Description
POSITION OVERVIEW:
USC Consulting Group is a forward moving consulting firm with a reputation of excellence since 1968 that partners with clients to provide greater value and competitiveness within their businesses. We provide multiple skills and business techniques such as: systems solutions, process improvement, quality function deployment, continuous flow manufacturing and integrated supply chain management.
A Senior Project Consultant with our firm will work on a team and be assigned to a project to work at one of our client locations (you will travel from your home base anywhere in the U.S. or Canada) and benefit from the extensive experience of the senior members. You will learn the needed skill sets and business techniques required to be successful in our business and across multiple industries. The position responsibilities are contributing to the scope of project management which relates to workflow analysis, planning, change process and systems implementation. We work closely with our clients in a partnership to achieve measurable and sustainable results in process flow, operational, efficiency and productivity improvement as well as performance management.
Functions And Duties
Perform initial feasibility analysis reviewing organization structure, communication, layout, support functions, customer service, process flow, crewing, equipment/maintenance, and quality control in order to leverage knowledge and create detailed understanding.
Utilize a working knowledge in various continuous improvement methodologies such as: Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc. combined with the consulting tools USCCG has internally developed. Observe how clients perform work now, observe and collect quantitative and qualitative data on the client’s current state performance, assess value and find opportunity for improvement and provide recommendations based on the observation including:
- Examine process for variation e.g., such as waste, quality, efficiency, effectiveness, productivity.
- Interprets client’s operational, quality, and financial data, engineering drawings, diagrams, value stream mapping and confers with USCCG and client’s operators, supervisors and managers, or other client staff to determine throughput, quality, and reliability standards.
- Collect and develop the narrative for steering team discussions.
- Works with client’s people to select product for tests at specified stages in production process, and tests for variety of qualities such as performance, dimensions, and mechanical characteristics.
- Operates various diagnostic equipment and software as needed to meet client expectations.
- Be detailed, dedicated, determined, disciplined and proactive on projects providing thorough communication with the Project Manager as well as building rapport with other team members.
- Increase Service and Quality for clients while reducing Cost and Time.
- Develop an operating system by identifying capability and capacity and creating process controls to manage and measure the process, as well as creating a sustainable culture that fosters continuous improvement and a formal system of accountability.
- Perform daily functions in process monitoring, performing daily schedule control rounds, handling daily shift review meetings, providing daily operating reports and weekly graphs and pareto charts as well as progress evaluations.
Position Requirements
Technology Experience
- Advanced computer skills, including MS Office Suite, including MS Project and Visio.
- Functional knowledge of excel including confidence in creating graphs and pivot tables.
- Experience that is a strong asset to an SPC is knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, and SAP (or other similar CMMS/ERP systems)
Knowledge And Skills Required
- Knowledge of business process practices in a dynamic work environment
- Ability to work with Project Managers to create a weekly/daily plan and execute these plans.
- Effective written and oral communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills with diversity of people and cultures at all levels of an enterprise
- Performance driven
- Be adaptable to adjusting to client expectations and timeframes.
Education And Work Experience
- 2 to 5 years in the business arena at supervisory level or above. Prefer manufacturing or Logistics experience.
- An undergraduate business-related or industrial engineering degree (advanced degree is a plus)
- Have a valid driver’s license, and a Canadian or US Passport.
- Ability to travel a minimum of 5 nights a week.
- Fluency in multiple languages is an asset.
About the Organization USC Consulting Group is a forward moving consulting firm with a reputation of excellence since 1968 that partners with clients to provide greater value and competitiveness within their businesses. We provide multiple skills and business techniques such as: systems solutions, process improvement, quality function deployment, continuous flow manufacturing and integrated supply chain management.
Our consultants work across multiple disciplines and industries, and must be able to understand the client's business and build credibility quickly to facilitate change for the improvement of the company's processes, through-put, bottom line and employee engagement. A consultant with our organization should love travel, being active on the job, the challenge of working in new places and environments, the passion and emotional intelligence to help people see the value in change to benefit themselves and the company, and be someone who would be bored sitting behind a desk all day.
The company provides excellent benefits and covers most of the cost for employees. Employees contribute a small percentage to medical and vision plans but the company fully covers the cost of a telemedicine plan, dental, life insurance, STD and LTD.
EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
