Continuous Improvement Specialist

Responsibilities

• Analyzes current work methods and processes and identifies opportunities to implement common processes & best demonstrated practices
• Serves as a change agent, providing leadership, coaching, and training in Lean thinking, Lean production
• Helps disseminate lean thinking and industry information throughout the organization
• Attends Lean seminars and Lean events to promote personal and organizational development
• Recognizes Lean contributors throughout the organization
• Supports process integration of continuous improvement, improves the manufacturing process by understanding, measuring, charting and reducing the variations in the process that have a negative impact on the process
• Ensures that predicted savings and other financial benefits are tracked, validated, reported, and applied to organization’s operating results
• Creates and maintains visual management to sustain gains for
• Coordinates training of personnel in Lean philosophy, Lean tools and other improvement approaches aligned to
• Communicates project status and issues to all levels of
• Affords assistance to Business Units to eliminate waste and improve processes with targets, objectives and schedules consistent with strategic analysis and plans; coordinates Business Unit Lean savings plans, goals and
• Analyzes and plans workforce utilization, space requirements, workflow, and designs layout of workspace based on lean

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 1-3 years related experience required (within Continuous Improvement)
• Pharma/Med device manufacturing experience - preferred
• High volume manufacturing experience - preferred
• Leverage of Lean or six sigma certificate - preferred

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Pay

$87,000 - $100,000

Schedule

Onsite. Standard business hours - Monday-Friday, after hours support may be needed