Business Process Engineer

Akima is an Alaska Native Corporation that provides comprehensive supply, transportation, and maintenance services. The Business Process Engineer is responsible for analyzing and improving the ATCS Candidate Clearance Process, leading initiatives to enhance performance and productivity, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement effective solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Drive a culture of customer focus, data-driven decision-making, ownership of processes and operational metrics and continuous improvement, formulating guidelines which promote leadership and collaboration
• Lead workshops and kaizen events to bring together cross-functional teams to identify, scope, and prioritize project opportunities that achieve targeted performance improvement(s)
• Engage champions, process owners, team members and stakeholders to deliver performance improvement using Lean Six Sigma tools, methods and concepts, while providing leadership and advice on these technical areas
• Lead and manage critical operational excellence projects and initiatives
• Track and monitor project to ensure on-time completion
• Utilize Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements
• Mentor and train team members in continuous improvement methods
• Facilitate and support project teams by leading them through the operations-execution (Op-Ex) process, gathering required data, executing analyses, identifying issues, and recommending solutions
• Review work with the project champion and senior leadership as the project progresses
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional leaders, vendors, and employees at all levels
• Lead and support continuous improvement efforts across seven key Value Streams
• Evaluate, document, design, manage, and monitor end-to-end processes and underlying systems using Lean principles
• Drive the transition from process improvement to implementation, ensuring long-term sustainability of changes
• Utilize project management and organizational change management (OCM) skills to support implementation success
• Work cross-functionally with Business and Technology teams to design future-state processes
• Present insights and recommendations clearly to internal and external stakeholders

Requirements:

• The candidate must possess, at minimum, a bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering or equivalent/relevant field
• At least 7 years of direct experience in a process improvement role, engaged in facilitating teams and providing project analysis
• Completion of at least 5 DMAIC projects through a project management approach that includes planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives
• Hands-on experience in continuous improvement implementation, and Value Stream Mapping
• Proven leadership ability in engaging large cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills by successfully identifying and resolving issues, resulting in improvements and project efficiency
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate solutions to stakeholders, completing the change management processes
• Experience leading Lean Six Sigma DMAIC projects and/or programs to deliver business results which may include cost reduction, cash flow improvement, revenue enhancement, defect reduction, end-to-end process transformation and execution of business strategies
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification required
• Master's degree preferred
• Functional understanding of Agile methodology is preferred
• Experience with platform migrations is preferred
• Business Process Engineer Certification
• Master Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred