What are the responsibilities and job description for the Consultant, Process Improvement position at Toyota?
Who we’re looking for:
The primary responsibility of this role is to align internal financial and IT processes to drive consistent outcomes through a combination of process improvement, business intelligence and low code automation.
What you’ll be doing:
Reporting to the Portfolio Enablement Manager, the person in this role will support the Digital Engineering department's objective to drive transformation across Toyota. Responsibilities will include:
- Create process documentation/workflows, knowledge articles and self-service guidance for existing portfolio management and project governance processes.
- Maintain process operational conformance to established quality standards, regulatory & contractual requirements that adhere to IT policies and processes.
- Organize and maintain visibility of project status, financial processes, contracts, roadmap/strategy and other organizational processes to management and leadership team.
- Standardize and support monthly governance process including development of business cases with SME and technology managers as well as business product owners and executives to support portfolio management.
- Support coordination of roadmap and strategy development and status visualization to the organization.
- Identify issues and risks and bring inconsistencies and problems to the attention of management with the proposed recommendation.
- Extract reports and provide a high-level analysis of data for review.
- Build presentations about the financial standing of the organization, communication regarding various processes including project governance and vendor communication.
- Develop code for automating portfolio management processes, reporting on various projects, financials and process status through dashboards including data analysis and analytics reporting.
- Independently resolve ad hoc requests and work with subject matter experts to identify the next steps and resolve the request with management buy-in.
- Analyze financial data to highlight opportunities, risks and trends in the financial health of the organization.
- Make process design and development recommendations to standardize, improve, or redesign processes to meet business needs.
What you’ll bring:
- A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Computer Science, Operations Management or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong communication and project management skills.
- Experienced in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence tools (such as Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, Looker).
- Good understanding of business functions, workflow, processes and process mapping.
- Analytical data-driven problem-solving skills.
Added bonus if you have:
- Programming experience, familiar with low-code, no-code tools
- Familiarity with middleware and SQL queries
- Familiarity with scrum and agile framework
- Prior working knowledge of SAP and Ariba
What we’ll bring:
During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect.
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement.
- Vehicle purchase & lease programs.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family.
- Flexible work options based on business needs.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, child care, schools and more.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Relocation assistance (if applicable).
To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.
This position is eligible for remote work from qualifying locations.
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