Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager

KPMG Global Services 

KPMG Global Services (KGS) was set up in India in 2008. It is a strategic global delivery organization, which works with more than 50 KPMG member firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements 

The KGS journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of nearly 10,000 operating from four locations in India — Bengaluru, Gurugram, Kochi and Pune, providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to member firms within the KPMG network. 

As part of KPMG in India, we were ranked among the top companies to work for in the country for four years in a row by LinkedIn, and recognized as one of the top three employers in the region for women, as well as for policies on Inclusion & Diversity by ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India). 

1. Furthermore, as KPMG in India, we were recognized as one of the ‘Best Companies for Millennials’ at The Millennial Max Conference 2019 presented by The LNOD Roundtable as well as ‘the Great Indian Workplace’ at the Culture Summit and Great Indian Workplace Awards 2019.

Team Overview 

The position in discussion is with the Lean OpEx Transformation team at KGS, which is KPMG’s global delivery center and an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability globally. 

Lean OpEx Transformation team is a group of highly skilled and qualified professionals

 

Roles and Responsibilities

Designation   Assistant Manager Reporting to  Associate Director / Director  Role type  Individual contributor  Employment type  Full-time  

Principal Accountabilities 

• Work closely with the BU Transformation team, BU teams, Process Owners to drive OpEx program
• Build continuous improvement culture in the BU deploying Lean practices to create an environment of best practice sharing, innovation, Kaizen etc.
• Support to create capability within KGS on Lean transformation to begin with and establish operational excellence as a core competency in our teams 

Principal Duties/Responsibilities 

• Delivery tangible outcomes through OpEx projects and initiatives
• Collaborate with other BU’s / Peer experts /Global teams to maximize benefit realization 
• Deliver OpEx projects within the divisional portfolio on time, to scope and within budget 
• Identify opportunities for OpEx to be implemented to derive material benefit for KGS
• Ensure the KGS OpEx methodology, tools, technologies and thinking is embedded in this program and in BU Operations 
• Create and deliver a communications plan which builds a deep and wide understanding of OpEx across the division 
• Identify and grow potential OpEx Internal resource and evangelists. Increase the Pool of quality improvement Catalysts across KGS
• Operate as an exemplar to constructively challenge the organization to constantly improve operational capability and performance 
• Coach teams within the division on the application of OpEx.

Job Requirements

Education background

• Graduate / Post Graduate in Engineering or Management  
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from Reputed Organizations

 

Mandatory Skills

• 4+ years of overall experience in driving independent six sigma / lean transformation projects 
• Must have done Quality / Operational Excellence roles in large capacity
• Should have excellent knowledge and experience of running Lean projects
• Experience of conducting Lean Six Sigma trainings would be preferred
• Experience of building value stream maps and ability to use Lean tools / methodology
• Excellent communication skills

 

Preferred Skills

• Preferable to have driven diverse technology enabled solutions using low code / no code or script based automations 
• Executive presence 
• Good Management and employee interface 
• People management skills with demonstrated ability to build a transparent and cohesive team

Experience Level

Mid Level