Continuous Improvement Manager
About the role
Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally. The Continuous Improvement Manager will lead the strategic direction, development, implementation, and sustainment of the Continuous Improvement program to eliminate waste, improve customer satisfaction, drive value, and increase market share for the Lyons facilities in Walton, KY and Westlake, OH. This is a mission-critical leadership role supporting functional areas such as Manufacturing, Maintenance, Warehouse, Sales, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and Human Resources in operational process efficiency improvements and business process design. Driving a continuous improvement culture and improving team member skill sets will be a focus.
Work Location: Onsite in Walton, Kentucky. Travel Requirement: 10% to 25%. Work Environment: Office and production environment.
Responsibilities
- Accountability to drive 5x+ of compensation package in delivered annual savings.
- Cultivate and drive a culture of continuous process improvement throughout the organization, serving as a focal point and recognized leader in this area.
- Responsible for program roadmap and execution.
- Work collaboratively with site leadership to drive initiatives and develop priorities based on corporate business objectives.
- Assist with site and company savings targets for continuous improvement efforts, sharing direct responsibility for achieving these targets.
- Communicate the status and results of CI projects effectively with stakeholders and maintain a pipeline of ideas for prioritized execution.
- Lead development, implementation, and sustainment of continuous improvement systems and implementations.
- Provide support for others working on continuous improvement.
- Deliver training materials and training to others in various aspects of continuous improvement, acting as a subject matter expert for improvement methodologies including TPM and Lean/Six Sigma.
- Support employee training in the proper application of Continuous Improvement concepts; coach and mentor to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Follow all company safety rules in performing job duties.
- Perform other functions that may be assigned; the list of primary functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of proven leadership in Continuous Improvement.
Skills
- Preference given to proven Lean, Six Sigma, TPM leaders delivering measurable improvements.
- Strong financial acumen and analytical ability.
- Project management skills.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and be a change agent.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with and interact with all levels of the organization.
- Self-starter with strong leadership skills and a high degree of integrity.
- Strong planning, organizing, and time management skills.
- Capable of learning, leading, and sponsoring a data-oriented environment with an emphasis on statistics, SPC, and data analysis.
- Continuous improvement demonstrated competencies including Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, or other CI methodologies (e.g., Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 5S).
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience in food manufacturing.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Section 125 (Flexible Spending Account)
- 401(k) plan
Schedule
Monday to Friday, Day Shift.