Senior Consultant

Job title

Location

Terms:

Compensation:

Requirements:

Willing to relocate to Africa for a longer duration (for more than 6 months to one year or more, based on client & organization requirement as and when required). This will be taken in writing during the recruitment process.

About us:

Kaizen Institute is a global management consulting organization which provides services to companies represented in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Kaizen Institute has pioneered, innovated, and led the Operational Excellence consultancy for more than 3 decades.

Kaizen Institute supports companies of all sizes and sectors including private and public services. We are dedicated to helping organizations realize their Continuous Improvement Strategies.

We operate in 50+ countries, with the expertise in KAIZEN and Lean Management.

We deliver sustainable results by partnering with clients to transfer knowledge, wisdom, and skills to ensure long-term success. Our goal is to help clients:

• Achieve competitive and operational superiority in their chosen markets
• Respond to strategic challenges by using people as the primary change resource
• Become expert and autonomous in the management of their improvement strategies
• Focus is on the development, organizational culture change, and people development.

Kaizen Institute SAIN is a Regional Support Unit of Kaizen Institute Global having business operations in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangladesh.

Kaizen Institute East and West Africa are Business Units of Africa RSU AFAE, representing Kaizen Institute in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, DRC, Congo, Mauritius, Cameroon, Angola, Nigeria,

Ghana, Liberia, Cte D'Ivoire and Sierra Leone.

About the role:

1.Prepare self for implementation of Kaizen Change Model by learning with the help of Kaizen Institutes consulting resource (Intellectual property of KI) and by shadowing senior members on the Gemba.

2.Implement Kaizen Change Model at client Gemba and help client in achieving competitive advantage in its industry.

3.Help clients to improve business performance through sustainable implementation.

4.Implement Daily Kaizen pillar to build problem solving culture in the client organization.

5.Bring in the promised change through Value Stream Kaizen’ pillar and deliver agreed results as per the contract.

6.Contribute to achieving Circle goals and KPI’s – that consist of growth, service delivery, Circle meeting attendance and members’ competency development

7.One of the important KPI is acquiring new contracts by generating leads & closing the deal

8.Marketing Support – Developing & archiving material such as case studies, videos & pictures

Competence:

The consultant should possess (or willing to acquire)

1.Requisite knowledge of Kaizen Business System.

2.Ability to communicate in English with seniors and juniors at the clients’ place.

3.Ability to train the client’s employees on Kaizen Tools and help them in grooming to be trainers for future.

4.Possess Leadership qualities and use it in implementation suitably

5.Self-Learner - with ability to unlearn old and learn various new concepts.

6.Ability to carry out thorough analysis and resolve problems using appropriate techniques to identify and resolve root causes

7. Hands on experience and a Gemba ready person, who can be deployed immediately at Gemba for consulting delivery.

Candidate requirements:

• Excellent delivery skills
• Presentation skills
• Office skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, and social media)
• Fluency in communication in English
• Analytical Tools
• OEE & Lean Tools
• Problem Solving Skills
• Public Speaking Skills
• BTech/MTech Industrial Production Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Automobile Engineering/ MBA Operations Management