Continuous Improvement Practitioner

Vontier • Altoona, PA

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About The Position

It is preferred that candidates for this role live in the Altoona, PA area BUT it is not required. Travel will at times be up to 50%.
Be a strategic partner, practitioner, and hands-on operator who embeds Lean (VBS) as a mindset, management system, and leadership philosophy. You will work with leaders and teams at all levels to make problems visible, develop capability, run practical experiments, and deliver measurable, sustained improvements in flow, quality and customer value.
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
Strengthen Vontier’s performance, culture and customer outcomes by turning Lean thinking into daily behavior. You will enable leaders to coach, teams to own improvements, and the organization to move faster with less waste.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in roles involving hands-on process ownership or team leadership, including but not limited to Operations Manager, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer, Scrum Master, Project Management Lead, or Product Manager.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Lean/Six Sigma certification or advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated business acumen with a strong understanding of financial principles to drive cost-effective and value-driven outcomes.
• Proven application of Lean thinking in daily work with measurable results such as improved cycle time, reduced errors/rework, increased throughput, and optimized capacity.
• Practical experience with Lean tools including standard work, daily management, value stream mapping, and problem-solving techniques.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management skills, and metric literacy to align teams and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across functions and manufacturing to frame problems, prioritize value streams, and set measurable outcomes tied to customer value and finance-validated assumptions.
• Go to Gemba regularly: observe work, surface abnormalities, and coach where the work happens.
• Translate strategy into daily behavior: collaborate to design and deploy standard work, visual management, KPI boards, and leader routines.
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events: value stream mapping, rapid improvement pilots and structured problem solving; verify countermeasures and formalize sustainment with owners.
• Coach leaders and teams to develop capability; enable others to lead improvements via train-the---trainer and coaching models.
• Establish and maintain weekly KPI cadence; use data to escalate risks, validate outcomes, and inform decisions with Finance partners.
• Capture, formalize and scale practical playbooks and reusable mechanisms across functions and sites.
• Secure sponsorship, baseline data and clear ownership before launching interventions; avoid unsupported one-offs-.
• Assist in developing the organizational Strategic and Policy Deployment Plans, ensuring the effective deployment of these plans to the point of impact utilizing the appropriate Vontier Business System tools to drive the achievement of the organization's goals.
• Establish and manage a disciplined Kaizen funnel and roadmap that ensures we consistently prioritize and execute the improvement initiatives that most directly advance our organizational objectives.

Benefits

• We offer a premium suite of health and wellness programs for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• With programs for family planning from Maven Clinic to managing diabetes like Livongo, coverage for women's health, support for adult and elder care, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions, and more.
• Vontier is here for all stages of life.
• We also offer paid time off up to 15 days, 13 paid holidays (including 3 floating holidays) per year and paid sick leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees