Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and highly collaborative Regional Continuous Improvement Manager, U.S. Operations to enable and accelerate continuous improvement across our U.S. locations. The role serves as a Lean and Continuous Improvement enabler and facilitator, partnering with leaders and teams to identify opportunities, address root causes, facilitate cross‑functional improvement, and translate opportunities into practical, sustainable solutions. A key focus is developing and sustaining a consistent Lean and Continuous Improvement framework across the U.S. organization, establishing common methodologies, tools, and approaches while facilitating multi‑site alignment, standardization, and sharing of successful practices.

Responsibilities

• Enable leaders and teams to apply Lean and Continuous Improvement principles to operational and business priorities, identifying opportunities, eliminating waste, and improving performance.
• Develop, enable, and continuously strengthen a consistent Lean and Continuous Improvement framework across the U.S. organization.
• Facilitate cross‑functional improvement initiatives to understand end‑to‑end processes, identify constraints and root causes, and simplify ways of working.
• Partner with operational and functional teams across U.S. locations to align and standardize processes, share best practices, and replicate successful solutions across the manufacturing network.
• Take ownership for planning, implementing, and delivering selected strategic improvement projects, establishing objectives, milestones, measures of success, and cross‑functional engagement.
• Support operating model changes by assessing and redesigning processes, identifying gaps and dependencies, and helping teams embed new ways of working.
• Facilitate structured problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis methodologies to develop effective countermeasures and sustainable solutions.
• Lead Kaizen events, workshops, and other Lean activities, translating improvement ideas into actionable changes and measurable results.
• Strengthen Lean capability through education, guidance, facilitation, and hands‑on support for leaders and teams at all levels.
• Partner with teams to establish clear objectives and success metrics for initiatives, using operational and financial data to prioritize opportunities, evaluate impact, validate benefits, and sustain improvements.
• Build strong partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Quality, HSE, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Service, HR, IT, and other functions to support broader operational priorities and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, industrial engineering, operations management, business, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of progressive experience in Continuous Improvement, Lean, Operational Excellence, manufacturing engineering, operations, or a related field within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Strong practical knowledge and demonstrated application of Lean and Continuous Improvement methodologies (Kaizen, root‑cause analysis, structured problem‑solving, 5S, value‑stream mapping, standardized work, visual management, waste elimination, process optimization).
• Experience developing, enabling, or supporting Lean and Continuous Improvement frameworks across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Proven experience facilitating cross‑functional process improvement and translating complex operational challenges into practical, sustainable solutions.
• Experience supporting significant operational transformation or operating model changes, including process assessment, redesign, implementation, and adoption of new ways of working.
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering strategic Continuous Improvement or operational improvement projects with measurable business outcomes.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
• Experience using Power BI, data analytics, or similar tools to support performance analysis and data‑driven decision‑making preferred.
• Familiarity with Lean management systems, Continuous Improvement tools, and project‑management methodologies preferred.

Additional requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel regularly across U.S. operational locations to support strategic initiatives, Continuous Improvement activities, Kaizen events, cross‑functional process improvement, and operating model implementation.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple manufacturing locations, functions, and organizational levels.
• Strong facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership, functional teams, and shop‑floor employees.
• Hands‑on, collaborative approach, capable of moving between strategic priorities, organizational enablement, and practical implementation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and selected strategic projects in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Focus on measurable results, practical implementation, organizational capability, and sustainability of improvements.

Additional information

Rotork is the market‑leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping customers manage the flow of liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide. Our purpose is “Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations.” For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving—from oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food. Today we are respected for our people, performance and products, and we are entering an exciting period of change and growth. It’s a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business.