
Career Kaizen has placed more than 400 lean leaders with an average of 24 placements each year for 17 consecutive years, working all levels of positions, across the value chain, in any industry or location.

About Jim Baran
Jim’s definition of Lean is the Toyota Way – continuous improvement and respect for people.
Jim has specialized in Lean talent recruitment since 1995. His human resource leadership spans 30 years adding the wisdom of principles and perspective to the Career Kaizen talent management process. Repeat business comprises seventy-five percent of Jim’s activity for the last 14 years.
Recruitment is on a retained basis: all positions, all levels in corporate and entrepreneurial environments… and all searches are performed by Jim personally, using his thirty years of experience in manufacturing and transactional environments.
The result – Career Kaizen recruits authentic Lean talent across the business, offering the best customer value and most comprehensive services in the industry, guaranteed.
“If you’re a lean leader looking to make a career change or if you’re looking for lean talent, I can personally recommend Jim Baran.”
-Mark Graban, Founder LeanBlog.org, & author of Lean Hospitals