Continuous Improvement Manager

Mondi AG • Romeoville, IL

48d

About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Manager identifies, prioritizes, and leads improvement initiatives across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and office functions. The role supports plant objectives including productivity, waste reduction, quality, cost, and safety. It establishes foundational ways of working, manages cross-functional projects from scope through implementation, and ensures improvements are communicated, handed over, and sustained. The role also maintains processes, templates, reports, and SOPs; shares good practices across the plant and wider organization; and supports change management to embed continuous improvement in daily operations. The manager builds plant capability by delivering training, workshops, and coaching in CI principles and tools, and introduces new employees to CI principles and expected ways of working.

Requirements

• A BSc degree or higher in a related field such as engineering, statistics, or similar.
• At least 2 years of proven experience with Lean methods, such as A3, 5S, Gemba, Kaizen, OEE, or PSM.
• Relevant professional experience in project management.
• Good presentation and communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with different cultures and organizational levels.
• Proven leadership skills to manage project teams effectively.
• Hands-on mentality and solution-oriented work style.
• Very good command of MS Office.

Nice To Haves

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Bilingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and office functions.
• Lead foundational initiatives to establish standard ways of working, including Daily Management Systems, skill matrices, training plans, and operational SOPs, in collaboration with relevant functions.
• Manage continuous improvement projects end-to-end, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring clear scope, timing, budget adherence, and alignment with plant priorities.
• Communicate project progress and results to plant leadership and monitor performance after implementation to ensure visibility, handover, and sustainability.
• Develop, maintain, and improve processes, templates, reports, and SOPs with the respective departments.
• Capture and share good practices within the plant and across the wider organization.
• Support management of change and help embed continuous improvement into daily operations at all organizational levels.
• Deliver training, workshops, and on-the-job coaching on continuous improvement principles and tools, including 5S, problem solving, and basic Lean concepts.
• Support onboarding by introducing new employees to continuous improvement principles and expected ways of working in production and office environments.

What This Job Offers

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