About the Opportunity
The GFGO Operational Improvement and Performance team is a diverse, inclusive group passionate about innovation, change, and continuous improvement at Ericsson. We foster a speak-up culture where every idea matters and focus on simplification to enhance the Employee Experience.
We’ve launched a global operational simplification program to empower employees in driving change. By building a company-wide improvement culture, we support individuals with Lean Six Sigma expertise—recognized as a critical Ericsson skill. The Lean Six Sigma Chapter is the engine that enables success of improvement initiatives by leveraging the broad community of competent drivers, and its “in-house” competences.
As an Improvement and Performance Manager, you’ll apply data-driven problem-solving to identify and implement improvements across operations and processes. You’ll contribute to strategic initiatives, coach global simplification drivers, and leverage data analytics & visualization as well as AI to deliver impactful results.
This is a highly visible role, as this is an executive-level priority in driving employee experience through simplification which generates significant, visible and recognized impact.
What Will You Do
• Execute simplification projects/programs across Ericsson, delivering a significant impact and fantastic experience to our employees and customers.
• Contribute to a robust engagement model for the Lean Six Sigma Chapter to ensure borderless collaboration and seamless expert engagement.
• Mobilize people within the Chapter to boost simplification execution speed and success.
• Increase fact-based decision-making using process mining tools and deliver measurable value.
• Perform high-quality analysis and deep dives into core processes and systems.
• Validate simplification initiatives, assess financial and operational impact, and coach drivers.
• Partner with other units to scale initiatives through Lean Six Sigma Toolbox competence-building.
• Provide AI-driven analytical solutions for the LSS community beyond legacy tools.
• Build problem-solving competence across the company.
• Translate business needs into solutions that reduce waste and lead time.
The Skill You Will Bring
• A degree in Business Administration, IT, Engineering or equivalent; Data Science/Statistics is a plus.
• Lean Green/Black Belt Certificate or active progress toward certification.
• Proven track record of simplification outcomes in the past 12–18 months.
• Strong skills in analytics, data modelling, and Power Platforms.
• Experience in high-performance, cross-functional (especially virtual) teams.
• Strong collaboration, self-motivation, and ability to inspire others.
• Comfort with ambiguity and strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and expressive thought leadership.
Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply?
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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Stockholm
Req ID: 769345