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Description
As our Lean Leader, you will report to the Managing Director and serve as a critical member of the Terminal Leadership Team in Onne, Nigeria.
You will lead two direct reports and work closely with functional leaders and the regional and global Lean community.
Key Responsibilities
Set Lean strategic direction: Shape the terminal Lean ambition and translate Strategy, AOP and Policy Deployment into a small number of clear transformation priorities linked to terminal performance.
Build the Lean operating system: Embed SQDC-based daily management, visual management, Gemba routines, escalation, standard work and disciplined follow-up so deviations become visible and are addressed at the right level.
Improve end-to-end flow and stability: Diagnose constraints, variation, capacity and process instability across the full value stream. Apply the right Lean and industrial-engineering methods to improve throughput, reliability, lead time and equipment utilisation.
Lead structured problem solving and Kaizen: Strengthen A3 thinking, root-cause analysis, Kaizen and Kaikaku execution. Ensure countermeasures are tested with data, embedded in standards and sustained beyond the event.
Deliver measurable business and financial impact: Connect Lean activity to safety, service, productivity, cost, cash and capacity outcomes. Prioritise initiatives based on value and validate realised impact together with Finance.
Lead cross-functional transformation: Mobilise the Terminal Leadership Team and functional leaders around major transformation opportunities, challenge low-impact activity and remove organisational barriers to execution.
Coach and multiply capability: Coach leaders and teams at Gemba so they can identify waste, solve problems and improve standards themselves. Build successors and reduce dependency on the Lean function as the expert or owner of improvement.
Govern execution and sustainment: Maintain clear transformation roadmaps, owners, milestones, benefits and risks. Review progress through the terminal management system and intervene early where delivery or sustainment is at risk.
Connect local and global learning: Implement relevant global Lean standards and improvement learning while adapting application to the local operating context. Share proven WACT practices across the regional and global network.
Success in this role will be demonstrated through improvement priorities that are visibly connected to terminal strategy, effective SQDC and Gemba routines, independently capable teams, sustained operational improvements, and verified business results.
What We Are Looking For
Bachelor's or Master's Degree preferred, or equivalent successful experience leading Lean transformations.
Relevant Lean and/or project/change credentials are advantageous, but demonstrated application and results are essential.
Minimum of five years of hands-on Lean transformation or operational improvement experience in a complex industrial, logistics, port, manufacturing or comparable environment.
Demonstrated track record of leading cross-functional improvements with sustained operational and financial results.
Strong practical capability in system diagnosis, constraint and flow analysis, A3 problem solving, Kaizen, SQDC/daily management, standard work and process optimisation.
Ability to translate operational performance into financial impact and to build credible business cases with Finance.
Experience coaching senior leaders, frontline leaders and teams, including constructive challenge and influencing without relying on authority.
Strong change execution, facilitation, stakeholder management and communication skills in a multicultural environment.
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Minimum qualifications
BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
How to apply
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
Lean Leader
Mobile Equipment Mechanic
https://www.myjobmag.com/apply-now/1384307
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