Continuous Improvement Manager

Essential Duties And Tasks

• Uphold a genuine regard for safety, ensuring employees understand and follow safety guidelines and recognizing individuals for their involvement
• Work closely with enterprise leadership, BU and facilities leaders, and process owners to identify, develop, adopt, and diffuse manufacturing best practices throughout operations and drive accountability at all levels
• Support facility managers to improve their processes to reduce waste; decrease changeover times; reduce inventory; improve quality, root cause analyses and problem solving; and develop workforce capabilities and skill versatilities
• Lead change and model desirable behaviors (goal orientation, perseverance, process orientation, follow-through, communication, etc.) to set an example for others to follow
• Prioritize improvements to help businesses achieve budgeted savings through process improvements
• Promote strategies and best practices to accelerate to transformation to a quality and continuous improvement culture
• Balance quality, productivity, and safety to achieve positive results in all areas
• Promote the Quality Vision and Quality/CI strategic plan. Help shape/improve the plan over time
• Interface with internal and external stakeholders to understand and reconcile requirements
• Facilitate peer networking among the quality/CI managers
• Implement audits for CI systems

Qualifications, Education And Experience

• B.S. Degree in technical disciplines and 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Lean 6 Sigma certification highly desired
• Demonstrable roots in a lean culture
• Familiarity and working knowledge of ISO/SQF
• The ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical reference is required
• Must be well-versed in contemporary quality and manufacturing philosophies
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple priorities are required
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills are required
• The ability to work with customers, vendors and employees are every level of the organization is required
• Strong leadership and coaching practices are required including a hands-on, “Go See” approach to constantly calibrate expectations and mentor regarding improvement opportunities
• Flexible Packaging industry experience is a plus, but not required
• Travel is required