Director of Operational Excellence – Multi-Site Lean Leader
multi color corp · Batavia, OH
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Travel
- 70%
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 15 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level continuous improvement role at multi color corp (industrial) in Batavia, OH. In this role you will coach plant leaders in Lean methodologies, build a bench of Site OpEx Managers, and lead Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping activities across 14 sites.
- Tools it names
- Lean, Kaizen, Value stream mapping
- Day to day
- about 70% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Ohio: typical posted base $107k–$152k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 24 continuous improvement openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 23 other live lean / ci postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $107k–$152k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 92%
- Six Sigma 63%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 58%
- 5S 46%
- Root cause 42%
- ✓ Kaizen 42%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at multi color corp
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 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
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?
- The posting says about 70% travel. Between which sites?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 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
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 multi color corpAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
MCC, a global leader in premium labels, seeks an experienced OpEx leader to drive the continued evolution of its OpEx system across the Americas manufacturing network. You will accelerate performance gains, translate enterprise priorities into site actions, and ensure measurable savings.
In this role you will coach plant leaders in Lean methodologies, build a bench of Site OpEx Managers, and lead Kaizen and Value Stream Mapping activities across 14 sites. Travel up to 70% is required.
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