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Lean Six Sigma Manager- Financial Services – Chicago

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Lean Solutions Implementation – Senior Manager

Premier Financial Services Organization

Chicago North-Suburban

Lean Solutions Implementation, Sr. Manager – PDF

The Company

Our client, a $6 billion+  financial services organization, is best known for issuing its own-brand of credit cards which are used by more than 50 million members at some 4 million merchant locations worldwide. The company also has a payment-processing network, owns an EFT ATM network, and in 2006 entered the debit card arena, allowing banks to offer house-branded debit cards. More recently, our client forged reciprocity alliances with card issuers in Japan and China, and just a short while ago agreed to acquire Diners Club International from Citigroup, a business which will add significantly to its international network.

 

In an unprecedented move, and as part of its strong belief in actually listening to the “voice of the customer”, our client in 2006 announced it would no longer require retailers to charge customers for using credit or debit cards (common practice among competitors).

 

Spun off from a major diversified investment banking group in 2007, the company has launched a major growth and improvement initiative across its domestic and global operations.  In late 2007 the company committed to and launched itself on a global continuous improvement journey based on LEAN and principles of the Toyota Production System and Six Sigma.  Which brings us to the creation of this new role, that of Lean Solutions Manager. Read More→

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt – Chicago

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Managing Director, Continuous Improvement
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
United Airlines Chicago & San Francisco

Background
Not all that long ago Jim Womack, co-author of “Lean Thinking”, received a phone call from a senior executive working directly for the CEO of a major international airline. This executive wanted to apply Lean Thinking to air travel and asked what Jim thought about their “lean” idea. Jim responded as he always does, “You should start with value from the standpoint of the traveler. Does this proposal make the passenger better off and will the passenger be willing to pay for it?”

Now most of us don’t often get invitations to advise airline CEOs on how to “Lean” their organizations. But, what if… How would you respond?

Consider this an invitation.

If you are the Lean Six Sigma Sensei we’re searching for, you’ll agree that asking passengers what they truly value, and uncovering where the waste lies preventing the provision of this value, makes a lot of sense. And you’re probably a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt who has demonstrated an ability to rethink operating methods and create systems, processes and procedures to drive enterprise-wide transformation successfully.

Talk with us about this outstanding and highly visible career opportunity. And maybe someday you’ll be co-writing “Lean Air Travel” with Jim Womack…

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