Lean OpEx Instructor- REMOTE

You will deliver VDSs OpEx curriculum on-site and virtually to client teams ranging from shop-floor associates to C-suite executives. This is a hands-on teaching and coaching role not a lecture-only role: our workshops are built around live application in the clients own value streams with real data real constraints and results measured in weeks.

You will work with multiple clients at multiple sites often rotating between engagements within the same month and you will be expected to adapt standard VDS material to each clients industry culture and maturity level without diluting the methodology.

You must be able to deliver or rapidly become certified to deliver the VDS course catalog:

Instruction spans all VDS competency tracks: Lean Associate Practitioner and Master; Six Sigma / Quality Yellow Green and Black Belt; and Executive level for enterprise transformation and strategic planning.

VDS Business System our five-step implementation methodology typically executed in 90 to 120 days: Assessment Design Implementation Training and Coaching Review and Optimization. Built on three pillars: customer-centricity process orientation and data-driven decision making.

Value Driven Approach our rapid method for closing performance gaps: Define Value Map the Value Stream Create Flow Establish Pull Pursue Perfection. Instructors are expected to teach this framework in a way that supports the ROI commitments VDS makes to clients.

• Deliver VDS workshops simulations and coaching sessions on-site at client facilities and virtually to audiences from operator to executive level.
• Tailor standard VDS content to the clients industry terminology culture and current-state maturity while preserving methodology fidelity.
• Facilitate live kaizen events value stream mapping sessions Gemba walks and A3 coaching using the clients actual processes and data.
• Coach client leaders and internal facilitators so capability transfers to the organization including Train the Trainer delivery to build the clients own instructor bench.
• Partner with the VDS engagement team and client sponsors to align training content to the engagements KPI and savings targets.
• Assess participant competency provide feedback and recommend certification or additional development.
• Track and report training outcomes participant progress and observed improvement opportunities back to the VDS Practice Lead and the client sponsor.
• Contribute improvements to VDS course material exercises and simulations based on field experience.
• Maintain the professional standard expected in front of PE sponsors boards and portfolio company executives.

• 10 years of hands-on Lean / Operational Excellence experience in industry consulting or both including direct responsibility for delivered results not just facilitation.
• 5 years of demonstrated adult instruction and workshop facilitation experience with mixed audiences including senior leadership.
• Deep working command of core Lean and CI tools: value stream mapping standard work cellular flow and takt pull/kanban SMED TPM/OEE 6S root cause analysis and mistake proofing A3 problem solving Hoshin Kanri and Leader Standard Work.
• Proven ability to run a room: manage skepticism resolve conflict hold a five-day workshops energy and drive a group to a decision.
• Experience in one or more VDS core industries aerospace/defense MRO and aftermarket industrial or automotive manufacturing food and beverage pharma/medical devices chemicals energy mining logistics or field services.
• Comfort operating in a PE-owned environment: fast timelines clear numbers low tolerance for theory without application.
• Able to work independently as a contractor across multiple concurrent client sites with minimal supervision.
• Willing and able to travel extensively; valid passport and clean travel history.
• Legally authorized to contract in the country of engagement; able to pass client-required background checks drug screening and site safety requirements.

• Lean Master Six Sigma Master Black Belt TWI or Shingo Prize experience.
• Prior Train the Trainer certification and a track record of building internal facilitator forces.
• Experience delivering to private equity portfolio companies or during a post-close value creation plan.
• Bilingual (Spanish Portuguese French German or Mandarin) for global client sites.
• Experience with digital/Industry 4.0 tools layered onto Lean deployments.
• Prior P&L plant management or operations leadership responsibility.

This is a home-office-based contract role with substantial client-site travel. Course delivery is predominantly on-site at client facilities Gemba-based instruction cannot be done from a desk with preparation virtual sessions coaching check-ins and reporting handled remotely.

• Expect approximately 5080% travel during active delivery windows typically MondayThursday or full-week workshop blocks.
• Client sites are primarily North America with select international assignments.
• You may be assigned to more than one client and more than one site within the same month.