Six Sigma Black Belt

Hunter Douglas is the world's leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we've defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.

We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world.
What's yours?

One of the pillars of our North American division is spread across four different sites in Mexico where a blend of manufacturing and fabrication occurs. At each location we pride ourselves on exemplary safety and employee-first standards, as we pioneer production processes to be best in class. It is our focus on quality and growth that makes us an employer of choice and helps us maintain our culture of excellence.

Position Overview

For those passionate about continuous improvement and quality Hunter Douglas offers some very exciting opportunities.  Our high-mix, custom product offering makes for unique challenges around repeatability and data analytics.  In addition to complex products we have a complex organizational structure.  This role is part of a prioritized initiative to ensure a quality product before it's manufactured.  In addition to NPD projects this role will work on quality/sustaining matters offering the opportunity to experience a wide variety of projects and partnering with a wide variety of teams.

What you'll do

• Lead high impact Six Sigma/Quality Improvement projects
• Apply Six Sigma tools and techniques to customer issues, design and manufacturing processes
• Data analysis and translation of data/statistics into tangible business decisions using data modeling and statistical analysis tools and methods
• Analyze and identify process improvement opportunities and partner with key stakeholders to scope and ensure alignment with strategic priorities.
• Must be adept at scoping problems, applying statistical techniques, and leading individuals through the obstacles of process improvement
• Trains, coaches, and mentors all employees, to include Green Belts.
• Works with stakeholders to ensure projects achieve intended results, where risks are proactively identified and mitigated, and benefits are validated.
• Provides expertise and share best practices regarding Process Improvement tools, methodologies, and team leadership.
• Deliver Improvement projects with positive gain
• Manage a portfolio of improvement projects, including auditing of implemented projects to ensure that process improvements are sustained, and benefits are realized

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Statistics or Business.  Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable.
• 5 or more years of Six Sigma experience leading various projects of significant value, length and complexity in a design and manufacturing organization.  Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification required.
• Ability to use DFSS training/tools and system knowledge
• Solid leadership and problem solving and analytical skills
• Solid communication /interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate high energy Level/team player
• Expert ability to influence and affect change at all levels of the organization
• Solid knowledge with Lean Six Sigma tools, such statistics, SPC, hypothesis testing, regression, root cause analysis, etc.
• Solid ability with process, manufacturing, or engineering background with an ability to understand workflow and throughput in the operation
• Ability in training of belts, with strong facilitation skills
• Ability in mentoring/coaching of belts conducting improvement projects

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