CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

Job Description: The Continuous Improvement Specialist (CI Specialist) is accountable for providing leadership and establishing the linkage of the Business System (EBS) and lean manufacturing processes to drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence throughout the Troy, IL facility. The CI Specialist oversees site cost productivity and labor efficiency goals, project decks, kaizen events, and continuous improvement plans. This includes providing training, coaching, and mentoring for improvement activities to support goals and objectives of the corporation. Specific Duties: Deliver cost productivity improvements by managing project deck focused on cost productivity, sourcing, and VA/VE. Accountable for managing projects that will deliver savings, determined annually. Lead, facilitate, and execute projects using Six Sigma and lean principles and processes to deliver results. Responsible for deploying Six Sigma and lean principles and processes across the site. Works directly with the Operations leadership to facilitate setting priorities, developing goals, and designing objectives related to Six Sigma and lean. Tie Six Sigma projects and lean transformational plans to the site’s operating goals and objectives. Train and coach process owners in the use of lean and statistical tools, approaches, and techniques to create process management and measurement systems and develop an operational excellence mindset at the department level. Support lean cultural change. Interface with manufacturing personnel to improve existing processes, increase safety, and solve any ergonomic concerns. Provide technical support to shop floor in the areas of equipment, layout, tools, fixtures, and machines to ensure low-cost and high-quality products. Implement the manufacture of new products or product lines with the emphasis on integrating the most efficient process and repeatable design. Develop proposals to incorporate new technology where appropriate. Prepare capital expenditure requests, frequent interaction with outside suppliers and agencies, including regulatory personnel. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Industrial Technology from an accredited institution. Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience, 1 of those years in continuous improvement. Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship. Preferred Qualifications: 1 year of experience with hands-on implementation of lean manufacturing tools, Kaizen, and continuous improvement. Previous leadership experience. Lean Experience with Kaizens and Lean Management Systems. The ideal candidate will lead and drive quality and lean for a 70-person plant in MD and a 12-person satellite office in GA (once a quarter visit). The company is a Plastic Extrusion business that makes a wide range of products within a variety of industries. The candidate needs to come from manufacturing with a good grasp of ISO and Lean. Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Direct Staffing Inc. #J-18808-Ljbffr Direct Staffing Inc