Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

The Continuous Improvement Area Manager is responsible for driving Continuous Improvement in their area of responsibility by establishing area goals and developing process and equipment improvements that improve Safety and impact all three areas of the OEE (Availability, Performance, and Quality). They need to provide shift superintendents and plant associates with the tools and support to enable them to grow and achieve the area goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop appropriate Skills Matrices with associated Training & Development plans for area employees.

• Be the Lead for problem solving, standard work implementation, leader standard work deployment

• Direct and coach on effective Root cause assessments for defects, rate loss and equipment failures

• Accountable for embedding a culture of Continuous Improvement and utilizing Lean/6-Sigma tools and techniques for sustained improvement to achieve Area Goals.

• Ambassador of safety through process improvement and equipment design

• Ensures that sufficiently detailed plant data is being captured to enable informed decisions and effective problem solving and improvement activities.

• Work with accounting to develop annual budgets for the assigned departments.

• Lead and coordinate equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement or upgrade of equipment. Manage capital expense for your department.

• Assist with the understanding and Root Cause of any customer complaints related to your area, implementing corrective & preventative actions as appropriate

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science fields preferred.

• 5 years of supervisory experience in production management or other operations related activity. Process Engineering experience preferred.

• Six Sigma training with tangible application preferred

• Strong familiarity with Continuous Improvement and lean tools.

Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver clear, concise reports that are understandable by the target audience

• Capable of driving for the achievement of business results

• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment

• Time management skills

• Proven ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and present ideas confidently and persuasively

• Willingness to travel to other locations across the organization as needed

• Strong computer skills that include proficiency with MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Dropbox.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English; bilingual in Spanish preferred

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

• The employee possesses the ability to fulfill, and any all-office activities normally expected in an office setting, to include, but not limited to: remaining seated for periods of time to perform computer entry, participating in filing activity, lifting and carrying office supplies (paper reams, mail, etc.).

• Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets.

• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.

• The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position works in a warehouse setting.

• The noise level is usually moderate.

• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a computer, phone, printer/scanner, and filing cabinets.

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