Senior Consultant

Job Description Kaizen Institute South Asia

Job title: Senior Consultant

Location: Remote (Pan India). The work will be at clients site to go to client site and implement lean and Kaizen. The candidate should be willing to travel and to relocate to Africa as and when there is a business or a client need. They should be willing to be placed in any of our licensed territories of operations and this will be taken in writing during the recruitment process. The candidate can be based in whatever city they are in India and can operate from there.

Terms: Professional Consultant

Compensation: To be mutually agreed based on KI compensation structure

Requirements:

More than 20 to 25 years experience in Lean/ Operational Excellence.

Willing to travel and relocate anywhere within India, Africa or to Southeast Asia for 15 to 20 days a month for client deliveries. Africa can also be a long term deployment (more than a year) as and when there is business/ client requirement. Willing to relocate to licensed territories based on organizational need which will be taken in writing during the process.

About us:

Kaizen Institute is a global management consulting organization which

provides services to companies represented in Europe, the Americas,

Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Kaizen Institute has pioneered,

innovated, and led the Operational Excellence consultancy for more

than 3 decades.

Kaizen Institute supports companies of all sizes and sectors including

private and public services. We are dedicated to helping organizations

realize their Continuous Improvement Strategies.

We operate in 50+ countries, with the expertise in KAIZEN and Lean Management.

We deliver sustainable results by partnering with clients to transfer

knowledge, wisdom, and skills to ensure long-term success. Our goal is

to help clients:

• Achieve competitive and operational superiority in their chosen markets

• Respond to strategic challenges by using people as the primary change resource

• Become expert and autonomous in the management of their improvement strategies

• Focus is on the development, organizational culture change, and people development.

Kaizen Institute SAIN is a Regional Support Unit of Kaizen Institute

Global having business operations in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,

Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangladesh.

Kaizen Institute East and West Africa are Business Units of Africa RSU

AFAE, representing Kaizen Institute in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,

Rwanda, Ethiopia, DRC, Congo, Mauritius, Cameroon, Angola, Nigeria,

Ghana, Liberia, Cte D'Ivoire and Sierra Leone.

About the role:

1. Prepare self for implementation of Kaizen Business Model by learning
   
   with the help of Kaizen Institutes consulting resource (Intellectual
   
   property of KI) and by shadowing senior members on the Gemba.
2. Implement Kaizen Culture Model at client Gemba and help client in
   
   achieving competitive advantage in its industry.
3. Help clients to improve business performance through sustainable
   
   implementation.
4. Implement Daily Kaizen pillar to build problem solving culture in the client organization.
5. Bring in the promised change through Value Stream Kaizen pillar and deliver agreed results as per the contract.
6. Contribute to achieving Circle goals and KPIs that consist of
   
   growth, service delivery, Circle meeting attendance and members
   
   competency development
7. One of the important KPI is acquiring new contracts by generating
   
   leads & closing the deal
8. Marketing Support Developing & archiving material such as case studies, videos & pictures

Competence:

The consultant should possess (or willing to acquire)

1. Requisite knowledge of Kaizen Business System.

2. Ability to communicate in English with seniors and juniors at the

clients place.

3. Ability to train the clients employees on Kaizen Tools and help them in grooming to be trainers for future.

4. Possess Leadership qualities and use it in implementation suitably

5. Self-Learner - with ability to unlearn old and learn various new

concepts.

6. Ability to carry out thorough analysis and resolve problems using

appropriate techniques to identify and resolve root causes

Candidate Requirements:

• Excellent delivery skills

• Presentation skills

• Office skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, and social media)

• Fluency in communication (Oral &Written) in English

• Analytical Tools

• OEE & Lean Tools (TPM, TFM, 5S, Poka Yoke, VSM, TQM, DMAIC, SMED)

• Problem Solving Skills

• Public Speaking Skills

• BTech/MTech Industrial Production Engineering/Mechanical

Engineering/MBA Operations Management