Continuous Improvement Unit Manager

2 weeks ago


Atlanta, United States Affinity Executive Search Full time

Major and established international brand name company has an opportunity for a

Continuous Improvement Unit Manager

at their large manufacturing and distribution location in the southern suburbs of the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area. There are major company benefits to include bonus potential, profit sharing, and discounts on company products. Relocation assistance is also provided.

Position Summary:

The Continuous Improvement Manager is lead responsible for the CI Dept. assisting plant-wide performance improvement initiatives... cost, quality, productivity, material flow, value stream optimization.

Grow company CI culture through targeted training & campus wide Kaizen, Small Group, & Kaizen Blitz programs.

Develop Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Green Belts/Black Belts.

Responsibilities:

Job Responsibilities:

Manage, mentor, & develop CI staff including CI Engineers, CI Techs, CI Fabricator, & quarterly CI Interns.

Integrate company Production System principles including 5S/6F, Lean Manufacturing, Synchronous Flow, TVP-VAA. [similar to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Toyota Production System (TPS)]

Analyze business processes and value stream mapping for optimization.

Execute strategic & shop floor initiatives in OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), productivity, labor efficiency, VAA (Value Add Analysis), material flow, quality, & business value stream.

Execute IE time studies to optimize labor line balance & productivity.

Conduct process capability studies & implement control systems for critical processes.

Manage/grow campus wide programs for Kaizen, Small Group, & Kaizen Blitz.

Champion 5-Why Root Cause Analysis & permanent corrective action all facets of the business operation.

Develop & implement structured training programs (ex: Kaizen, Small Group, Lean Mfg 5S/6F, Theoretical Value Production/Value Add Analysis, PFMEA, 5-Star, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Develop Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green & Black Belts.

Champion PFMEA preventative action including poke-yoke [error proofing].

Maintain master project lists.

Compile summary progress reports for management review.

Co-responsible for plant ISO compliance including internal auditing.

Qualifications:

Education / Experience:

BS degree in applicable industrial business field (IE degree strongly preferred).

Minimum five years applicable industrial manufacturing experience (ten years preferred) (Automotive or Tier 1 Automotive Supplier experience strongly preferred).

Minimum five years IE, CI, Lean Mfg experience (Automotive or Tier 1 Automotive Supplier experience strongly preferred)

Demonstrated problem solving skills.

Formal problem solving training.

Demonstrated ability to manage sideways through peer functions to drive business results.

Highly proficient MS-Office PC skills (prefer Visio, Access, AutoCAD)

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