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Associate Director, Lean Transformation/Continuous Improvement (Business Consulting)

at Merck

📍 7 Locations Hybrid 💰 $129K – $203K USD / year Posted April 04, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $129K – $203K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Bachelor's Degree in a related field (engineering, business, supply chain, sciences)
Category Consulting & Advisory

About this role

Associate Director, Lean Transformation leads global continuous improvement initiatives, coaching leaders and driving end-to-end process improvements across manufacturing programs and labs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with business leaders to develop improvement plans
  • Coach Lean Leaders and develop talent
  • Apply Lean tools to diagnose and improve processes
  • Manage projects and risks
  • Visualize and monitor performance with digital tools

Technical Overview

Hands-on Lean methodology with TPS familiarity; experience in vaccines/pharma environments; data-enabled improvement using MS Excel, Minitab, and Power BI; strong coaching and consulting capabilities.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a seasoned management consultant with deep Lean transformation experience, capable of coaching leaders, driving end-to-end process improvements, and delivering measurable results across vaccine manufacturing environments.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's Degree in a related field (engineeringbusinesssupply chainsciences)Experience analyzing complex processes or end-to-end supply chains and driving timely process improvementHands-on application of Lean tools and techniques (standardized workproblem solvingvalue stream mappingmistake proofingSMED5S-Visual Factory)Experience applying consultative skills and influencing senior leaders to drive changeProject management experienceCoaching/Teaching experience to transfer lean methods

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience in vaccines or sterile pharmaceutical environmentTPS (Toyota Production System) knowledgeIT applications to organize/analyze data (MS-AccessMS-ExcelMinitabPowerBI)

Tools & Platforms

MS AccessMS ExcelMinitabPowerBI

Required Skills

Lean toolsvalue stream mappingSMED5S-Visual Factoryproblem solvingcoachingproject managementMS ExcelMinitabPower BI

Hard Skills

Lean toolsValue stream mappingSMED5S-Visual FactoryScientific problem solvingVisual FactoryMS-AccessMS-ExcelMinitabPowerBIProject ManagementChange ManagementData analysis

Soft Skills

Consultative skillsInfluence decision makingInteracting with all levels of the businessCoaching and teaching

Certifications

Preferred

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Industry & Role

Industry Pharmaceuticals
Job Function Lead lean transformation and continuous improvement across global production systems
Role Subtype Management consultant
Tech Domains Power BI, Tableau

Keywords for Your Resume

lean transformationcontinuous improvementbusiness consultinggembaon-sitetravellean toolsvalue stream mappingsmED5S-Visual Factorydata analysispowerbiminitabms excelms accesscoachingleadershipchange managementproject managementSMEDMS ExcelPower BIMinitabLeanTPS

Deal Breakers

Bachelor's degree required, Experience in vaccines or sterile pharma environment (preferred)

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