Gray

VP, Business Excellence

Gray

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Lexington • Kentucky • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • The Vice President of Business Excellence is responsible for designing, deploying, and sustaining the organization’s Business Excellence Operating Model.
  • This role drives continuous improvement, operational performance, quality management, and change adoption across all areas of operations, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives/initiatives and measurable business outcomes.
  • Lead and govern Business Excellence program and strategic projects with established benefits realization tracking and value measurement.
  • Design, build, and deploy a comprehensive TQMS that establishes quality standards, processes, and controls across the entire design-build lifecycle.
  • Oversight of company-wide continuous improvement, including standardized process development, improvement, and governance, Lean and Six Sigma deployment and certification programs (Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt).
  • Drive the culture of process optimization, waste elimination, and productivity improvements across functions.
  • Collaborate and provide guidance on learning and development programs for improvement methodologies.
  • Lead organizational change and process adoption using structured change frameworks to support transformation initiatives.
  • Promote knowledge management, best-practice sharing, and continuous learning.
  • Drive culture transformation initiatives focused on accountability, performance, and excellence.
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and levels of leadership.
  • Design and govern KPI frameworks aligned with business excellence and strategic priorities.
  • Lead Scorecard implementation and ongoing performance reviews.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and a minimum of fifteen (15) years experience in operational or business excellence; or the equivalent combination of both education and experience.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years management experience.
  • Strong background in quality management systems and audit standards.
  • Experience in Total Quality Management System (TQMS) is preferred.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise transformation and performance management systems.
  • Must possess strategic thinking, execution leadership, data-driven decision making and advanced analytical skills.
  • Must possess basic computer skills including the ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheets, software and e-mail.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Total Quality Management SystemLeanSix SigmaKPI frameworksprocess optimizationquality management systemsperformance management systemsdata-driven decision makingadvanced analytical skillscontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingexecution leadershipcollaborationchange managementknowledge managementbest-practice sharingaccountabilityperformance excellenceorganizational changeleadership
Certifications
Green BeltBlack BeltMaster Black Belt