Senior Productivity Specialist - Technical Assistance Services Unit (GMG/SEG 4)

The Jamaica Productivity Centre seeks to fill the following position: Senior Productivity Specialist - Technical Assistance Services Unit (GMG/SEG 4)

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The JPC is a tripartite national productivity organization mandated to promote and facilitate productivity improvement at the national, industry and firm levels. We are recruiting highly motivated; goal oriented, suitably qualified and experienced professional men and women to join our team.

 

Job Summary
The successful candidate will be responsible for the adoption of productivity measurement and management systems aimed at enhancing business excellence.

 

The incumbent will undertake productivity diagnosis, design action plans for productivity improvement, assist in implementing action plans, conduct impact assessment and sustain productivity improvement in private and public sectors.

 

Required Qualification, Knowledge and Experience

• Post-Graduate Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical), Economics (with econometrics and statistics), Business management (including Operations Research), or suitable combination of related disciplines 
• At least 5 years relevant experience at the management level with emphasis on production, development, training and strategic planning 
• Industry and firm-level productivity auditing, analysis and benchmarking for improved performance 
• Experience in applying productivity improvement tools (e.g., business process mapping, re-engineering, change management, Toyota production systems, TQM, 5S, six sigma, work sampling, benchmarking, statistical process control, etc) to profit and non-profit organizations.

 

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem solving skills 
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing 
• A results-oriented approach to development which is proactive and creative 
• Working knowledge of performance related compensation schemes 
• Demonstrate good time management, interpersonal and networking skills 
• Sound knowledge in developing educational materials and conduct adult training programs 
• Be proficient in the use of Windows Office Suite and database applications. 
• Superior attitude - flexible and willing to undertake a wide variety of non-routine tasks

 

Applications with resumes should be sent by April 29, 2016 to:
The Executive Director
Jamaica Productivity Centre
12th Floor Air Jamaica Building,
72 Harbour Street, Kingston
jpc@cwjamaica.com