Continuous Improvement Manager

American Bath Group; Plymouth (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

American Bath Group is seeking a Continuous Improvement Manager for our Plymouth, IN facility. This role is about building and embedding a sustainable CI operating system beyond Lean events, with a focus on leader standard work, tiered daily management, visual management, and structured problem solving.

You will lead cross-functional improvements, coach supervisors to own daily improvements, and help document best practices to scale Plymouth's model across other plants.

Qualifications

• Hands-on manufacturing CI or Lean leadership experience.
• Experience building or significantly improving daily management systems.
• Strong background in leader standard work and structured problem solving.
• Ability to influence leaders without direct reporting authority.
• Comfortable on the manufacturing floor in a labor-intensive environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement a practical Continuous Improvement operating system.
• Establish leader standard work and tiered daily management.
• Lead high-impact improvements in productivity, reliability, quality, scrap, rework, and cost.
• Coach supervisors and plant leaders to independently own problem solving and daily improvement.
• Create a prioritized CI project pipeline with clear ownership and measurable business value.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Finance, and plant leadership.
• Help document and replicate proven practices across other facilities once Plymouth is stabilized.

Skills

Lean leadership

Leader standard work

Problem solving

Daily management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Continuous Improvement Manager - Plymouth, IN

American Bath Group is looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager to help build and embed a sustainable CI operating system at our Plymouth manufacturing facility.

This is not a role focused only on Lean events or isolated projects. We're looking for someone who can bring together leader standard work, tiered daily management, visual management, structured problem solving, project governance, and measurable savings into one practical operating rhythm.

What you'll do:

• Build and implement a practical Continuous Improvement operating system
• Establish leader standard work and tiered daily management
• Lead high-impact improvements in productivity, reliability, quality, scrap, rework, and cost
• Coach supervisors and plant leaders to independently own problem solving and daily improvement
• Create a prioritized CI project pipeline with clear ownership and measurable business value
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Finance, and plant leadership
• Help document and replicate proven practices across other facilities once Plymouth is stabilized

What we're looking for:

• Hands-on manufacturing Continuous Improvement or Lean leadership experience
• Experience personally building or significantly improving daily management systems
• Strong background in leader standard work, structured problem solving, and sustainment
• Demonstrated operational and financial improvement results
• Ability to influence leaders without direct reporting authority
• Comfortable working directly on the manufacturing floor in a hands-on, labor-intensive environment

Experience in industrial products, plastics, composites, steel, construction products, bathware, or similar manufacturing environments is a plus.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to build the operating system, prove the value, and develop the leaders who sustain it.

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