Senior Continuous Improvement Manager

Senior Manager Continuous Improvement

This position will lead a variety of continuous improvement and process improvement projects and teams to apply Continuous Improvement principles and tools to ensure Quest Diagnostics is efficient and effective in the delivery of its services, solutions, and processes while improving customer and employee satisfaction. This position will be responsible for driving an end-to-end analysis of business operations function and related performance measures. This role will work with Business Leaders to identify opportunities for profitable growth, and driving business transformation and outcomes. This position will also be responsible for coaching others to learn and apply Continuous Improvement principles and tools to their daily work.

Responsibilities

Owns and leads projects and working teams to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects that drives culture change and positive results.

• Leads projects

Leads projects through issues, roadblocks, and problems

Owns the timeline, budget, resource constraints, and deliverables / results

Ensures all appropriate tools are completed and used effectively (e.g., charter, Gantt chart, status updates)

Actively communicates with project sponsors and stakeholders securing buy-in and agreement as needed

Establishes regular points of communication

Qualifications

Required Work Experience :

Preferred Work Experience :

Preferred experience in areas of Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Organizational leadership, or Healthcare.

Physical and Mental Requirements :

Knowledge :

Skills :

Education : Bachelor's Degree

License Certifications : Formal training in project management or continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Lean, Theory of Constraints)

Current Black belt certification a plus