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The Director, Operational Excellence, is a hands-on practitioner who supports ESCO sites in deploying the ESCO Operating System (EOS). The person in this role travels to sites to facilitate Kaizen events, take part in key EOS activities, and coach site leaders and teams to strengthen EOS adoption, practice, and results.
Site Presidents and site EOS Managers own and lead EOS deployment at their sites. This role supports them as an experienced practitioner and member of a small central EOS team. The EOS Program Lead owns program strategy and the development of EOS elements, and a peer role owns data, tools, KPIs, and monthly business reviews. This role helps sites put EOS standards into practice on the floor and brings field learning back to improve those standards.
This is a director-level individual contributor role with no direct reports. It works through influence with site leaders and teams. The initial focus is the Aerospace & Defense group, with expansion to other ESCO divisions as EOS deployment grows.
Key Responsibilities
Site Deployment Support
- Support site Presidents and EOS Managers in executing their annual EOS deployment plans toward EOS maturity certifications.
- Participate in key EOS activities during site visits, such as MDI, Kaizen events, and Gemba Walks, and provide sites with direct feedback to enhance adoption and practice.
- Help sites put EOS elements into practice, including MDI, Gemba Walks, KPI management, action management, P&R, structured problem solving, and leader standard work.
- Provide sites with continued support to improve EOS adoption, sustainment, and results.
Kaizen and Improvement Events
- Plan and facilitate Kaizen events with site teams: scoping and chartering with site leadership, pre-event data collection, team training, current state analysis, implementation on the floor, report-out, and 30/60/90-day follow-up.
- Help sites build and manage their CI pipeline so events are selected based on business priorities, KPI gaps, and financial impact.
- Develop site Kaizen leaders and facilitators so sites can run events on their own and meet their annual Kaizen plan.
- Document event results and savings, and partner with site finance to validate benefits.
Coaching and Capability Building
- Deliver EOS training on site, from leadership sessions to hands-on floor training for supervisors and team members.
- Coach site leaders, supervisors, and EOS Managers on daily management, visual management, standard work, and problem solving.
- Support site EOS Managers in developing EOS champions and practitioners at their sites.
Assessment, Tracking, and Feedback
- Support EOS maturity assessments and certification readiness reviews, including site tours, interviews, and evidence review.
- Monitor deployment progress, action closure, and sustainment at supported sites, and report status to the EOS Program Lead.
- Help site leaders remove barriers, and raise issues to the EOS Program Lead when deployment is at risk.
- Bring field feedback into the EOS program: what works, what does not, and where process guides, tools, and training need to change.
- Share good practices across sites and connect site teams with each other.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field required.
- 8+ years of experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, Lean, or manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years in a hands-on deployment or practitioner role.
- Has personally facilitated 10 - 20 or more Kaizen events with documented results.
- Hands-on experience practicing and coaching tiered daily management (MDI or similar), Gemba Walks, visual management, standard work, and structured problem solving (A3, PDCA, root cause analysis).
- Experience in a company with a structured operating or business system strongly preferred. Must be a U.S. Person and able to provide appropriate documentation
- Experience supporting deployment across multiple sites preferred.
- Plant or operations leadership experience preferred. Credibility with site leaders and on the floor is essential.
- Aerospace, defense, industrial, or complex high-mix manufacturing experience preferred.
- Lean, Kaizen, or Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Must be a U.S. Person with a valid US passport with the ability to travel internationally.
Required Capabilities
- Practitioner first: comfortable on the shop floor and leading teams through hands-on change.
- Strong event facilitation, with the ability to lead mixed teams from operators to executives.
- Direct, constructive coaching of leaders at all levels, including senior leaders.
- Business acumen: connects improvement work to KPIs, EBIT, and customer commitments.
- Ability to adapt to sites at different maturity levels without lowering the standard.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Self-directed and organized; manages a multi-site schedule with limited supervision.
- High accountability for follow-through and sustainment.
