Envista Director, EBSO (Hybrid-Brea CA)

EBSO Director

The EBS office is critical to drive a culture of continuous improvement and accelerate company growth and profitability. The EBS office is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Envista Business System and enabling a problem-solving culture that drives improved performance to deliver results.

The EBSO Director is responsible for working with our Global Team of EBS Fundamental and Lean Practitioners (Corporate Directors) promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of the Envista Business System at Envista companies, allowing those sites to meet their Policy Deployment and Key Performance Indicator targets.

The EBSO Director helps to create EBS Sustainability both broadly across Envista and in a targeted fashion at priority OpCos / Sites. This position reports to the Vice President of EBSO Team. The role is a hybrid position in the Brea office 3-4 days / week and working from home 1-2 days / week.

Primary duties and responsibilities include : championing the implementation and evolution of the Envista Business System across North American teams, embedding continuous improvement as a cultural norm; partnering with operating companies and functional leaders to identify, prioritize, and execute high-impact improvement initiatives aligned with strategic goals; facilitating kaizen events, workshops, and training sessions to build EBS capabilities and drive measurable performance improvements; serving as a subject matter expert and coach for EBS tools and methodologies, including Lean, Innovation, and Growth frameworks; leading cross-functional problem-solving efforts to address operational inefficiencies and unlock growth opportunities; collaborating with global EBS leaders to ensure consistency in deployment and alignment with enterprise-wide priorities and tools; monitoring and reporting on key performance indicators to assess the impact of EBS initiatives and inform continuous refinement; facilitating other EBS training sessions while continuing to evolve the EBS tool set; driving the evolution of the EBS toolkit while evaluating and approving candidates for CP and ACP; supporting the development and certification of EBS Leaders and other change agents within the region; promoting a mindset of accountability, ownership, and excellence through daily management systems and visual performance tracking; acting as a cultural ambassador for EBS, fostering an inclusive environment that encourages diverse perspectives and innovation; and promoting and facilitating associate development in EBS fundamentals, lean, and growth as needed.

Competencies for success include : teamwork, results orientation, technical excellence, communication, followership and leadership.

Job requirements include : a bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or relevant fields; 7+ years of experience in managing and leading continuous improvement efforts across various functions or an associate's degree and 10+ years of experience in managing and leading continuous improvement efforts across various functions; extensive experience and knowledge of driving cross-functional improvements using EBS or other continuous improvement tools; and ability to travel 40% domestically and globally depending on the project.

Preferred qualifications include : a master's degree; experience in Lean processes and principles, ideally in a structured lean setting; ability to work independently; excellent and influential interpersonal and communication skills across functions and levels of the organization; ability to manage up and across the organization; demonstrated ability to think strategically and view the business from a general management standpoint; and certification in some EBS tools (internal candidates) preferred.