Associate Consultant at Kaizen Institute Thailand

What Kaizen Institute Thailand looks for:

Candidates’ passion to work in challenging business environment. Learn to plan, direct, and coordinate process improvement activities for a varied client base in several industries. The candidates who fill this position will become Associate Consultant for Kaizen Institute Thailand.

What you will do:

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following at some point. As a trainee, you will be learning to perform the duties described below. Other duties may be assigned.

Learn to:

• Learn to lead a project team to implement process improvement using KAIZEN™/Lean principles.
• Utilize experience and training to quickly assess the situation and provide the team with the proper Lean tools to collect data, analyze, and implement solutions to eliminate waste.
• Support the goals of the client and work with Plant-level leaders to instill behaviors are aligned with KAIZEN™/Lean – inspire results, develop stars, be a role model, and seize the moment.
• Facilitate the collaborative examination of the possible outcomes of process improvement projects with the team; focus the team on safety, quality, and productivity.
• Deliver results – consistently challenge teams to achieve superior results, always question the status quo.
• Communicate relentlessly – must be an effective listener; able to ‘read’ the cues of the audience and adapt approach/message; encourage open communication and sharing of ideas among the team members, ensuring that everyone has a voice.
• Develop Talent and Teams – work with teams to effectively draw on the strength of the individuals while fostering growth of emerging leaders by identifying and coaching team leaders.
• Make smart decisions; help client teams to analyze situations and break problems down into manageable parts; considers multiple solutions to a given problem; acts only on facts/data.
• Champion continuous improvement efforts and supports sustainable change.
• Deliver Regular Status Reports to Client’s Management Team

Our Learning Support System:

• You will acquire and build the capabilities, through a combination of training, coaching, and working with the Kaizen Institute seasoned team of Senior Consultants, a solid knowledge of our consulting models the KAIZEN™ Business System (KBS) and KAIZEN™ Change Model (KCM).
• You will learn valuable skills, gain access to a vast and diverse network of talented professionals, and enjoy unparalleled career, training, and educational opportunities.

Education and Traits:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business is preferred
• Experience: New graduates or with any previous work experience in lean implementation or projects
• Commitment to self-development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Thai and English
• Extensive travel will be required to continue in this position