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Quality & Continuous Improvement Leader

Card-Monroe Corp. · Chattanooga, TN

Level
Manager
Team
Lean / CI
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
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The role in 30 seconds

A management continuous improvement role at Card-Monroe Corp. (industrial) in Chattanooga, TN. Own RCCA/8D, COPQ reporting from Epicor data, lead kaizen events, build standard work and visual management, and partner with Engineering to improve manufacturability and design decisions.

They ask for
2+ years
Tools it names
Kaizen, Root cause, ISO 9001

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

How this role compares

Against 8 other live lean / ci postings in Tennessee.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Kaizen 78%
  • Lean 56%
  • Six Sigma 56%
  • 5S 44%
  • Tooling 33%
  • ✓ Root cause 33%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

At a glance

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Card-Monroe Corp.

    Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.

  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

    One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.

  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
    • Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

    Apply with someone vouching for you

    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

Full description from Card-Monroe Corp.As posted on their careers site.Show

Card-Monroe Corp. in Chattanooga seeks a Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager to align our quality practices with ISO 9001 and drive process improvements that reduce cost, waste, and cycle time across engineering changes and production. You'll own RCCA/8D, COPQ reporting from Epicor data, lead kaizen events, build standard work and visual management, and partner with Engineering to improve manufacturability and design decisions.

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