Director, Operational Excellence
Prologis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $138,000 - $173,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Drive transformation at the world’s leading logistics real estate company
- Partner closely with the VP of Operational Excellence and senior leaders across the business
- Oversee large-scale initiatives to standardize, optimize, and improve processes across business lines
- Drive continuous improvement, fostering innovation and operational efficiency
- Ensure alignment with financial targets and KPIs
- Communicate effectively with executives and stakeholders
- Deploy cost optimization strategies
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define and execute operational improvement strategy
- Manage financial readiness, conduct P&L diagnostics, and recommend cost savings
- Apply Lean methodologies and tools
- Facilitate improvement events (e.g., VSMs, Kaizen)
- Develop and oversee project plans, budgets, and timelines
Requirements
- 7+ years applying Lean Six Sigma to drive improvement
- 5+ years facilitating large-scale Lean Transformations
- Deep experience in Lean tools/methods (Hoshin Kanri, VSMs, Kaizen, A3 thinking, daily management, 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work)
- Skilled in strategy deployment, stakeholder management, and executive communications
- Strong data analytics capability for problem solving and root cause analysis
- High emotional intelligence, relationship building, and communication skills
- Self-starter, strategic thinker, adaptable in ambiguity, committed to continuous learning and personal development
- Proven success leading cross-functional, complex projects with executive-level engagement
Benefits
- healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
- several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits
- 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation
- generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Lean Six SigmaLean methodologiesHoshin KanriValue Stream Mapping (VSM)KaizenA3 thinkingdaily management5SVisual ManagementStandard Work
Soft skills
strategic thinkerrelationship buildingcommunication skillsemotional intelligencestakeholder managementexecutive communicationsadaptable in ambiguityself-startercontinuous learningproblem solving