Business Process Improvement Manager
Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.
Location: Shanghai - Hu Tai Road
Req ID: 27841
Job Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, project planning & daily guidance for key strategic initiatives including but not limited to; enterprise strategies, strategic deployment process, and other continuous improvement activities &/or projects.
- Responsible for commercial excellence by standardizing sales processes & tools across the region including serving as SME for Salesforce.com
- Coordinate with enterprise supply chain teams, IT teams, commercial & product management to ensure consistent application of processes and initiatives
- Provide leadership & direction to project teams within the business
- Analyze and identify business process improvement opportunities across the organization & provide recommendations for solutions and level of prioritization
- Provide KPI summaries to the leadership team of ongoing strategies and initiatives & documentation of process changes
- Guide and support team members daily on strategic priorities or other enterprise wide initiatives
- Ensure teamwork across the organization is aligning with global priorities and standardization
- Attend and contribute to team project meetings to ensure alignment with overall strategy, identify roadblocks and challenges, and provide key summaries to management teams
- Support communication efforts to the organization around key initiatives
- Engage with manufacturing sites and leadership on high priority projects/initiatives
- Serve as supporting SME on critical enterprise themes and processes
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business management, project management or a related field.
- At least two years' experience in commercial or operational activities
- Solid project management skills
- Exceptional leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Superb recordkeeping, time management, and organizational skills.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient in basic computer skills: Word/Excel/PowerPoint
- Functional SAP experience to execute reporting and data analysis
Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
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