Continuous Improvement Leader
$68,000–$88,000 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada or Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Conduct assessments across Give & Go sites to identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions that enhance efficiency, productivity, and performance. Drive the improvement of processes and systems by identifying opportunities, implementing continuous improvement programs, and delivering sustainable long-term operational benefits. Coach, train, and mentor employees on Lean concepts, continuous improvement methodologies, and best practices while developing supporting documentation and training materials. Lead and support the execution of capital projects while ensuring effective maintenance and optimization of facility assets. Achieve plant productivity targets by developing projects, ideas and best practices linked to the plant Loss Analysis. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering, or Production roles within an industrial Food Manufacturing environment, with a Six Sigma Certification as a strong asset. Salary range is $68,000 to $88,000.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering, or Production roles
- Prior experience leading continuous improvement projects utilizing Lean methodologies such as 5S, Kanban, and Visual Management
- Proven capability of leading a transformation effort, including change management, ensuring stakeholder engagement and robust communication
- The ability to coach, inspire and work with cross functional managers, supervisors ,and employees
- Experience working within company-wide Lean standardization programs while sharing best practices across multiple sites
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
- Strong leadership skills to motivate, and retain well-qualified individuals of diverse talents, interests, and cultural backgrounds
- Must have the leadership presence to energize, drive and lead the teams, and to be able to influence with integrity at all levels of the organization and enable result through others
Desired Qualifications
- Six Sigma Certification a strong asset
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