Cpi Six Sigma Blackbelt

**Career Area**:
Strategy

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**Job Profile Summary**:
Role Definition

Leads, manages, and supports projects related to process and product improvements using Lean, Six

Sigma and project management methodologies to achieve business goals.

Specific Responsibilities
- Maintenance Components BIQ Lead to 3+ machine production facilities.
- Identify, lead and execute defined Built-in-Quality (BIQ) Projects. BIQ Projects are to be run as accelerated internal CPI Quality Projects.
- Support established BIQ Governance process and format.
- Collaborate with Machine BIQ Leads to identify future common BIQ Projects.
- Coordinate NPI Audit of Maintenance Components part families.
- Establish New Source Introduction notification method.

General Responsibilities
- Designing and developing Six Sigma programs, including supporting systems and tools, for quality and business process improvement.
- Leading and managing Six Sigma project portfolios to achieve measurable business process improvements.
- Providing technical training and guidance for Green Belt professionals on the planning, development and implementation of Six Sigma projects.
- Employing Six Sigma methodology into organizational operations to meet business goals and objectives.

Skill Descriptors

**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.

Level: Working Level Knowledge
- 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.

**Analytical Thinking**: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level: Working Level Knowledge
- 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.

**Influencing**: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

Level: Working Level Knowledge
- 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.

**Interpersonal Relationships**: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Level: Working Level Knowledge
- Explains impact of interactions with individuals and groups.
- Identifies roles and responsibilities for self and others.
- Demonstrates an understanding of alternative points of view.
- Collaborates with departmental associates and management.
- Adapts interaction style to situations and people.

Level: Working Level Knowledge
- Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
- Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
- Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
- Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
- Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

**Process Improvement**: Understanding and insight into evaluating current product quality and production methods and ability to maintain focus on the continuous improvement of processes, products and services.

Level: Working Level Knowledge:

- Defines the critical workflow for executing key processes.
- Identifies process problems that limit performance.
- Implements methods for improvi