Kaizen Leader

Adi Development Group is one of Canada’s leading, most innovative real estate development, construction management and investment companies. With over 4000 units and $3Billion of built value under development throughout the GTHA, We are on an insurgent mission to re-invent the customer experience and to deliver homes faster, better and more cost effectively to our customers. As an Adian you will have the opportunity to shape communities and create lasting landmarks that will be admired for generations. The life-defining work you will do with Adi will directly impact and positively change the lives of our customers and communities we serve. We champion ownership and encourage all of our team members to think and act like owners. Adi is committed to not only develop buildings, but to developing the leaders of tomorrow.

Successful Adians care deeply about their work and commit to continuously learn and develop in their field. Adians think about how every decision they make will impact our customers and go the extra mile to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Our most successful Adians work with a bias toward action. They value experimentation and trying new ways of working to ensure we deliver results to our customers.

Adians offer support to our teammates before being asked. We help each other improve through candid, constructive feedback and empower each other to perform. It does not matter if you are a new or seasoned Adian. We welcome diverse perspectives and encourage each other to speak up. Successful Adians challenge each others’ thinking through respectful and thoughtful debate. When we reach a decision, we commit and move forward together. We are a team. We face adversity together. We learn together. We win together.

• Provide leadership, training and mentoring across the Organization regarding the proper application of AMS (Adi Management System) Lean Enterprise principles.
• Drive the cultural change and discipline necessary to create and sustain a successful continuous improvement culture.
• Partner with business leadership in all functional groups to assess current processes and identify process improvement opportunities
• Manage the AMS 2nd Level X-Matrix to build the transformation roadmap for selecting, scoping and completing Lean initiatives
• Plan and assist in the execution of 8-Step Problem Solving and Kaizen events that deliver significant and quantifiable process improvements across the organization
• Develop and support effective communication methods to help employees learn, understand, adjust and grow with the Organization’s Lean Enterprise transformation
• Manage the AMS Assessment (Scorecard) and implementation action plan across the organization.

• Engineering degree, preferably Civil, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
• 10+ years of professional experience in construction or manufacturing preferably as an Industrial Engineer or in the continuous improvement function.
• Demonstrated experience leading a Lean implementation in a single large site or multi-site environment as well as deploying Lean in an office or business process environment
• Formal Lean training and extensive experience starting at Goal Deployment, 8 - Step Problem Solving, value stream mapping, process mapping, running Kaizen events, other key Lean techniques.
• Facilitating the cascading of goals throughout the organization, ensuring alignment at all levels.
• Experience training teams on the development and maintenance of standard work and leader standard work
• Ability to lead Takt Planning projects from initiation to completion, including project planning, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Experience developing and implement training programs focused on lean continuous improvement methodologies

• Learning & Development Reimbursement: Adi encourages team members to never stop learning and continuously improve. We provide Adians with tuition and education reimbursements to support team members in their development.

• Competitive Paid Time Off: Team members are provided with 15 days of Vacation, 5 paid Wellness Days and 3 paid Sick Days annually.

• Competitive Salaries: Adi regularly conducts compensation market reviews to ensure our total compensation package remains competitive.

• Employee Home Ownership Program: Adians have the opportunity to live in the beautiful communities we create through our Employee Home Ownership Program. Eligible team members will receive a % discount off the total purchase price.

• Comprehensive Benefits Plan: Adi provides all full-time team members and dependents with employer-paid benefits coverage for dental, prescriptions, vision care, paramedical practitioners, life insurance and more.

• Flexible Health, Lifestyle & Wellness Personal Spending Account: Annual health, lifestyle & wellness spending accounts that can be used for fitness classes, gym memberships, family & pet needs, additional health benefits and more

• Dedicated Online Mental Health Partner: We understand how important mental wellbeing is for our employees, which is why we have partnered with an online therapy provider that employees can access 24/7.