Lead Continuous Improvement Analyst

Job Summary

The Continuous Improvement Lead will be responsible for leading initiatives supporting organizational efforts to drive continuous improvement. With a strategic and operational focus, the lead will play a crucial role in leading improvement initiatives and the development, deployment, and oversight of programs and processes, including tools, methods, training, systems, and project management. This role involves managing multiple projects simultaneously to ensure that continuous improvement initiatives are effectively implemented and sustained.

The lead will be responsible for preparing strategic analysis, developing solutions that drive operational excellence, and making recommendations to leadership. Project management will be central to this role, requiring the lead to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources, coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants, and delivering projects according to plan.

The role will involve strong collaboration, as the lead will be leading and serving as a key resource for the business regarding analysis and visualization support, best practice review, overall strategy, improvement and implementation, ongoing review of performance results, and project management. This role will have minimal oversight and supervision on a daily basis, making self-directed project management skills essential.

Essential Functions

• Leads strategic analysis in key areas to identify trends and provide data-driven insights and actions
• Independently lead workshops and/or discussions with front line workforce, key stakeholders, and leadership to enable decision making and initiate action
• Initiate improvement strategies that drive continuous improvement and operational excellence performance across highly complex processes and multiple departments
• Lead the development of performance reporting and dashboards, empowering stakeholders to make data-informed decisions
• Lead the implementation of continuous improvement program initiatives, including tools, techniques, and training
• Cultivates and develops strategic working relationships with Manager, Director, VP and SVP levels in the organization.
• Develop crisp, polished, executive-level presentations that can be used to communicate performance and present data and information in a clear, concise, and impactful manner.
• Works collaboratively with key stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and develop action plans that support continuous improvement
• Monitor, measure and analyze process performance on a continual basis to identify data-driven opportunities for improvement
• Analyzes non-conformance trends to evaluate and influence the outcomes of corrective action effectiveness
• Define, monitor, measure and improve organizational metrics for the organization on an ongoing basis
• Continuous evaluation of process, data, timeline effectiveness to provide recommendations on increasing effectiveness of results
• Present information, influence and facilitate discussion with all levels of the organization, including senior leaders to drive action
• Identify, propose, and lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Serve as a peer coach or mentor to other members of the team to build strategy and improvement capabilities
• Ability to lead directly and indirectly people, projects, or initiatives
• Maintain involvement and understanding of high value best practice (internal and external) that are shared with business partners to enhance quality, compliance, efficiency, and safety
• Demonstrates the ability to challenge the status quo and encourage break-through thinking to ensure continuous improvement is implemented in a manner that supports NiSource goals
• Independently research and apply leading continuous improvement and lean methodologies and tools
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• Required Qualifications For Position
• Bachelor's Degree in a discipline related to continuous improvement, business management, data analytics, engineering, or other relevant area
• 4-6 yrs work experience in strategy, continuous improvement, data analytics, operations, finance, or related functional area
• Proven ability to facilitate multiple projects/tasks while meeting deadlines with quality
• Ability to conduct workshops, influence decisions and facilitate discussions with leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively network and build strategic partnerships, both internal and external
• Ability to apply critical thinking and analysis (forward thinking) to work product
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to promote change
• Six Sigma certification or experience in continuous improvements
• Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position
• Experience with a BI Software and visualization tool, such as Tableau
   
• Experience interpreting and communicating advanced data sets and analysis
• Knowledge of utility operations (i.e., gas, electric, construction, engineering)
• Certification in Change Management and/or Project Management certification
   
• Physical Demands
  The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position.

Work Authorization

Authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.

Inclusion & Diversity 
Value inclusion within your day to day responsibilities by respecting others perspectives/convictions, engaging others opinions, creating a safe environment where people, ideas, and opinions are valued within your Team/Customers and external partners.

Respect and take into consideration diversity within your Team/Customers and external work partners by valuing different world views, challenges, and cultures that represent all walks of life and all backgrounds.

Treat others with respect and consideration. Actively participate in creating and contributing to a positive work environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity 
NiSource is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in each of its companies to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, disability, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, citizenship status, or any protected group status as defined by law. Each employee is expected to abide by this principle.

By applying, you may be considered for other job opportunities. 

Salary Range:

$91,000.00 - $136,600.00

Posting Start Date:

2024-12-17

Posting End Date (if applicable):

2024-12-26Please note that the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.