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Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.\nTheSenior Director Lean Excellence is an enterprise leader that combines enterprise Lean architecture with functional Lean leadership. This leader serves as the accountable leader for nVent’s Lean strategy, governance, capability build, organization design, and career path across Integrated Supply Chain and related functions.\nBeyond traditional Lean deployment, this leader will establish the operating cadence that connects strategy to execution, from enterprise objectives to frontline performance management. The role will ensure that every level of the organization has clear priorities, standard management routines, actionable key performance indicators, and problem-solving processes that drive measurable business results.\nThis is a highly influential enterprise leadership role focused on creating the Lean functional model, management system, leadership behaviors, performance visibility, and operating rigor necessary to accelerate growth, improve customer outcomes, expand margins, and generate cash. The successful candidate will operate as a strategic partner to the VP Operational Excellence, trusted advisor to the CSCO, and functional leader for the Lean organization. They will be an executive coach to senior leaders, and enterprise-wide catalyst for performance transformation.\nWHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:\nLead the Lean Function and Operating Model\nOwn the enterprise Lean functional strategy, governance model, standards, and deployment roadmap.\nCreate a scalable Lean organization design that clarifies roles, responsibilities, decision rights, resource allocation, and operating cadence across enterprise, region, segment, site, and functional levels.\nEstablish the Lean career path, role charters, success profiles, competency expectations, and progression criteria for Lean practitioners and leaders.\nPartner with HR, Talent Development, and leaders across ISC to build a sustainable Lean talent pipeline and succession approach.\nProvide functional leadership to Lean leaders through direct, matrixed, and community-of-practice mechanisms.\nServe as enterprise owner for Lean performance measurement and ISC performance management architecture in partnership with the VP Operational Excellence.\nLead deployment of the ISC and OpEx strategy through a focused Lean management system.\nDesign and Deploy the ISC Management Operating System\nOwn the design, deployment, and maturation of the enterprise supply chain management operating system.\nEstablish the ISC operating system that links strategy, execution, problem solving, and accountability.\nBuild tiered management systems that create visibility and accountability at the point of impact.\nDevelop standard escalation processes for operational abnormalities.\nBuild Enterprise Lean Capability\nDevelop Lean leadership capability throughout the supply chain and functional organizations.\nCreate and govern Lean training, coaching, certification, and application standards in partnership with HR and Talent Development.\nCoach senior leaders, Lean leaders, and functional partners on Lean behaviors, problem solving, Gemba leadership, Leader Standard Work, and daily management.\nBuild communities of practice and knowledge-sharing mechanisms to scale standard processes across sites and functions.\nEnsure capability-building is tied to measurable maturity, value realization, and talent outcomes.\nAccelerate Business Performance Through Lean Transformation\nUse Lean principles as the foundation for improving flow, responsiveness, productivity, quality, safety, customer delivery, inventory, and cash.\nIdentify systemic barriers to performance.\nLead enterprise-level value stream assessments.\nCoach teams to solve root causes rather than symptoms.\nSupport critical business performance turnarounds.\nEnsure Lean principles are embedded into planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, quality, engineering, EHS, digital, and support functions.\nDrive standardization, simplification, and waste elimination.\nEnterprise Performance Diagnostics\nServe as an independent advisor to the VP Operational Excellence and CSCO on organizational health, Lean maturity, and operational performance.\nAssess operational performance and management system maturity.\nProvide objective recommendations on priorities, resource allocation, and corrective actions.\nYOU HAVE:\nBachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management or comparable required; MBA preferred.\n15+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, supply chain, operations, Lean, and/or operational excellence.\nProven experience building enterprise operating systems, Lean management systems, and functional governance models.\nDemonstrated success leading large-scale Lean transformations across complex, global manufacturing environments.\nExperience designing organization structures, role charters, career paths, competency models, and capability-building programs.\nExperience leading and influencing Lean professionals through direct and matrixed models.\nExperience deploying key performance initiative systems, Lean maturity models, and executive performance dashboards.\nStrong background in strategy deployment, organizational change, and leadership development.\nIdeally, Lean Master Black Belt.\nExpertise in Hoshin Kanri, Leader Standard Work, Daily Management Systems, Kaizen, Value Stream Transformation, and Lean capability development preferred.\nStrong financial acumen with ability to connect operational performance to margin, cash, growth, and productivity outcomes.\nWE HAVE:\nA dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day\nnVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.\n\nOur principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.\n\nCommitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work\nWe encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide\n\nThrough our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money\n\nCore values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:\nInnovative & adaptable\n\nDedicated to absolute integrity\n\nFocused on the customer first\n\nRespectful and team oriented\n\nOptimistic and energizing\n\nAccountable for performance\n\nBenefits to support the lives of our employees\n\nPay Transparency\nnVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.\nCompensation Range:\n$204,400.00 - $304,000.00Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.\nBenefit Overview\nAt nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. 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