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Continuous Improvement Leader

3 months ago

Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States IWCO Full time

Overall Summary:

The Continuous Improvement (CI) Leader will engage the leadership team and staff to create a culture of continuous improvement. They will use lean tools to address production, quality, cost and delivery issues.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Direct and oversee the Continuous Improvement team including the Lean Champion (s) and Quality Analyst.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Support Operations management in the development, planning and execution of a lean strategy and metrics.
  • Infuse Lean principles throughout the organization, developing the trust necessary to lead change, reward efforts and maintain successes.
  • Collect and analyze operating data, including cycle time, yield and throughput to identify and set priorities.
  • Lead and develop CI roadmaps.
  • Plan and facilitate Kaizen events.
  • Apply a wide range of process improvement tools to identify and eliminate waste; including Value Stream Mapping, Set-Up Time Reduction and SQDIP Accountability Boards.
  • Develop metrics and scorecards to assess the effectiveness of Lean activities.
  • Demonstrate positive impact and results on Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Inventory resulting from Lean activities.
  • Provide constructive and timely performance evaluations for direct reports.
  • Coach, develop, and mentor direct reports.
  • Promote safety as a number one priority.
  • Perform other (or other related) duties as applicable or assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies:

  • Ability to lead change and motivate at all organizational levels.
  • Strong interpersonal skills; ability to influence others, even without direct authority.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
  • Strong Microsoft Office proficiency including: Word, Excel and Power Point.
  • Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree and/or a minimum of 10 years of Lean/CI experience in manufacturing and transactional settings.
  • 5+ years of team leadership experience with demonstrated positive impact and results.
  • Extensive lean experience leading and developing CI roadmaps, facilitating Kaizen events, and mentoring CI resources both in transactional and manufacturing settings.
  • Proven success mentoring and developing CI resources.

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to work 8 hours consecutively.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Qualifications

Skills
Lean Manufacturing (preferred)

IWCO Direct is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any protected status as defined by law. IWCO Direct is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact our HR Department.