Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Excellence Program & Focused Improvement Lead
Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through a time you deployed a Lean Six Sigma or TPM framework across multiple sites globally. What did the rollout actually look like and where did it break down?
What they are checking: whether the candidate has real hands-on experience standing up a program at scale versus just being a participant in one
Tell me about a time a plant or regional leader pushed back hard on a standardized process you were trying to drive globally. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: stakeholder influence skill when the candidate has no direct authority over the people they need to move
Tell me about a program you ran that required real coordination with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Finance, and Procurement at the same time. What was the hardest part of keeping everyone aligned?
What they are checking: cross-functional program management experience at the scope this role demands
Describe a time you had to build capability in a site or regional team that was resistant to coaching or didn't see the value in continuous improvement work.
What they are checking: coaching and mentoring skill with teams that don't already buy in
Tell me about your plant leadership background. What was the toughest operational turnaround you personally led, and what did you learn about your own leadership from it?
What they are checking: whether the 20+ years of manufacturing leadership and plant P&L experience is substantive
What would you do
Say you find that a site has been reporting strong OEE numbers but your own diagnostic shows the data doesn't hold up. What do you do next?
What they are checking: how they handle data integrity issues and compliance monitoring without just escalating or ignoring it
If a global steering committee wants a faster rollout timeline than you believe is realistic given site readiness, how do you push back or find a middle ground?
What they are checking: ability to influence upward and manage program risk under executive pressure
How do you decide what to standardize globally versus what should stay flexible for local site conditions?
What they are checking: judgment on balancing global consistency against operational reality, a core tension in the role
About the work
How would you design a maturity assessment model for IL6S that works fairly across sites with very different starting points, like a plant in Eastern Europe versus a mature site in North America?
What they are checking: depth of practical knowledge of IL6S methodology and ability to build tools that hold up across diverse operating conditions
What's your experience with TPM pillars specifically, and can you give an example where autonomous maintenance or planned maintenance work directly moved a productivity or waste number?
What they are checking: whether TPM knowledge is theoretical or grounded in actual shop floor results
How have you used digital tools, analytics, or IoT to support continuous improvement work on the plant floor, and what was the actual adoption like once you left?
What they are checking: whether digital transformation experience translates into sustained use, not just a pilot that faded
You're asked to identify the two or three biggest program-level risks in an IL6S deployment across regions. What would you actually flag and how would you mitigate them?
What they are checking: strategic risk-sensing at a global program level, not just plant-level problem solving
What KPIs would you put in front of leadership to prove this program is actually working, and how would you defend them if someone challenged whether the numbers reflect real change on the floor?
What they are checking: understanding of performance management and whether they can connect metrics to genuine operational impact rather than vanity numbers
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