CI Manager

This role is responsible for facilitating a culture of continuous improvement and employee engagement. Research, plans, trains, executes and facilitates operational improvement programs in order to create a culture of continuous improvement and lean manufacturing that leads to associate empowerment, elimination of waste, and improvements in safety, quality, service and cost. Drives the adherence to standard work and the execution of the Lean Management System. Leads Kaizen events per Program guidelines designed to forward and sustain continuous improvement initiatives. Identify opportunities for Kaizen events that provide quantifiable and sustainable results. Develop and communicate metrics for measurement of continuous improvement; monitor and analyze quantitative and qualitative results related to initiatives on a continual basis. Foster a safety culture and the implementation of safety policies and training in compliance with the company safety program and OSHA regulations to eliminate work related injuries. • Lead Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects through cross-functional team facilitation and project management. Drives the adherence of standard work and ensures the integration with Lean Management System. • Use lean manufacturing tools (e.g., VSM, Kaizen, Charters, 5S, Gemba walks, LMS, Root cause problem solving) to identify and develop solutions that drive operational improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. • Act as primary liaison with steering committees. Network with other plant’s lean leaders to leverage programs designed to continually improve operations and eliminate waste fostering best practice and standardization. • Provide leadership by mentoring associates in the use of Lean tools, ensuring transfer of knowledge, and creating a culture of continuous improvement. • Collect and analyze the data on Plant processes, procedures and performance using evaluation tools and make recommendations on improvement opportunities.