Lead, Continuous Improvement - Multiple Teams

Job Title: Lead, Continuous Improvement (Business Resiliency, Site Communications, & Engagement)

Job Code: 46450

Job Location: Canoga Park, CA

Job Schedule: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3 Harris Missile Solutions in Canoga Park is seeking a proactive, results-driven professional to join our Canoga Park Operations and site leadership team. This role will focus on process improvement, business resiliency, site and functional initiatives, and drive engagement activities. This individual contributor role will partner across operations, functional teams, and site leadership to improve business processes, enhance organizational readiness and continuity, roll out site communications, and drive initiatives that strengthen employee connection and site culture.

The position will be responsible for driving transformational and process improvement initiatives across Operations and the site. You will lead efforts to identify inefficiencies, develop strategies for improvement, and implement changes that enhance productivity, quality, cost savings, and overall performance.

This role reports to the Canoga Park Site Operations Director.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the development, execution and adoption of the LHX Operational Excellence (OpEx) framework, including maturity models, assessments, and benchmarking tools 
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, VSM (value stream mapping) and Kaizen events to promote continuous improvement practices.
• Support and drive site-level and cross-functional process improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, standardization, compliance, and operational effectiveness
• Develop, maintain, and improve process documentation, standard work, visual management tools, metrics, and reporting.
• Support business resiliency / business continuity planning by partnering with functional owners to identify critical processes, dependencies, recovery priorities, and operational risks.
• Assist in development, maintenance, and periodic review of site or function-level resiliency, continuity, and preparedness plans.
• Coordinate and support preparedness activities such as risk reviews, tabletop exercises, lessons learned sessions, and action closure tracking.
• Support site leadership in execution of site activities, including audits, engagement, communication focal, site council, employee events, communication forums, recognition efforts, culture-building activities, and community/volunteer engagement.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related continuous improvement experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related continuous improvement experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related continuous improvement experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: process improvement, site operations, business continuity/resiliency, project coordination, employee engagement, internal communications, or operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or coordinate initiatives across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
• Experience in a manufacturing, operations, aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated environment.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or root cause corrective action.
• Experience supporting business continuity, emergency preparedness, crisis response, or operational risk management activities.
• Experience developing dashboards, metrics, and executive-level briefing materials.
• Experience planning and executing employee engagement, culture, or site communications initiatives.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Active security clearance

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $105,500 - $196,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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