Position Location: This role supports our Buffalo Grove, IL branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Chicago, IL area.
The
Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation Engineer is responsible for identifying, leading, and implementing business process improvements, digital transformation initiatives, and data-driven solutions that enhance organizational effectiveness, visibility, and productivity. The role partners with cross-functional stakeholders across Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, Human Resources, Engineering, and Administrative functions to streamline workflows, eliminate non-value-added activities, improve data accessibility, and automate manual processes.
This position acts as a change agent, combining process improvement methodologies, project management principles, business intelligence, and digital technologies to modernize organizational processes and improve employee experience and operational performance.
As a Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation Engineer, you will: - Business Process Improvement
- Analyze and optimize administrative and business processes across multiple departments.
- Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and opportunities for standardization.
- Facilitate process mapping workshops and improvement initiatives.
- Develop and maintain standardized workflows, procedures, and documentation.
- Measure and report process performance improvements using KPIs and dashboards.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to simplify and improve cross-functional processes.
- Digital Transformation & Automation
- Lead initiatives to digitize and automate manual, paper-based, and spreadsheet-driven processes.
- Develop solutions utilizing Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, Forms, and other Microsoft technologies.
- Identify opportunities to leverage low-code and no-code technologies.
- Support implementation of AI-enabled tools and digital workplace solutions.
- Drive adoption and sustainment of new technologies across the organization.
- Business Intelligence & Analytics
- Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and reporting solutions.
- Transform business requirements into meaningful analytics and visualizations.
- Analyze operational and administrative data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Establish data governance and reporting standards.
- Support leadership decision-making through actionable insights and reporting.
- Project Management & Change Leadership
- Lead multiple cross-functional improvement and digital transformation projects simultaneously.
- Develop project charters, business cases, timelines, risk assessments, and implementation plans.
- Facilitate stakeholder alignment and project governance activities.
- Manage project scope, schedules, risks, and resource requirements.
- Drive organizational change management and user adoption strategies.
- Agile Project Execution
- Apply Agile and Scrum methodologies to digital transformation projects.
- Facilitate sprint planning, backlog management, retrospectives, and project reviews as appropriate.
- Coordinate activities between business stakeholders, IT resources, and project teams.
- Promote iterative delivery and continuous improvement practices.
You will make an impact with these qualifications: Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Business Analytics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in business process improvement, digital transformation, project management, business intelligence, or operational excellence.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and organizational improvement initiatives.
- Experience developing dashboards, reports, and data-driven solutions.
- Experience implementing workflow automation or digital business solutions.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with Power BI and data analysis tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Digital Transformation
- Experience with:
- Power BI
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- SharePoint
- Microsoft Forms
- SQL and database concepts
- AI-powered productivity tools
- Project Management
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
- Knowledge of project management frameworks and governance.
- Familiarity with:
- Agile methodologies
- Scrum framework
- Kanban
- Waterfall project management
- Change management principles
- PMP, CAPM, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or equivalent certification preferred.
- Business Process Improvement
- Process mapping and workflow design.
- Business process reengineering.
- Continuous Improvement methodologies.
- Root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques.
- KPI development and performance measurement.
- Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
- Dashboard development and data visualization.
- Data modeling and reporting.
- Advanced Excel and analytics capabilities.
- Data governance and reporting standardization.
- Leadership & Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and collaboration abilities.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Self-motivated with a continuous learning mindset.
- Strong change management and organizational development skills.
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You'll Benefit From Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $69,571 - $119,264 annually. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
