CI Manager
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the position summary paragraph, responsibilities bullet lists, qualifications bullet lists.
We need to format responsibilities: there are subheadings: Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement, Process Optimization, Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization, Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems, Culture & Leadership. Those could be headings? But instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It seems only top-level sections should be h3. Subheadings maybe not required; we could keep them as
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We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
Position Summary
... (the paragraph)
Key Responsibilities
Then we can have subheadings as Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
then - ... items
etc.
We need to ensure we capture all bullet points.
Let's extract responsibilities:
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement:
- Establish and govern a structured site CI portfolio, ensuring clear prioritization, ROI evaluation, resource alignment, and sustainability of improvement initiatives across both sites.
- Identify, prioritize, and lead CI initiatives focused on productivity improvement, cost reduction, cycle time optimization, and changeover reduction.
- Deploy Lean tools and methodologies including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, line balancing, standard work, visual management, Kanban, and waste elimination.
- Conduct shopfloor analysis and data-driven assessments to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions.
- Lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis to eliminate process variation and improve operational performance.
Process Optimization:
- Support manufacturing operations with manufacturing fundamentals including line design, workstation optimization and standard work.
- Improve process flow and line balancing to increase throughput, stability, and efficiency.
- Standardize processes and best practices across value streams to ensure consistent operational performance.
- Support new product introductions and process transfers by ensuring process readiness, standard work, training plans, and production ramp-up stability.
Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization:
- Design and continuously improve in-plant material flow systems to ensure efficient and reliable movement of materials from receiving through production and shipping.
- Define and optimize internal logistics concepts, including supermarkets, FIFO lanes, point-of-use storage, and buffer strategies aligned with value stream flow.
- Establish and maintain pull systems, Kanban replenishment, and milk-run delivery concepts to support stable production operations.
- Develop and improve container, trolley, and material handling systems that support safe, efficient, and ergonomic operations.
- Partner with Supply Chain, Production, and Engineering to ensure materials are delivered to the right location at the right time with minimal waste and excess inventory.
- Support layout planning and facility improvements to enable efficient material flow and reduced internal transport waste.
Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems:
- Establish and maintain a robust performance management system including daily and weekly operating rhythms, KPI governance, and structured escalation processes.
- Convert operational and shop-floor data into actionable insights to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure CI initiatives translate into measurable business impact and are sustained through standardized management routines.
Culture & Leadership:
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration across production, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams.
- Act as a hands-on leader and change agent, coaching teams on Lean principles, CI methodologies, and practical shopfloor problem solving.
- Communicate improvement initiatives clearly and build alignment with operational teams and site leadership.
- Lead Kaizen events and cross-functional improvement workshops.
- Support cross-site collaboration and share best practices across the organization.
Now Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, or a related field.
- 7–10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, operational excellence, or production systems improvement roles.
- Demonstrated experience implementing Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement programs in a production environment.
- Strong experience with CI tools such as Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, 5S/6S, standard work, root cause analysis, and line balancing.
- Experience improving production flow and in-plant material movement, including Kanban, pull systems, and point-of-use material strategies.
- Proven ability to lead change, influence cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable operational improvements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred:
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt).
- Experience with digital manufacturing systems and data platforms (ERP, MES, SAP).
- Experience supporting new product introductions, process transfers, or production ramp-ups.
- Experience improving shopfloor logistics systems such as supermarkets, FIFO lanes, and material replenishment concepts.
- Project management experience and financial analysis skills to evaluate improvement initiatives and ROI.
- Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (pharmaceutical, medical device, or similar industries).
Also there is a paragraph "Be yourself at Datwyler ..." which is more about company culture; we could include as a separate section maybe "About Datwyler" but not required. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. This paragraph is substantive; we could add a section "About Datwyler" or "Company Overview". But the allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. "About Datwyler" not in list but we could still use h3 for any section heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. Likely we should stick to those headings. The "Be yourself at Datwyler" is more about culture/benefits; could be placed under Benefits? But it's not benefits like health insurance. Could be under Skills? Not appropriate. Maybe we can omit it as it's not required. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we must include that paragraph somewhere. Could add a section About Datwyler
even if not in examples; but the instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings. Safer to include as About Datwyler
. We'll include that.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Be yourself at Datwyler We are convinced that people make the difference..." Actually that's the paragraph we keep.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section.
