Continuous Improvement Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to establish plant management processes for reporting metrics.
• Ability to understand plant financial measures and how they are generated.
• Ability to interpret control charts.
• Ability to motivate others to take action dictated by data.
• Ability to drive projects to achieve business objectives.
• Ability to translate complex business, operational, or technical information into clear and actionable messages.
• Strong communication skill with the ability to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Communicate, influence, and relationship build with Supervisors, peers, or subordinates: provide information to supervisors and co-workers in written form or in person.
• Maintain a good record of attendance and punctuality.
• Perform tasks assigned using specific operating procedures and following department specific quality control processes and procedures.
• Treat people with dignity and respect.
• Conduct all business with integrity.
• Follow all safety procedures and company policies.

Nice To Haves

• Internal Applicants: If you have been in your current position for one year (unless waived by your Manager), and meet the position requirements, you are welcome to apply for this position.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement lean manufacturing strategies to achieve overarching global business strategy.
• Lead/coordinate lean manufacturing events/activities (i.e., kaizen/continuous improvement, value stream mapping, statistical problem solving, etc.) as required, including the planning of events and resources, training and leading teams, achieving event objectives, and documenting performance.
• Provide leadership in continuous improvement efforts to improve reliability, ease of use & maintenance, minimize changeover times, and to eradicate production losses.
• Coach & mentor operations’ team, including staff, supervisors, and crew leads on continuous improvement methods & processes to establish a culture where tools and methods are utilized in a standard way to deliver improvements.
• Develop lean leadership within local operations’ team to enable them to lead and execute their own lean activities within the plant according to the business strategy.
• Transition ownership of completed projects to the local operations’ team, and support sustaining activities to ensure results are maintained.
• Maintain positive work relationships with members of other teams to communicate effectively, and to ensure compliance with cross-team responsibilities.
• Establish plant management processes for reporting metrics.
• Understand plant financial measures and how they are generated.
• Interpret control charts.
• Motivate others to take action dictated by data.
• Drive projects to achieve business objectives.
• Translate complex business, operational, or technical information into clear and actionable messages.
• Communicate, influence, and relationship build with Supervisors, peers, or subordinates: provide information to supervisors and co-workers in written form or in person.
• Maintain a good record of attendance and punctuality.
• Perform tasks assigned using specific operating procedures and following department specific quality control processes and procedures.
• Treat people with dignity and respect.
• Conduct all business with integrity.
• Follow all safety procedures and company policies.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• life
• disability
• business travel insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• stock purchases
• vacation/sick days/parental leave
• 401(k) plan
• RPM Pension plan
• 9.5 paid holidays
• 2 floating holidays
• three weeks of vacation