Continuous Improvement Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

The Continuous Improvement Manager is an expert in continuous improvement processes who teaches and facilitates implementation of standard operational excellence methods and tools to deliver results in safety, throughput, productivity, cost, and inventory and delivery performance.

Compensation and Benefits Package

Base salary range : up to $135,000 starting, depending on experience and responsibilities

Performance bonus : annual incentive program tied to strategic KPIs and company growth targets

Comprehensive benefits :

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave

Professional development and continuing education support

Employee wellness and assistance programs

Relocation assistance : competitive relocation package to support candidates moving to West Michigan

Job Roles

• Improvement agent provides expertise and guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; serves with both strategic and tactical implementation assistance; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
• Sustainability support understands plant and enterprise level strategy and prioritizes accordingly; creates follow up plans, support and accountability to ensure adoption and independent implementation
• Educational implementer conducts planned events and responds to operational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; enables next steps for the business and creates virtuous cycles of feedback and performance at a local level; manages projects and events efficiently and maximizes allocation of resources under time pressure
• Business acumen creates compelling business case for events and interventions; understands and communicates the “why” behind efforts; measures success based on business performance
• Analysis and synthesis seeks first to listen and understand; determines root cause with contributions from others; translates based on observation and input; technical expert in ABS
• Influence compels others without direct authority; provides business case and data-driven justification for events; appreciates the use of other leaders’ resources and people, holds those things in trust; creates a favorable brand for ABS and CI
• Coach helps others grow their capability; motivated by teaching and improvement; embraces the need to receive invitation; contributes to Talent Factory strategy by increasing awareness and functionality of individuals and groups
• Creativity and innovation challenges the status quo; networks internally to gather information; offers ideas and potential solutions based on observation and direct feedback from operators and supervisors
• Strategic perspective driven to improve the plant to improve the business; prioritizes based on hoshin and collaboration with other leaders; identifies areas of greatest potential return and adds value at the decision making level; evaluates effectiveness of events and interventions based on performance metrics in addition to CI and ABS metrics; thinks about the business as it will be in the future when deciding what to do today

Key Responsibilities :

Hoshin Kanri Leadership :

Lean & Continuous Improvement Systems :

Metrics & Visual Management :

Change Leadership :

Project Management :

Qualifications

Basic Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :