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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Manager, Continuous Improvement in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
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The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
Pay Range: $65,400.00 - $107,900.00
Job Description
Job Profile Summary:
The Manager of Continuous Improvement (CI) is responsible for evaluating, measuring, designing, and enhancing business processes and driving continuous improvement. The CI Manager collaborates with key stakeholders to provide strategies for understanding, measuring, and improving current business processes. Through collaboration, this role leads continuous improvement projects that enhance business processes.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Analyzes college business processes and objectives. Investigates shortfalls and issues in current business processes. Develops business process enhancement strategies.
Implements continuous improvement projects based on evaluating strategic and operational data.
Leads strategic and continuous improvement projects to include coordinating necessary human and operational resources and setting and implementing budgetary and timing controls to achieve chartered goals.
Prioritizes initiatives across the colleges while ensuring that the design, testing, training, documentation, and prioritization objectives are met.
Works closely with CI teams, students, end users and multiple stake holders during the design and implementation of improvements projects.
Promotes consistent, efficient, and effective operational evaluation and improvement practices by creating standards of work, defining and sharing best practices, and collaborating with team members, cross-functional groups, and leadership to measure and monitor operational performance, identify opportunities to maximize technology and/or automate business processes and use Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
Prepares and delivers process improvement recommendations and delivers presentations to varying audiences.
Serves as a change leader by demonstrating positive change management methods that align with WGU core values, embraces process improvement, and automation, target enhanced productivity, quality, and delivery of our products and programs.
Serves as a Lean Six Sigma process improvement expert, defines key performance indicators (KPI) and/or metrics, and monitors successful implementation of process-based project.
Prioritize enhancing software systems and refining... For full info follow application link.
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