Manager@ Flipkart Company Location Bangalore, IN

Job DescriptionResponsible for driving the continuous improvement initiatives / projects and people/knowledge development for the assigned engagements.

Purpose

• Works with teams to create and deliver value across the various Supply Chain assets
• Creates flow through entire value stream through cross-functional collaboration
• Develops a problem-solving culture where problems are made visible and fixed at the root cause
• Engages in relentless pursuit of continuous improvement to create best-in-class supply chain asset
• Focuses on immediate actions and waste reduction
• Creates learning organization

Key Deliverables
Lean implementation

• Model Hub/Warehouse development
• Setup and drive Lean Maturity Certification of Hub/Warehouse Pan-India
• Horizontal Deployment of Lean practices

Yellow Belt / Green Belt project mentoring
Imparting Lean trainings programs across the assets
Buddy-up with operations to develop Lean Champions
Driving asset-specific improvement initiatives

People

• Effectively collaborates cross-functionally assigned region and between peers
• Encourages people to expose problems and stays with them to implement true solutions
• Uses continuous coaching and dialogue to empower people to solve their own problems
• Builds future PE leaders
• Supports organizational learning

Process

• Understands how to recognize and articulate the implications of change or actions throughout the entire value stream (wing-to-wing systems impact)
• Goes frequently to Gemba / the work site to understand and solve problems where they live, with the people who live with the problems every day
• Understands not to be complacent with the current process
• Practices and teaches fundamental of lean problem solving (PDCA) to find problems, define them, fix them and keep them from coming back
• Supports and leverages process for sharing best practices

Education & Certifications,

• Experience with Lean and Six Sigma: ideally experience both working in a world-class organization and some experience building a function in a division or start-up company

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification required [Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred]

• Fluent in Lean fundamentals: (e.g.) Lean Principles, Lean Leadership, Lean Tools, Kaizen and Hoshin-Kanri (Deployment Planning)
• Fluent in Six Sigma Methodology
• Green or Brown Field Start up experience a plus (must be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, creating structure and working in an fast-paced ever changing environment
• BS /BE/B-Tech degree or better (Engineering, applied Statistics, etc. preferred)

Skills

• Understanding of Supply Chain knowledge

Deep Understanding of the City Logistics Processes and Operations

• Ability to communicate effectively in visual, oral and written form.
• Motivation to up-skill in domain, concepts, principles, practices and techniques.
• Demonstrated people leadership and management expertise.
• Demonstrated success in delivery of change management.
• Demonstrated coaching expertise.
• Project Management expertise
• Environment is client focused; high volume; with a continuous improvement philosophy

Industry

• Consumer Goods
 
• Internet

Employment Type

Full-time

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