Let's craft:
Position Summary
The Site Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for deploying, adapting, and sustaining the Datwyler Pharma Solutions’ Operational Excellence strategy to drive sustainable improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity. Reporting to Operations, this role builds and leads the continuous improvement capability across manufacturing operations, establishing standardized processes, lean operating systems, and data-driven performance management. This role is critical to enabling reliable supply from Datwyler’s Middletown and Pennsauken sites. The leader partners with cross-functional teams to optimize production processes, improve operational stability, and enable scalable growth through Lean methodologies, industrial engineering principles, and digital manufacturing initiatives. In addition to strategic leadership, this role maintains a strong hands-on presence on the shopfloor, directly supporting the design and improvement of production systems, internal logistics flows, and material handling processes to ensure materials are available at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity. The role plays a key part in strengthening the culture of continuous improvement by embedding structured problem solving, standardized work, visual management, and lean material flow principles across two manufacturing sites.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Establish and govern a structured site CI portfolio, ensuring clear prioritization, ROI evaluation, resource alignment, and sustainability of improvement initiatives across both sites.
- Identify, prioritize, and lead CI initiatives focused on productivity improvement, cost reduction, cycle time optimization, and changeover reduction.
- Deploy Lean tools and methodologies including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, line balancing, standard work, visual management, Kanban, and waste elimination.
- Conduct shopfloor analysis and data-driven assessments to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions.
- Lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis to eliminate process variation and improve operational performance.
Process Optimization
- Support manufacturing operations with manufacturing fundamentals including line design, workstation optimization and standard work.
- Improve process flow and line balancing to increase throughput, stability, and efficiency.
- Standardize processes and best practices across value streams to ensure consistent operational performance.
- Support new product introductions and process transfers by ensuring process readiness, standard work, training plans, and production ramp-up stability.
Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization
- Design and continuously improve in-plant material flow systems to ensure efficient and reliable movement of materials from receiving through production and shipping.
- Define and optimize internal logistics concepts, including supermarkets, FIFO lanes, point-of-use storage, and buffer strategies aligned with value stream flow.
- Establish and maintain pull systems, Kanban replenishment, and milk-run delivery concepts to support stable production operations.
- Develop and improve container, trolley, and material handling systems that support safe, efficient, and ergonomic operations.
- Partner with Supply Chain, Production, and Engineering to ensure materials are delivered to the right location at the right time with minimal waste and excess inventory.
- Support layout planning and facility improvements to enable efficient material flow and reduced internal transport waste.
Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems
- Establish and maintain a robust performance management system including daily and weekly operating rhythms, KPI governance, and structured escalation processes.
- Convert operational and shop-floor data into actionable insights to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure CI initiatives translate into measurable business impact and are sustained through standardized management routines.
Culture & Leadership
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration across production, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams.
- Act as a hands-on leader and change agent, coaching teams on Lean principles, CI methodologies, and practical shopfloor problem solving.
- Communicate improvement initiatives clearly and build alignment with operational teams and site leadership.
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the position summary paragraph, responsibilities bullet lists, qualifications bullet lists. We need to format responsibilities: there are subheadings: Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement, Process Optimization, Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization, Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems, Culture & Leadership. Those could be headings? But instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It seems only top-level sections should be h3. Subheadings maybe not required; we could keep them as
or . But to preserve structure, we could use ... . We'll keep as ... ... (the paragraph) Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement The Site Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for deploying, adapting, and sustaining the Datwyler Pharma Solutions’ Operational Excellence strategy to drive sustainable improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity. Reporting to Operations, this role builds and leads the continuous improvement capability across manufacturing operations, establishing standardized processes, lean operating systems, and data-driven performance management. This role is critical to enabling reliable supply from Datwyler’s Middletown and Pennsauken sites. The leader partners with cross-functional teams to optimize production processes, improve operational stability, and enable scalable growth through Lean methodologies, industrial engineering principles, and digital manufacturing initiatives. In addition to strategic leadership, this role maintains a strong hands-on presence on the shopfloor, directly supporting the design and improvement of production systems, internal logistics flows, and material handling processes to ensure materials are available at the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity. The role plays a key part in strengthening the culture of continuous improvement by embedding structured problem solving, standardized work, visual management, and lean material flow principles across two manufacturing sites. Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement Process Optimization Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems Culture & Leadership but not allowed? Only h3 for section headings. Could treat subheadings as
Position Summary
Key Responsibilities
Then we can have subheadings as
etc.
