Regional Lean Leader

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Date: May 21, 2026

Location: Hong Kong, CN, NA Tianjin, CN, 300457 Shanghai, CN, 200042

Company: Dentsply Sirona, Inc

Requistion ID: 83160 
 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with over a century of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands.

 

Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality, and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dental care. Dentsply Sirona’s headquarter is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY. Visit www.dentsplysirona.com for more information about Dentsply Sirona and its products.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the implementation and standardization of the Lean Enterprise System (LES) across assigned locations.
  • Work closely with Site Leaders and site OpEx/CI representatives to assess current state, build a Lean roadmap, and execute to sustainment.
  • Build Lean capability through training, coaching, and mentoring (leaders, engineers, supervisors, and Lean Ambassadors).
  • Facilitate and coach kaizen events and structured problem-solving to improve SQDICP results.
  • Establish and track KPIs; create transparent governance for the CI/kaizen funnel and sustainment.
  • Drive cross-site best practice sharing and replication through communities of practice and standard toolkits.
  • Partner with Finance and site leadership to validate savings and ensure benefits are sustained.
  • Ensure improvements align with medical device regulatory/quality expectations and internal change control requirements.

 

Competencies and Key Skills and Experience

Typical Background

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or related; advanced degree preferred.
  • Experience: 8+ years in manufacturing CI/OpEx; multi-site support experience preferred.
  • Certifications: Lean and/or Six Sigma (Green Belt/Black Belt preferred).
  • Travel: 40–50%.

Key Leadership Behaviors

  • Leads through influence; coaches rather than directs.
  • Strong facilitator and teacher; develops internal Lean talent.
  • Data-driven, structured problem solver with bias for sustainment.
  • Communicates effectively across levels and functions; builds community and shared standards.
  • Champions safety, quality, and compliance in a regulated environment.    

 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer: Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without unlawful discrimination or regard for race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual or gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable local law.

Eligibility: All successful applicants must be eligible to work in the country the position is based.

Assistance: If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to accommodationrequest@dentsplysirona.com.

Agencies: Please note that Dentsply Sirona does not accept or respond to unsolicited requests or applications submitted by Recruitment Agencies/ Search Firms.

Notice on Fraudulent Job Offers: Unfortunately, we are aware of third parties that pretend to represent our company offering unauthorized employment opportunities. If you think a fraudulent source is offering you a job, please have a look at the following information: careers.dentsplysirona.com.