Director of Continuous Improvement

What You’ll Do

• Hands-on/proven track record of leading highly impactful CI projects/kaizens enterprise-wide that consistently over delivered on targets and delivered financially validated results.
• Key driver of developing the Management Operating Structure MOS for business, standard metrics across the enterprise.
• Proven/highly effective change agent who has delivered results in a fluid turnaround environment.
• Strong TPS based lean toolkit, should have passed lean six sigma blackbelt exam and certification beyond that a plus.
• Proven track record of building REAL pipeline of projects and pipeline fills through brainstorming and VA/VE type events.
• Servant leader. Brings people with them by coaching and training.
• Will lead high value kaizens, and be lead coach to teach others “How to do it and sustain results”, and share best practices.
• Ensure consistent application of CI tools, best practices, and standard work to reduce variation and improve performance.
• Support NPI, Engineering, and ME teams to ensure new products and processes meet cost, quality, and manufacturability goals.
• Build CI capability through training, certification, mentoring, and hands-on coaching.
• Champion an inclusive, high-engagement culture centered on problem solving, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Develop strong succession pipelines and elevate leadership capability across all levels of the organization.
• Partner with Operations, Product Engineering, Quality, and Commercial leaders to align on performance goals and “Delighted Customers”.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, or related field required; MBA preferred.
• Proven success leading CI or Lean transformation within multi-site, global manufacturing environments.
• Strong communicator with the ability to build vision, influence stakeholders, and lead enterprise-wide change.
• Demonstrated experience developing CI toolsets, performance systems, leader capability and creates pull for the team in the field because the team delivers value to the field.
• Expertise in leading/delivering superior results in a PE business turnaround environment.
• Experience leading large-scale operational excellence across the enterprise (all functions) that improved EBITDA and key KPI’s and sustained and improved year over year.
• Built and deployed highly effective MOS across the enterprise.
• Passed lean-six sigma blackbelt exam and is pursuing certification.
• Has built effective productivity pipelines, kaizen roadmaps and has been team coach on leading and delivering top level projects/productivity improvements/results year over year.
• Extensive experience in deploying effective TPS and Danaher models as the MOS.
• Demonstrated expertise working with finance that VALIDATED projects and kaizens that delivered REAL results that are seen on the P&L as process/routine.
• Able to travel up to 70%.