Travel
Expected travel of approximately 60% to 80%, primarily domestic, with some international travel to sites in Mexico and the UK. A typical site visit runs 3 to 5 days, such as a Kaizen event week or a site support visit covering MDI, Gemba Walks, and other EOS activities. Candidates should be based near a major airport.
Compensation Information
Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $220,000 USD (Annually)
Actual base salary offered to the hired applicant will be determined based on their work location, level, qualifications, job related skills, as well as relevant education or training experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
The Director, Operational Excellence, is a hands-on practitioner who supports ESCO sites in deploying the ESCO Operating System (EOS). The person in this role travels to sites to facilitate Kaizen events, take part in key EOS activities, and coach site leaders and teams to strengthen EOS adoption, practice, and results.
Site Presidents and site EOS Managers own and lead EOS deployment at their sites. This role supports them as an experienced practitioner and member of a small central EOS team. The EOS Program Lead owns program strategy and the development of EOS elements, and a peer role owns data, tools, KPIs, and monthly business reviews. This role helps sites put EOS standards into practice on the floor and brings field learning back to improve those standards.
This is a director-level individual contributor role with no direct reports. It works through influence with site leaders and teams. The initial focus is the Aerospace & Defense group, with expansion to other ESCO divisions as EOS deployment grows.
Key Responsibilities
Site Deployment Support
- Support site Presidents and EOS Managers in executing their annual EOS deployment plans toward EOS maturity certifications.
- Participate in key EOS activities during site visits, such as MDI, Kaizen events, and Gemba Walks, and provide sites with direct feedback to enhance adoption and practice.
- Help sites put EOS elements into practice, including MDI, Gemba Walks, KPI management, action management, P&R, structured problem solving, and leader standard work.
- Provide sites with continued support to improve EOS adoption, sustainment, and results.
Kaizen and Improvement Events
- Plan and facilitate Kaizen events with site teams: scoping and chartering with site leadership, pre-event data collection, team training, current state analysis, implementation on the floor, report-out, and 30/60/90-day follow-up.
- Help sites build and manage their CI pipeline so events are selected based on business priorities, KPI gaps, and financial impact.
- Develop site Kaizen leaders and facilitators so sites can run events on their own and meet their annual Kaizen plan.
- Document event results and savings, and partner with site finance to validate benefits.
Coaching and Capability Building
- Deliver EOS training on site, from leadership sessions to hands-on floor training for supervisors and team members.
- Coach site leaders, supervisors, and EOS Managers on daily management, visual management, standard work, and problem solving.
- Support site EOS Managers in developing EOS champions and practitioners at their sites.
Assessment, Tracking, and Feedback
- Support EOS maturity assessments and certification readiness reviews, including site tours, interviews, and evidence review.
- Monitor deployment progress, action closure, and sustainment at supported sites, and report status to the EOS Program Lead.
- Help site leaders remove barriers, and raise issues to the EOS Program Lead when deployment is at risk.
- Bring field feedback into the EOS program: what works, what does not, and where process guides, tools, and training need to change.
- Share good practices across sites and connect site teams with each other.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field required.
- 8+ years of experience in operational excellence, continuous improvement, Lean, or manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years in a hands-on deployment or practitioner role.
- Has personally facilitated 10 - 20 or more Kaizen events with documented results.
- Hands-on experience practicing and coaching tiered daily management (MDI or similar), Gemba Walks, visual management, standard work, and structured problem solving (A3, PDCA, root cause analysis).
- Experience in a company with a structured operating or business system strongly preferred. Must be a U.S. Person and able to provide appropriate documentation
- Experience supporting deployment across multiple sites preferred.
- Plant or operations leadership experience preferred. Credibility with site leaders and on the floor is essential.
- Aerospace, defense, industrial, or complex high-mix manufacturing experience preferred.
- Lean, Kaizen, or Six Sigma certification preferred.
