Continuous Improvement Leader

Job Description:

Continuous Improvement Leader

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 93,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“At 3M, thanks to our culture where people feel like they belong, can grow and are appreciated, we are more than the sum of our parts. Our different perspectives and experiences help us solve some of the world’s toughest challenges together.” – Zoe Dickson, executive vice president and chief Human Resources officer at 3M.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The person hired for the position of Global Continuous Improvement Leader, will use tools and methodologies to enhance our main KPIs related to business and financial performance by systematically responding to customer needs, enhance service level, improving portfolio mix, growing market share and impacting pricing and gross margin performance. This leader will oversee operational excellence, generating appropriate visibility of business projects working with divisional team and other support areas.   

As a Continuous Improvement Leader, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading and supporting projects that have high impact on business results.
• Conduct control plans and monitoring appropriate metrics to validate project results are achieved, track improvements, control and sustain gains.
• Lead projects to connect with different stakeholders in the company looking for enhancing processes to impact positively on division results.
• Lead the hopper process in support of Process Owners and Champions.
• Influence the organization cross-functionally and leading management of change activities.
• Consistently seeking, sharing, and implementing best practices.
• Teaching, mentoring and coaching team members to optimize functioning of lean process models.
• Looking for applicability of tools and methods to areas outside of current focus.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Prior experience leading Black Belt Projects and/or Black Belt Certification
• Ten (10) years of experience in business P&L, project improvements and/or service performance management in a private, public, industrial, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• High Potential Code in your current or recent Employee Performance Review 
• Demonstration of Cultural Elements
• Effective facilitation, communication, leadership and teaching skills to work with multidisciplinary team.

Travel: May include up to 30% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $222,044 - $271,387, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible