Continuous Improvement Manager

1 month ago


Smithfield, United States American Air Filter International Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

· Primary responsibility is to lead and be the SME for Continuous Improvement in the plant. Responsible for guiding teams working towards the identification and achievement of improvement opportunities. Administers plant improvement processes and works collaboratively internal and external to the plant to drive improvement of all critical KPIs.

Responsible for planning, facilitating, documenting, and sustaining Kaizen events. These events will focus on a specific area of improvement, resulting in significant improvements via PDS tools and engagement of all levels of the organization.


· Helps leadership turn budget into annual improvement goals.

· Helps leadership identify improvement projects that will result in the achievement of annual improvement goals.

· Maintain and insure progress on Kaizen pipeline calendar of projects.

· Deliver operating profit impact of 3-5x annual salary.

· Lead improvement of the daily management process, including metrics and communication methods (Gemba boards, day by the hour, etc)

· Lead the implementation of 6S and visual management initiatives throughout the facility.

· Act as a change agent to drive Kaizen transformational activities throughout the plant.

· Champion employee engagement.

· Enhance employee’s skill level to empower problem solving and improve processes.

· Facilitate and help develop future Kaizen leaders.

· Use SQDC and PDCA to track and measure Kaizen progress.

· Lead and support identification and application of best practices and operating standards.

· Support strategy development and deployment for strategic business priorities.

Any other duties deemed necessary by the Plant Manager and the Continuous Improvement Director.

Requirements:

· In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes, mechanics of plant equipment, and advanced computer skills (MS Office, BPCS, SAP).

· In depth knowledge of lean tools and CI methods.

· 5-10+ years manufacturing experience including experience managing and applying lead tools and CI methods.

Prefer experience leading production teams.


Degreed engineer from 4 year school. MBA preferred.



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