Continuous Improvement Manager

We're looking for a hands-on, factory-present Continuous Improvement Manager to lead kaizen efforts and drive measurable gains in cost, quality, and throughput across a complex, high-variation manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Kaizen Leadership: Plan and lead CI events targeting material flow, equipment layout, and labor efficiency; ensure standardized documentation and sustainment plans are in place.
• Value Stream Mapping: Conduct annual Value Stream Mapping exercises across all major production and administrative areas; define current-state challenges and lead future-state implementations.
• Daily Management Systems: Sustain and improve visual factory tools including daily boards, metrics, and tiered accountability meetings.
• Training & Coaching: Mentor supervisors, group leads, and production team members on lean tools including 5S, standard work, visual controls, problem solving, and takt time awareness.
• Data-Driven Cost Reduction: Identify, quantify, and track cost savings tied to labor, material, rework, and throughput gains; support corporate CI reporting.
• Cross-Site Collaboration: Share best practices across facilities; support non-manufacturing VSM efforts in areas like materials, logistics, and scheduling.
• Barrier Removal: Surface and address organizational blockers that prevent improvement efforts from taking hold or scaling.
• Change Management: Drive adoption of new systems and behaviors through coaching, documentation, and aligned communication strategies.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) + Match
• Company paid life insurance
• 10 company paid holidays
• PTO: Vacation + personal time