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Senior Lean Consultant

Department: Client Services
Report To: Vice President of Client Services
Based: California
Position Summary:

Incito Consulting Group is a Northern-California based, high performance provider of consulting and business advisory services. Incito Consulting Group inspires improvement in growth, production, quality and competitive advantage through its 20 years of experience in driving lean enterprise transformation, based on decades of experience with the Toyota production system. Our broad suite of services enable small, midsize, and large organizations improve global competitiveness by increasing their growth, productivity, quality, and profitability.

Our Client Services group in Northern California has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Lean Consultant. The Senior Lean Consultant is responsible for initiating, developing, implementing and professionally managing Lean Transformation projects with small, medium, and Fortune 50 clients in a variety of manufacturing industry segments.

Please submit a cover letter and resume in response to this position. Submissions without cover letters will not be considered.

Primary Responsibilities:
  1. Assist clients in their Lean Enterprise Transformation through the application of Lean Production System principles.
  2. Initiate, develop, implement and professionally manage all aspects of client delivery, including scope, approach, work plans, and implementation.
  3. Responsible for business development, primarily by identifying and communicating opportunities for repeat business with existing clients.
  4. Frequent contact with clients and internal staff to communicate client deliverables and review of project status.
  5. Operations/process and data analysis to support salient recommendations and implementation.
  6. Coaching, planning and training at all levels of the client organization.
  7. Working independently and in teams (both with other Incito Consulting Group professionals and with client teams).
  8. An interest and desire to assist with the development of new consulting methodologies and tools, including training materials.
  9. A commitment to personal and professional development.
Desirable Skills:
  1. Experience applying and teaching Lean Principles related to or derived from the Toyota Production System and philosophies including; 8 forms of waste, 5S, Visual Factory, Standardized Work, Value Stream Mapping, TPM, Kanban, SMED, and Kaizen.
  2. Ability to liaise, influence, challenge effectively and build relationships at senior management, steering committee, and associate levels.
  3. Excellent Project Management and organizational skills.
  4. Ability to facilitate rapid-improvement Kaizen workshops.
  5. Outstanding written and spoken communication skills, including communicating ideas easily and effectively to diverse audiences, small and large.
  6. Sound business understanding and risk awareness.
  7. Ability to facilitate both improvement teams and management meetings
  8. Conflict resolution skills
  9. Prior experience as an internal or external consultant
  10. Knowledge of Six Sigma and Quality Certification programs desirable
Desirable Experience:
  1. 4 year technical or business degree. Advanced degree or a second degree that provides cross-functional skills a plus.
  2. Five years experience consulting to manufacturers, distributors, or supply chains, or working in a manufacturing facility in an internal consulting or implementation-lead capacity.
  3. Minimum of 3 years Toyota Production System or lean implementation experience.
  4. 2 years of management experience involving supervision of staff
  5. Business Development capabilities (either new business sales or penetration of existing accounts)
  6. Skilled and comfortable with use of personal computers and software tools such as MS Office applications, (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook).
  7. Project Management experience required
  8. Bilingual a plus.
Incito Consulting Group offers a professional, fast-paced environment with excellent benefits, competitive salary and tremendous growth opportunities.

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