Lean managers plan and manage lean programs in different business units of an organisation. They drive and coordinate continuous improvements projects aimed at achieving manufacturing efficiency, optimise workforce productivity, generate business innovation and realise transformational changes impacting on operations and business processes, and report on results and progresses to the company management. They contribute to the creation of a continuous improvement culture within the company, and they are responsible for developing and training a team of lean experts.

Tasks

(a) Assisting and encouraging the development of objectives, strategies and plans aimed at achieving customer satisfaction and the efficient use of organizations’ resources;
(b) Analysing and evaluating current systems and structures;
(c) Discussing current systems with staff and observing systems at all levels of organization;
(d) Directing clients towards more efficient organization and developing solutions to organizational problems;
(e) Undertaking and reviewing work studies by analysing existing and proposed methods and procedures such as administrative and clerical procedures;
(f) Recording and analysing organizations’ workflow charts, records, reports, manuals and job descriptions;
(g) Preparing and recommending proposals to revise methods and procedures, alter work flows, redefine job functions and resolve organizational problems;
(h) Assisting in implementing approved recommendations, issuing revised instructions and procedure manuals, and drafting other documentation;
(i) Reviewing operating procedures and advising of departures from procedures and standards.