Continuous Improvement Consultant, Expert

Requisition ID # 164950

Job Category: Human Resources

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Customer & Enterprise Solutions

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Enterprise Lean Office (ELO), part of the Customer and Enterprise Solutions team, champions the deployment of the Lean Operating System at PG&E. ELO is responsible for developing standards, leading training, and deploying coaches to support PG&E coworkers to effectively implement Lean at PG&E.

Position Summary

The role is in the Enterprise Lean Office team, whose work includes enterprise lean consulting, program strategy, development of enterprise standards and job tools, functional area support, and reporting, in addition to a variety of lean management and performance initiatives. The role supports the team's effort to provide lean expertise to leadership and cross-functional teams regarding development, implementation, and lean maturity across the organization.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland, CA based on business needs.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $114,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $182,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Acts as a subject matter expert in area of field and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices.
• Developing and/or applying innovative tools and solutions to support lean programs and enterprise-wide initiatives, with a focus on how the lean program help solve challenges and improve efficiency.
• Supporting development of materials for educating employees and leaders on lean plays to support organization-wide understanding and application of lean.
• Helping drive continuous improvement in lean program; consistently demonstrating innovative new thinking focused on lean strategy, performance and implementation.
• Provides leadership and support in development of business planning and strategy for program design.
• Develops and implements effective business strategies in support of the company and department.
• Collaborates with leaders and stakeholders to work on issues, projects or activities.
• Leads moderate to complex projects with a medium to high corporate or functional priority.
• Identifies, analyzes and improves existing business processes at enterprise level to meet new goals and objectives.
• Leads implementation of process improvements and efficiencies at enterprise level
• Leveraging contacts within and beyond the Company to pressure-test and refine lean solutions;

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 7 years

Desired:

• Masters Degree in Organizational Change or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Leadership experience, job-related
• Experience in business operations analysis, or related
• Experience in working with senior leadership
• Experience in strategy consulting, job-related
• Experience in coaching, or related
• PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• LSS-Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Change Management certification
• Process Improvement certification

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns
• Serving our planet
• Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:

• Trustworthy
• Empathetic
• Curious
• Tenacious
• Nimble
• Owners

Our Stands are "what" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe
• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
• Clean and resilient energy for all
• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

More About Our Company

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.

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PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.