Continuous Improvement Lead

We are seeking a Continuous Improvement Lead responsible to develop, initiate, lead and drive continuous improvement projects such as process changes to improve operating costs.  You will be responsible for facilitating key continuous improvement activities in areas such as waste reduction, cost savings, production efficiency, maintenance reliability, quality, safety, environmental, people development, business systems, business technology and business development initiatives. The scope is limitless!

Responsibilities:

• Identify and facilitate process improvement projects
• Conduct training exercises or workshops to drive cultural change
• Perform root cause analysis to determine metrics, troubleshoot business and production issues, material flow, project plans, production capacity, facility design and create process documentation
• Carry out advanced data collection and analysis for process mapping
• Develop budgets and cost analysis to determine project feasibility
• Establish clear and well-articulated implementation plans
• Resolve technical problems: e.g., formulation, equipment, product, interpretation of regulations, resource availability.
• Specify deliverables, outcome and performance-measurement indicators.
• Design, install, and debug tooling and capital equipment as it relates to process improvement
• Drive value stream mapping to define “As-Is Analysis” and the transition to “Future State”
• Develop and conduct compliance audits, program evaluations and reviews to drive results with the fortitude to ensure change is permanent.
• Initiate and facilitate lean improvement programs and activities
• Direct and facilitate the ongoing lean improvement process through the use of techniques such as Kaizen, 5’S, TPM, Kanban, Policy Deployment, etc.
• Ensure that appropriate safety and ergonomic processes and methods are being utilized.
• Establish metrics to monitor financial savings as compared to established goals and targets.
• Create annual cost savings targets based on analysis of evolving operations with full knowledge of the 3-year business plan.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• BA/BS degree (preferably in Engineering) or the equivalent.
• Minimum of five years’ experience within a Manufacturing Facility.
• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) background highly desired.
• Lean and Six Sigma certifications desired/experience required.