Fortive Business System Leader-THO000751 About Us:THOMSON SUMMARY: Thomson designs, manufactures and markets products and services with strong brand names, proprietary technologies and major market positions that improve the way we live and work. With more than 70 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the automation industrys premiere producer of Ball Bushing® and Profile Rail bearings, 60 Case® Shafting, Ball & Lead Screws, Linear Actuators, Linear Systems and accessories. Thomson invented the Ball Bushing bearing in 1945 and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets. Thomson has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations globally. Our breadth of products is unmatched. Building on the foundation provided by Fortive Business System and the companys core values, Thomson associates pursue a focused strategy aimed at creating a Premier Global Enterprise. -Description: The FBS Leader is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Fortive Business System in Thomson's business. This position will leverage Fortive best practices, FBS toolset, and personal knowledge and capability to install and improve processes. This role will be based in Marengo, IL. Responsibilities: -Drive improvement in incremental growth and market share results that are tied to Policy Deployment (PD) and Daily Management (DM) by leveraging FBS tools, facilitation and coaching skills, and change management process. -Assist in achieving business unit Policy Deployment and Strategic Plan objectives. -Regularly participate in Daily Management and Problem Solving reviews, provide feedback and engagement to improve the quality and results generated from these activities. -Ensure successful kaizen events by installing and ensuring compliance to the kaizen process This includes: -Planning of kaizens with a dynamic funnel process tied to Management Review and Daily Management, -Kaizen execution -Sustainment of kaizen events and results -Promote and facilitate associate development in various FBS growth and lean tools, including establishing recommended FBS tool skills by role in Thomson Linear. -Directly provide formal and informal FBS training, facilitation and coaching to commercial leaders and associates. -Help Thomson Linear continue the evolution of the FBS tools within their Marengo Facility. -Provides feedback based on personal experience, best practices, and experience/results from processes/tools implemented. -Travel < 10%, mostly domestic. -Qualifications: -Bachelors Degrees in an engineering discipline. -At least 3 years lean experience and experience leading kaizen events. -Black Belt in lean tools. -Creative and progressive thinker with excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate with others at all levels in the organization, in verbal or written form. -The ideal candidate must be hands-on and detail-oriented, but also able to see the big picture. -Must be very customer focused and have strong interpersonal and communications skills. -This person will be high energy and able to handle conflict. -Will be an independent worker, capable of operating in a fast-moving, ever changing environment and able to effectively deal with difficult situations. -Ability to assess key commercial business metrics and situations from a general managers point of view, assess commercial performance and identify areas for focus and improvement. -Ability to learn and master FBS tools. -Superior communications skills. -Superior training skills and adult learning theory/capability. -Must be comfortable training large groups and facilitation in unscripted situations. -Superior consulting/influencing skills. -Good writing and administrative skills, including computer skills (word processing, graphics, spreadsheet, etc.) -Demonstrated proficiency in time and project management, as well as ability to handle priority setting and ability to resolve prioritization conflicts. Fortive Corporation Overview: Fortive Corporation Overview Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of global businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. With more than $6 billion in annual revenues, Fortives well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 24,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 40 countries around the world. Our team grows by tackling challenges that accelerate progress and further their careers. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement, the core of our companys operating model is the Fortive Business System. For more information please visit: www.fortive.com . -Organization:Thomson -Job:Continuous Process Improvement (FBS) -Primary Location:North America-United States-IL-Marengo -Schedule:Full-time EEO Statement:"The company in which you have expressed employment interest is a subsidiary or affiliate of Fortive Corporation. The subsidiary or affiliate is referred to as a ""Fortive Company."" Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The ""EEO is the Law"" poster is available at: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. 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