NAM Lean & Continuous Improvement Manager

The opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy’s Service Business and become a driving force in shaping the future of the power grid. In this role, you’ll champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging Lean methodologies to deliver real impact for customers and colleagues. You’ll have the chance to lead transformational change, collaborate with diverse teams, and develop your expertise in process optimization—all while contributing to a more reliable, sustainable energy future. This is an ideal opportunity for professionals who want to grow their leadership skills and make a tangible difference in the evolving power industry.

How You’ll Make An Impact

- Lead and promote a continuous improvement culture focused on eliminating waste and enhancing value.

- Analyze key performance indicators and drive actions to improve results.

- Identify and standardize processes across business units for greater efficiency.

- Implement Lean tools such as 5S, Daily Management, and Kaizen events.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to harmonize and digitize processes.

- Facilitate cost-out and productivity projects to achieve savings targets.

- Partner with leadership to align improvement priorities with budget goals.

- Coordinate and lead Kaizen events to support service organization needs.

- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your background

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.

- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Lead, or Lean Master certification.

- 10+ years of experience in Lean operating systems or continuous improvement.

- Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, ideally in energy, technology, or industrial sectors.

- Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills.

- Willingness to travel as needed to support initiatives.

- Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

More About Us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

- Health Care: medical, dental, vision, etc.

- Financial Wellbeing: Employer sponsored pension - 401(k) Program with generous company match and contribution, Life/AD&D Insurance, disability insurance

- Family Care: Life and Family (Legal, pet, auto, home, identity theft, etc.), special needs support, and adoption assistance

- Work-Life: Enhanced leave programs (FMLA, Military Service Leave, Maternal, Paternal, adoption, vacation, and holiday).

- Employee Engagement and Development: Employee Resource Groups (depending on location), tuition reimbursement program, on-demand learning platforms.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.