- Must be a U.S. Person with a valid US passport with the ability to travel internationally.
Required Capabilities
- Practitioner first: comfortable on the shop floor and leading teams through hands-on change.
- Strong event facilitation, with the ability to lead mixed teams from operators to executives.
- Direct, constructive coaching of leaders at all levels, including senior leaders.
- Business acumen: connects improvement work to KPIs, EBIT, and customer commitments.
- Ability to adapt to sites at different maturity levels without lowering the standard.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Self-directed and organized; manages a multi-site schedule with limited supervision.
- High accountability for follow-through and sustainment.
Travel
Expected travel of approximately 60% to 80%, primarily domestic, with some international travel to sites in Mexico and the UK. A typical site visit runs 3 to 5 days, such as a Kaizen event week or a site support visit covering MDI, Gemba Walks, and other EOS activities. Candidates should be based near a major airport.
Compensation Information
Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $220,000 USD (Annually)
Actual base salary offered to the hired applicant will be determined based on their work location, level, qualifications, job related skills, as well as relevant education or training experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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Who's Hiring
- Augmentis28A
- SPARTECH1
- DLL1
- ISS World1
- Intellivo1
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote operational excellence consultant jobs.
- Lean or Six Sigma certification at Green Belt or Black Belt level
- Experience leading cross-functional process improvement projects end to end
- Proficiency with process mapping tools such as Visio or Lucidchart
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, operations management, or a related field
- Ability to analyze operational data using Excel, Minitab, or similar tools
- Strong facilitation skills for running Kaizen events and workshops
Tips for Your Remote Operational Excellence Consultant Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
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Show async project management in your resume
Remote employers want proof you can drive improvement initiatives without in-person check-ins. Highlight projects where you coordinated cross-functional stakeholders through written updates, virtual workshops, or tools like Confluence and Asana.
Demonstrate remote facilitation skills upfront
Kaizen events, value-stream mapping sessions, and process audits all happen over video in remote roles. Name the virtual facilitation tools you've used, Miro, Lucidspark, or similar, and describe how you've adapted workshops for distributed teams.
Prepare a data-driven results portfolio
Remote operational excellence consultants are often evaluated on past outcomes rather than presence. Build a one-page or slide-based portfolio showing cycle time reductions, defect rates, or cost savings you've delivered, with enough context for a hiring manager reviewing it without you in the room.
Remote Operational Excellence Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote operational excellence consultant job?
Target companies with distributed operations teams, often in healthcare, logistics, tech, and financial services, that run lean improvement programs without co-located staff. Remote employers screen for self-direction, strong written communication, and fluency with async collaboration tools like Slack, Confluence, and project-tracking software. Certifications like Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt sharpen your candidacy, but demonstrable results from past process improvement work carry the most weight.
Which companies hire remote operational excellence consultants?
Remote operational excellence consultant roles are posted by Augmentis, SPARTECH, and DLL and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These include remote-first firms and distributed enterprises across healthcare, financial services, and technology that run continuous improvement programs without requiring consultants to be on-site.
Can you get a remote operational excellence consultant job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry roles are harder to land because you're expected to manage projects and stakeholders independently from day one. Smaller remote-first companies and startups building out their ops functions are more open to junior candidates. Showing a completed process improvement project, a Lean or Six Sigma certification, and clear examples of async communication and self-managed work can open doors even without formal consulting experience.
Do you need a degree for remote operational excellence consultant jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers prioritize demonstrated results, methodology certifications like Lean Six Sigma or PMP, and evidence of successful process improvement work over a specific degree. A business, engineering, or operations-related degree helps and may be listed as preferred, but candidates who can show measurable outcomes from past projects and strong remote-work habits are seriously considered regardless of educational background.
Which industries hire the most remote operational excellence consultants?
Remote operational excellence consultant roles concentrate in Retail, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed teams managing complex workflows across multiple sites or time zones, making remote operational excellence consultants a practical fit.
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