Continuous Improvement Manager Materials
Morgan Advanced Materials · Fostoria, OH
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Morgan Advanced Materials (industrial) in Fostoria, OH. Design, Facilitate and Track Continuous Improvement training programmes, such as shopfloor training, Lean Yellow Belt, Lean Green Belt, Lean Black Belt and Six Sigma programmes.
- They ask for
- Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Green Belt, Value stream mapping, PLC
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Ohio: typical posted base $113k–$165k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 34 continuous improvement openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 33 other live lean / ci postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $108k–$152k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 88%
- ✓ Six Sigma 76%
- Root cause 56%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 47%
- Kaizen 44%
- ✓ Black Belt 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for PLC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Morgan Advanced Materials
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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 mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Morgan Advanced Materials in Fostoria
2 other open roles at this site.
- Night Shift Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
- Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence Specialist · Lean / CI · Specialist
Full description from Morgan Advanced MaterialsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement Manager,
Essential Functions
- ◆Strategy Development and Deployment
- ◆Design and implement a global continuous improvement strategy, aligned with organisational goals and in line with the Finishing organisation.
- ◆Standardize best practices, CI methodologies across the Materials facilities, including practical CI standards, toolkits and behaviour framework.
- ◆Leadership
- ◆Indirect reporting responsibility over the continuous improvement personnel across the materials facilities.
- ◆Teach, coach and mentor peers and team members of Continuous Improvement skills and mindset.
- ◆Ensure strong cross-functional, cross-gbu, cross-site collaboration with the rest of the organisation.
- ◆Program & Project Management
- ◆Coordinate and enhance idea generation at every level of the Materials organisation.
- ◆Track, review and report on continuous improvement projects and activities, including progress, costs and savings.
- ◆Mentor, coach and track Green Belt projects – review project charters, facilitate gate reviews and assist with benefits calculations.
- ◆Partner with site leaders in selecting and prioritising continuous improvement activities that deliver on key metrics and strategic initiatives.
- ◆Governance
- ◆Track, Review and Report on continuous improvement projects and activities, including progress, costs and savings.
- ◆Coordinate and report on the continuous improvement (CI) activities of all sites and ensure progress and performance is aligned to our business goals and objective, typically represented as 4-5% savings annually on cost of goods sold (COGS).
- ◆Training
- ◆Design, Facilitate and Track Continuous Improvement training programmes, such as shopfloor training, Lean Yellow Belt, Lean Green Belt, Lean Black Belt and Six Sigma programmes.
- ◆Develop effective means to capture and share continuous improvement and best practice activities between sites.
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- ✓Managing with Vision and Purpose – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; talks beyond today; talks about possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations.
- ✓Managing Through Systems – Can design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance; is comfortable letting things manage themselves without intervening; can make things work through others without being there; can impact people and results remotely.
- ✓Directing Others – Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue wi
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Overview
At Morgan Advanced Materials , our rich history and dedication to innovation define who we are. Since our establishment in the UK in 1856, we have expanded globally, now operating across 70 sites in 18 countries. Our goal is to create a more sustainable world and enhance quality of life. We actively pursue this purpose through the development and production of advanced materials.
Within our business unit, we specialise in innovating cutting-edge carbon, graphite, and carbide products that deliver outstanding performance. We use our expertise to tackle complex challenges across many diverse industries to provide effective solutions for our valued customers.
Our products are shaping a better future; from enabling electric cars to charge faster and drive longer distances to maximising the operational efficiency of wind turbines. We are proud to help generate power for billions of people, deliver water to drought-stricken regions, improve the efficiency of industrial pumps, and protect lives both on the land and in the air.
Key Figures: Revenue £1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.
Materials Job Purpose
The Continuous Improvement Manager, Materials is responsible for leading, coordinating and managing our global continuous improvement activities and Operations Excellence programme across our Materials Manufacturing facilities in the Performance Carbon Global Business Unit, including the facilitation of continuous improvement trainings, coordinating and tracking idea generation and savings, supervising value stream mapping and applying practical continuous improvement standards, toolkits and behaviours.
The Continuous Improvement Manager, Materials is part of the Materials organisation for the Operations and Supply Chain function of the Performance Carbon Global Business Unit. The role will require strong global, cross-site and cross-functional collaboration to meet operational and financial targets, such as EHS, Quality, Delivery and Efficiency targets. As a member of the Materials operations team, the Continuous Improvement Manager will work closely with the Operations Excellence Manager, Finishing facilities to ensure consistency and best practice sharing across our global Operation.
The postholder will create a collaborative, ambitious and effective approach towards continuous improvement across our materials facilities and assume ownership of our continuous improvement efforts.
Key Performance metrics and objectives
- •Continuous Improvement target, budget and forecast.
- •Leading and Lagging EHS indicators, such as number of Don’t Walk Bys.
- •Quality KPIs.
- •CAPEX KPIs.
- •Delivery KPIs, such as OTD or Leadtime.
Core Competencies
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The