Continuous Improvement Manager - CI Manager

About the role

Echo Lake Foods is a leading manufacturer of ready-to-eat egg products and breakfast foods, including waffles, pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, omelets, and egg patties, serving major retail, foodservice, and national restaurant customers across the United States. Founded in 1941 and headquartered in Burlington, Wisconsin, the company operates multiple production facilities throughout the Midwest and has built a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and customer partnerships. In 2025, Echo Lake Foods was acquired by Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States, marking an exciting new chapter of growth. This partnership strengthens our resources, expands our capabilities, and supports continued investment in our people, facilities, and products. Creating new opportunities for employees to grow their careers within a stable and expanding organization.

Echo Lake Foods Continuous Improvement (CI) will be an integral part of the way we run our manufacturing sites & functional areas and serve every customer. Under the direction of the Senior Director Business Enablement, this role has a mission to focus on creating, supporting and assisting the improvement efforts tied to the company’s most critical business processes. Primary areas of focus will be the improvement within our manufacturing site, analyzing our processes, diagnosing operational challenges, and implementing process and system changes to drive continuous improvement and breakthrough performance. Our operating model’s goal is to positively impact our results and culture by establishing standards, institutionalizing daily management processes, adopting consistent problem-solving methods and learning by doing. As part of the CI program of Lean Management, the candidate will build an action plan to implement tools, identify opportunities and launch processes at the site level. In addition, this role will develop the kaizen and project funnel prioritizations for the site he/she is responsible for and ultimately is part of the team that defines the lean culture and activities/change management programs to embed in the organization. The candidate will drive the implementation of the CI including daily management, metrics, and problem solving. He