Key Responsibilities:
Business System Coach: Coach the deployment and maturity of the Woodward Production System for the Value Stream
Develop a Problem-Solving Culture: Serve as a role model and advocate for a culture where employees at all levels embrace problem-solving as a daily practice.
Develop Leaders as Coaches: Provide training, tools, and guidance to help leaders, within the Value Stream, become effective coaches who empower their teams while supporting their personal growth and development in efforts of building a pipeline of future leaders.
Strategic Partnership: Share ownership of overall performance with Value Stream leader to ensure alignment, accountability, and shared ownership in the execution of operational goals and objectives.
Align Goals Across the Value Stream: Ensure that site-level objectives are cascaded clearly and effectively through all value stream departments, teams, and individuals, aligning efforts with strategic priorities.
Key Skills:
Technical Expertise: Demonstrates proficiency with the Woodward Production System (WPS)
Coaching Expertise: Strong understanding of coaching principles and the ability to mentor leaders at all levels within the value stream.
Problem-Solving: Strong knowledge of the structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., A3, PDCA, root cause analysis).
Facilitation Skills: Ability to facilitate training, improvement workshops and Kaizen activities with a diverse group of participants.
Collaborative Relationship Building: Ability to work effectively with leaders across functions, fostering trust and alignment.
Strategic Alignment: Ability to take the site objectives and flow them down to the value stream level deliverables (SQDC)
Continuous Improvement Tools & Processes: Strong knowledge of 5S, Visual Management, Standardized Work, Daily Management Systems, Flow / Pull, Value Stream Mapping and Improvement through Kaizen.
Empathy and Emotional Intelligence: Strong interpersonal skills to build trust and rapport with employees at all levels.
Create a Safe Environment for Experimentation: Foster an atmosphere where employees feel safe to surface problems, test ideas, and learn from failures.
Standardize and Sustain Improvements: Ability to work with teams to implement and standardize improved processes, ensuring sustainability and continuous improvement.
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