Necessary skills for Continuous Improvement Leader: skills and requirements

General requirements of a Continuous Improvement Leader

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
• 5+ years of experience in continuous improvement, process engineering, or operations management
• Proven track record of successful implementation of improvement projects
• Knowledge and experience with Six Sigma and Lean methods
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

Skills and Behaviours for a Continuous Improvement Leader

Continuous improvement
Fishbone Diagram Total Quality Management
Cost control
Budgeting Cost Control Cost of goods sold Cost reduction Standard Costs Variance analysis
Lean Management
Just in Time Lean Management Plan Do Check Act value stream mapping
Lean manufacturing
5S Just in Time Kanban Lean Manufacturing Total productive maintenance
Project management
Gantt Charts Project Coordination Project Estimation Project Management Project Planning Project cost management Stakeholder Management
Change Management
Driving change and innovation Influencing others towards change
Communicating information
Active Listening Asking the right questions Influencing and persuading others Synthesizing information
Problem solving
Identifying and anticipating problems Implementing solutions Making fact based decisions to solve problems Working with others to solve problems

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