Continuous Improvement Manager

Education: Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing/ Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or business related field

Experience: 10 plus years experience implementing and sustaining lean strategies and CI in a manufacturing environment with high-mix / low volume production

Travel: 10-25%

Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday. Works a sufficient schedule to meet the expectations of the role.

• ◆Act as the technical expert in Lean Manufacturing tools and principles including 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping / Process Mapping, Kaizen, A3, Root Cause Analysis and Mistake Proofing.
• ◆Create and update the CI Plan to develop and promote a Continuous Improvement culture within Excellerate.
• ◆Organize, lead and maintain Excellerate-wide Continuous Improvement activities.
• ◆Work with all facilities and departments to identify and quantify potential opportunities for improvement and implement solutions that deliver measurable results.
• ◆Develop education materials to deploy throughout the organization to train the organization in Continuous Improvement methodologies and tools.
• ◆Provide coaching through hands-on facilitation and demonstration of the use of Lean tools.
• ◆Create meaningful metrics and mechanism to track Operational Excellence progress through monthly scorecard updates.
• ◆Build trust within organization through direct engagement, problem solving, and building relationships.
• ◆Support Excellerate Process Development activities through facilitation of Process Flow and Process Mapping activities and act as a mentor to train others to lead in the future.
• ◆Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

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