Continuous Improvement Manager
On-sitePittsboro, Indiana, United States
Job Summary
Lead the design, development, and monitoring of continuous improvement initiatives across all facilities, standardizing Lean principles including 5S, visual management, and value stream mapping. Organize and facilitate organization-wide activities to identify improvement opportunities, implement solutions, and deliver measurable results through monthly scorecard updates. Develop training materials and provide hands-on coaching to build a culture of operational excellence and mentor future CI leaders. Work directly with all departments to quantify potential improvements and support process development through flow and mapping facilitation. Maintain a Monday-to-Friday schedule from 7 AM to 5 PM with 10-25% travel.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing/ Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or business related field
- 10 plus years experience implementing and sustaining lean strategies and CI in a manufacturing environment with high-mix / low volume production
- 10-25% travel
- Act as the technical expert in Lean Manufacturing tools and principles including 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping / Process Mapping, Kaizen, A3, Root Cause Analysis and Mistake Proofing
- Create and update the CI Plan to develop and promote a Continuous Improvement culture within Excellerate
- Organize, lead and maintain Excellerate-wide Continuous Improvement activities
- Work with all facilities and departments to identify and quantify potential opportunities for improvement and implement solutions that deliver measurable results
- Develop education materials to deploy throughout the organization to train the organization in Continuous Improvement methodologies and tools
- Provide coaching through hands-on facilitation and demonstration of the use of Lean tools
- Create meaningful metrics and mechanism to track Operational Excellence progress through monthly scorecard updates
- Build trust within organization through direct engagement, problem solving, and building relationships
- Support Excellerate Process Development activities through facilitation of Process Flow and Process Mapping activities and act as a mentor to train others to lead in the future
- Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a background and drug test
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