We need to ensure we capture all bullet points.
Let's extract responsibilities:
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement:
- Establish and govern a structured site CI portfolio, ensuring clear prioritization, ROI evaluation, resource alignment, and sustainability of improvement initiatives across both sites.
- Identify, prioritize, and lead CI initiatives focused on productivity improvement, cost reduction, cycle time optimization, and changeover reduction.
- Deploy Lean tools and methodologies including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, line balancing, standard work, visual management, Kanban, and waste elimination.
- Conduct shopfloor analysis and data-driven assessments to identify improvement opportunities and implement sustainable solutions.
- Lead structured problem solving and root cause analysis to eliminate process variation and improve operational performance.
Process Optimization:
- Support manufacturing operations with manufacturing fundamentals including line design, workstation optimization and standard work.
- Improve process flow and line balancing to increase throughput, stability, and efficiency.
- Standardize processes and best practices across value streams to ensure consistent operational performance.
- Support new product introductions and process transfers by ensuring process readiness, standard work, training plans, and production ramp-up stability.
Internal Logistics & Material Flow Optimization:
- Design and continuously improve in-plant material flow systems to ensure efficient and reliable movement of materials from receiving through production and shipping.
- Define and optimize internal logistics concepts, including supermarkets, FIFO lanes, point-of-use storage, and buffer strategies aligned with value stream flow.
- Establish and maintain pull systems, Kanban replenishment, and milk-run delivery concepts to support stable production operations.
- Develop and improve container, trolley, and material handling systems that support safe, efficient, and ergonomic operations.
- Partner with Supply Chain, Production, and Engineering to ensure materials are delivered to the right location at the right time with minimal waste and excess inventory.
- Support layout planning and facility improvements to enable efficient material flow and reduced internal transport waste.
Shopfloor Performance Management & Operational Systems:
- Establish and maintain a robust performance management system including daily and weekly operating rhythms, KPI governance, and structured escalation processes.
- Convert operational and shop-floor data into actionable insights to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure CI initiatives translate into measurable business impact and are sustained through standardized management routines.
Culture & Leadership:
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration across production, engineering, quality, and supply chain teams.
- Act as a hands-on leader and change agent, coaching teams on Lean principles, CI methodologies, and practical shopfloor problem solving.
- Communicate improvement initiatives clearly and build alignment with operational teams and site leadership.
- Lead Kaizen events and cross-functional improvement workshops.
- Support cross-site collaboration and share best practices across the organization.
Now Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, or a related field.
- 7–10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, industrial engineering, operational excellence, or production systems improvement roles.
- Demonstrated experience implementing Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement programs in a production environment.
- Strong experience with CI tools such as Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, 5S/6S, standard work, root cause analysis, and line balancing.
- Experience improving production flow and in-plant material movement, including Kanban, pull systems, and point-of-use material strategies.
- Proven ability to lead change, influence cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable operational improvements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred:
- Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt).
- Experience with digital manufacturing systems and data platforms (ERP, MES, SAP).
- Experience supporting new product introductions, process transfers, or production ramp-ups.
- Experience improving shopfloor logistics systems such as supermarkets, FIFO lanes, and material replenishment concepts.
- Project management experience and financial analysis skills to evaluate improvement initiatives and ROI.
- Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (pharmaceutical, medical device, or similar industries).
Also there is a paragraph "Be yourself at Datwyler ..." which is more about company culture; we could include as a separate section maybe "About Datwyler" but not required. The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. This paragraph is substantive; we could add a section "About Datwyler" or "Company Overview". But the allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. "About Datwyler" not in list but we could still use h3 for any section heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive. Likely we should stick to those headings. The "Be yourself at Datwyler" is more about culture/benefits; could be placed under Benefits? But it's not benefits like health insurance. Could be under Skills? Not appropriate. Maybe we can omit it as it's not required. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we must include that paragraph somewhere. Could add a section
About Datwyler
even if not in examples; but the instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings. Safer to include as
About Datwyler
. We'll include that.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Be yourself at Datwyler We are convinced that people make the difference..." Actually that's the paragraph we keep.
Now produce HTML.
We'll wrap each section.
Let's craft:
Position Summary
Key Responsibilities