Continuous Improvement Leader

IPG • Clinton, IA

2d

About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Leader leads the Intertape Performance System (IPS) and drives operational excellence across sites through employee engagement. The role develops and integrates continuous improvement methodologies, aligns initiatives with site and corporate goals, and helps sustain improvement progress. The position works closely with site leadership, process owners, project sponsors, and site and corporate engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• Four to seven years of successful continuous improvement experience in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated project management and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated passion for process improvement and an engineering background solving complex problems and process issues.
• Excellent project management skills and proven ability to lead, influence, and challenge an organization.
• Ability to set and achieve breakthrough goals for self and projects.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of financial and other business measurements and ability to apply them effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor communication to the target audience.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma training.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with site leadership to identify and prioritize high-impact initiatives that can deliver step-change improvements.
• Ensure continuous improvement projects are executed successfully, supporting project sponsors and process owners.
• Help improvement teams implement methods and align projects with site operating goals.
• Provide site leadership for continuous improvement activities across the organization and connect them to the value stream.
• Implement and maintain mechanisms to sustain progress as the site develops its improvement capabilities.
• Incorporate learnings and methods identified across the corporation into the site IPS.
• Coordinate with the Corporate IPS CI Pillar Team to align site improvement activities with corporate strategies, plans, and objectives.
• Lead assigned high-impact initiatives using continuous improvement principles, a value-stream approach, and the voice of the customer as appropriate.
• Provide effective communication and change management for initiatives as needed.
• Work with site and corporate engineering teams to drive process improvement aligned with daily manufacturing needs and strategic goals.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level