Job Description

Bosch is in a unique position to add a team member to our team which is responsible for championing the adoption of new ways of working by implementing Lean Management and enabling the departments to identify benefits of utilizing Digitalization and Automation tools throughout the office and warehouses at Bosch $1.5B+ North American Mobility Aftermarket business.

You would join our small diverse team, where you will be deploying Lean and act as an internal consultant who can provide advice to managers/experts as you generate data that will provide transparency. This transparency can impact their department’s overall performance.

You would be expected to review processes, identify waste, recommend corrective actions, with the ability to introduce and implement a variety of digitalization tools and technologies to serve as an evangelist, and creative implementer throughout our business.

When successful you will have enabled associates to identify waste and how the application of new technologies can help increase their productivity by introducing Digitalization and Automation into their work culture while allowing them to focus on what matters and better serve our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Successful completion of analysis, design and implementation project phases.
• Applying Lean method in dimensions: customer, processes, organization and skills, performance management, and mindset and behaviors.
• Initiating a cultural change by employing methods of change management.
• Consulting in the transformation of processes.
• Reporting progress of project within Lean management team as well as line organization.
• Achieving team targets and goals.
• Building capabilities of Lean and Digitalization in teams within area of responsibility.
• Quickly develop expertise in 2 to 3 Automation Tools (e.g. Alteryx, KNIME, Automation Anywhere, Catalytic, Celonis, MS Power Platform (e.g. Power Automate, Power Apps, PowerBI) and/or Technologies (e.g. Python, AI/Neural Nets, etc.)
• Develop knowledge of business processes and use this expertise to manage and facilitate continuous improvement projects and to develop a plan for future automation applications as well as to deliver solutions to automate existing pain points.
• Willing to travel to other Bosch locations while implementing Lean and/or Digitalization activities (approximately 2 to 3 business weeks per quarter).

Qualifications

• BS, BA degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
• Lean Expert Certified (or equivalent) highly preferred.
• 3+ years of knowledge and experience of Continuous Improvement and Lean methodology tools with proven examples of implementation.
• Strong desire to solve problems, lead teams with a hands-on working style.
• Demonstrated success in facilitating large group discussions.
• Lean subject matter expert on tools and concepts application (e.g. directing Kaizens, mapping value streams, etc...)
• Knowledge and experience in systematic problem solving and analytical techniques (i.e. PDCA, Six Sigma, 5Y, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills, the ability and desire to self-learn new software or IT tools.
• Multi-tasking and highly organized.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex topics to management.
• Proactive, energetic attitude with willingness to take on new tasks
• Strong Project and Program Management skills

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization not available.

Additional Information

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce-EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled
BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives:

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2021). The company generated sales of 78.7 billion euros in 2021. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.”

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