Continuous Improvement Manager
Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Manager at our manufacturing plant in Temple, TX.
Responsibilities
- Lead the site-level deployment and sustainment of the Reynolds Production System (RPS), ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business priorities.
- Partner with plant leadership to translate business objectives into actionable CI strategies that deliver measurable performance improvement.
- Identify, prioritize, and execute improvement initiatives that drive sustainable gains in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity (SQDCP/P).
- Serve as a connector between operations, engineering, and technical teams to accelerate adoption of new technologies and process improvements.
- Own and manage the CI project pipeline, ensuring initiatives are scoped appropriately, executed effectively, and deliver targeted financial and operational results.
- Establish and maintain a robust auditing and governance process to reinforce RPS standards and drive accountability across all levels of the organization.
- Facilitate regular performance reviews with plant leadership to assess capability maturity, identify gaps, and adjust improvement plans accordingly.
- Champion lean methodologies including Kaizen, Daily Management Systems, Standard Work, 6S, Layered Process Audits, and structured problem-solving.
- Build organizational capability by coaching and developing leaders at all levels to lead and sustain improvement efforts independently.
- Design and deliver training programs to strengthen technical and leadership competencies aligned with RPS expectations.
- Partner cross-functionally with business unit CI leadership to share best practices, replicate successes, and ensure consistency across sites.
- Develop and track key performance indicators, ensuring clear linkage between CI activities and financial impact (cost savings, productivity, efficiency).
- Lead change management efforts to ensure adoption, engagement, and long-term sustainability of process improvements.
Reporting Structure
This position reports directly to the Plant Manager with a dotted-line relationship to the Business Unit Continuous Improvement Director.
You will love it here if…
- You put safety first, always
- You listen, learn, and evolve
- You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
- You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
- You are committed to improving our impact on local communities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field required.
- 5+ years of experience driving continuous improvement in a complex manufacturing environment; dedicated CI or operational excellence experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience implementing Lean, Six Sigma, or similar operational excellence frameworks in a plant setting.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence without direct authority.
- Strong financial and analytical acumen with the ability to translate operational improvements into measurable business results.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with manufacturing systems and tools (e.g., SAP, automation technologies, data systems) preferred.
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience is a plus.
Pay
Posted Salary Range: USD $98,400.00 - USD $139,000.00. This role is eligible for a 10% annual incentive bonus, subject to business financial goals and individual performance goals, per plan administration guidelines.
Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available.