Continuous Improvement Manager

Excellent Opportunity to grow your career within the company!

Summary:

Leads site continuous improvement efforts to maintain the Berner Food & Beverage Operating Structure.

Facilitates projects to review operations/production processes and related areas by applying continuous improvement principles and practices to improve products quality efficiency financials operations and related areas. Responsibilities may include participating with management to develop project objectives facilitating teams coordinating the implementation of project solutions and tracking/reporting results.

Responsibilities:

• Leads continuous improvement efforts company-wide. Provides leadership and strategic thinking for implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leads the continuous improvement process working with others to develop implement and sustain a continuous improvement program based upon lean principles that support meeting financial goals and assists/helps troubleshoot potential production/operations issues that md objectives.
• Leads the implementation of operating processes and systems that deliver consistent year-over-year continuous improvement opportunities across all occur at any given time on the manufacturing floor (i.e. downtime line stoppage machinery problems/malfunctions etc.).
• Implement and sustain continuous improvement practices and culture throughout the organization.
• Leads identifies and defines the scope of continuous improvement planning and activities for CI specialists.
• Teaches and models root cause analysis problem-solving and actions to prevent a recurrence standard work and follow-up. Viewed as an expert in these areas and speaks with authority and confidence when engaging others.
• Collaborates with all departments (especially production maintenance and quality departments) and individuals impacted by CI projects and defines common grounds for collaboration with the employee development team.
• Share best practices and build relationships with CI resources.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping Standard Work Visual Management Kaizen and other events and projects focused on productivity improvement waste reduction and quality improvement to better meet customer and business needs.
• Participate with management to develop project charters for improvement efforts.
• Work directly with the employee development team to ensure cross-functional support occurs.
• Facilitate meetings to review and examine project completion obstacles problem resolution timelines recommendations and conclusions.
• Partner with site management to implement new processes or guidelines determine improvements identify and track savings and develop reports to ensure outcomes are reached.
• Train and coach others to build organizational self-sufficiency with basic continuous improvement methods and tools. Identifies training needs and as appropriate elevates to divisional CI leadership.

Other Skills:

Situational leadership and influencing skills.

Capable of building relationships with site personnel within both the floor and leadership ranks in order to effect change.

Self-starter to lead change and make independent and informed decisions.

Able to become the CI go-to person for the site and build a culture of continuous improvement.

Must have strong verbal and written communication skills to represent site CI activities.

Willingness and capacity to pursue CI certifications and/or proficiency in CI tools and practices.

Strong PC skills; Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook). Demonstrated facility with additional relevant applications (e.g. Microsoft Project Minitab) preferred.

Education:

2 or 4-year degree in science engineering management or related field recommended.

5-10 years combined related work experience in manufacturing/corporate environment/production/operations.

Minimum of 5 years in executing continuous improvement/Lean Six Sigma efforts or equivalent enabling efficiency effectiveness and tangible financial benefit.

Pay range: 115-130K base salary (based on experience); Full benefits (medical dental vision 401k)

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties as needed to meet Berner Food & Beverages ongoing needs.