What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Mgr, Lean Six Sigma position at Lincare?
This employee serves as the primary champion of Lean Six Sigma across the organization.
- Leads and manages a team of process improvement professionals to deliver strategic, enterprise-level initiatives that drive measurable improvement in cost, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction
- Influences culture, fosters engagement, and builds trust through consulting, coaching, and modeling best practices
- Responsible for expanding and developing the Green Belt community, delivering training and mentorship, and directly managing a portfolio of high-impact projects
- Combines technical expertise with strong interpersonal skills to teach, mentor, and guide
teams in adopting a continuous improvement mindset while building Lean Six Sigma capability across all levels of the organization
JOB FUNCTIONS
- Services as a credible ambassador for Lean Six Sigma, visibly engaging stakeholders to build trust and drive adoption
- Models the behaviors and mindset required for cultural transformation
- demonstrates accountability, transparency, and commitment to excellence
- Champions a data-driven, problem-solving culture that values continuous improvement and innovation
- Leads complex, cross-functional projects that deliver significant business impact in cost, quality, service, and culture
- Identifies, analyzes, and improves inefficient processes across various departments
- Ensures robust project tracking and communicates results and progress to executive leadership
- Acts as an internal consultant, partners with leaders to assess opportunities, designs solutions, and implements change effectively
- Mentors, coaches, and develops Black Belts, Green Belts, and project teams to build organizational capability and sustain improvements
- Delivers engaging training and learning experiences that build practical Lean Six Sigma skills across all levels
- Develops standard work, visual management, and change management plan to ensure improvements are maintained over time
- Oversees the implementation of changes to processes and workflows, and helping stakeholders adapt to new ways of working
- Utilizes data analysis tools to identify root causes of problems and measures the impact of process improvements
Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree from accredited institution, required
- Engineering field, preferred
Work Experience
- Minimum, 5 years as a process engineer, project manager, quality specialist or similar role
- At least 3 years in a leadership role managing Lean Six Sigma teams
- Formal practice implementing Lean and Six Sigma projects within a transactional environment
- managing and mentoring process changes
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Trained in Lean and Six Sigma tools and techniques
- High level of math and statists
- Must effectively articulate change supported by data and sell change opportunities to management and employees
- Must be proficient in Excel, Visio, PowerPoint
- Must be comfortable presenting to groups
- Must travel up to 30%
- effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- motivate and guide teams, foster collaboration, and drive change
Licenses and Certifications
- Master Black Belt certification, Required
