Continuous Improvement Leader

CapstoneONE Search; Muskegon (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits package

Retirement plan

Job summary

CapstoneONE Search is representing a Fortune 500 manufacturing organization in Muskegon, Michigan seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader to champion Lean Manufacturing and CI strategy across the plant. You will lead the CI group, apply Kaizen, Hoshin Kanri, and other techniques, drive 6S events, improve yield and remove waste, and train teams to sustain gains while communicating progress to leadership.

This is a leadership role with responsibility to drive margin through KPI achievement, engage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is preferred/required.
• Candidate should possess at least 4 years of CI/Lean manufacturing experience within high speed manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement efforts.
• Act as a resource for CI techniques such as Kaizen and Hoshin Kanri.
• Direct CI group activities and interface with maintenance and Operations to drive site-wide improvements.
• Facilitate CI events to drive 6S, improve yield, and remove waste.
• Engage production personnel to participate in improvement opportunities.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical field

Tools

Kaizen

Hoshin Kanri

Job description

We are representing a FORTUNE 500 manufacturing organization who is actively seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader that will be responsible for Lean Manufacturing and CI strategy while executing deployment driving margin through sustainment of plant KPI's/deliverables and waste elimination.

Position Overview:

• Candidate will lead the onsite efforts on Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement.
• Act as a resource to the organization for the use of continuous improvement techniques such as the Hochin, Kaizen and various Lean Manufacturing techniques and other improvement methods.
• Lead the activities of the CI group including their interaction with maintenance function, Operations to drive site wide improvements.
• Facilitate special CI events activities to drive 6S, plant improvement performance in capitalizing on removing waste and improvement of yield, and production processes.
• Drives engagement with production personnel to participate suggest improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to effect change in a manufacturing environment and ensure improvement activity is being communicated, understood, and supported within the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups and deliver continuous improvement training.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in technical field is preferred/degree required.
• Candidate should possess at least 4 years of CI/Lean manufacturing experience within high speed manufacturing environments

Our client offers a highly competitive portfolio of insurance and retirement benefits along with other attractive perks. Relocation assistance may be available for highly-qualified candidates outside of the immediate geographic area.