long-term business goals and strategic objectives
- Ability to lead cultural transformation and foster a mindset of continuous improvement and customer value creation.
- Must be self-motivated and highly organized
- Proven ability to effectively work with global partners and cultures within the organization
- Demonstrated ability to understand value in the eyes of the customer and to build a value delivery system
- Ability to evaluate and assign priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Ability to quickly develop relationships that build immediate trust
- Ability to influence, persuade, convince, mentor and facilitate lean culture change in an environment with varying acceptance
- Ability to travel up to 50%, including occasional global travel.
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
- A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Unlimited PTO
- Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
- Community involvement and opportunities to give back
- Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching
