Lean Six Sigma Coach* at 3M in Maplewood, Minnesota

Job Description:

Job Description:

Lean Six Sigma Coach

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

 “3M’s culture is driven by curious, spirited and collaborative people who are constantly asking ‘What if?’ And the many talents of 3Mers around the globe have me incredibly excited about what’s to come next.” – Kristen Ludgate, EVP and Chief HR Officer

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Lean Six Sigma Coach, you will play a significant role in 3M’s Lean transformational efforts through engaging with leaders on some of 3M’s biggest opportunities. This includes the integration of proven Lean and other continuous improvement methodologies to achieve efficient and effective business results. This individual must be able to transfer knowledge and expertise, to deliver sustainable improvements by seeing, managing, and improving end-to-end processes. As part of LSS, you will engage with a vast network of coaches and practitioners to advance lean thinking and promote an environment that the company and its team wants to do business with.

With this opportunity, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Energizing and inspiring teams to apply Lean principles that effectively drive improvement, while monitoring the effectiveness.


• Cascading expertise and create a bias for action through a variety of channels that stimulates and accelerates improvement efforts that benefit employees, shareholders, and customers.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified) from an accredited institution


• Five (5) years’ experience with coaching and training organizations with a Continuous Improvement mindset


• Three (3) years’ experience leading a Lean transformation

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Certification in Lean


• Experience in applied learning with demonstrated results


• Apply lean thinking in a range of core business processes


• Develop training solutions designed to achieve business objectives


• Deep understanding of visual design principles


• Ability to think and act like the customer


• Leadership experience in leading high performing work teams


• Effective communication and change management skills

Travel:  May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance:  Is not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.  Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.  The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

3M is an equal opportunity employer.  3M  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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