Continuous Improvement Team Leader

Reynolds Consumer Products; Jacksonville (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Reynolds Consumer Products is seeking a Continuous Improvement Team Leader for our Jacksonville, IL plant. This hands-on role connects floor-level issues to structured action, partnering with operators, supervisors, and the Plant CI Manager to uphold Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity goals.

You will drive daily improvements, lead CI projects, and sustain standard work while building ownership at the department level.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (required).
• Associate’s degree preferred; equivalent education considered.
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience in continuous improvement, quality, maintenance, or production support.

Responsibilities

• Identify losses, standard work gaps, and improvement opportunities across extrusion, conversion, or relevant departments.
• Support daily performance management by identifying top losses, KPI gaps, downtime, scrap, and throughput issues.
• Lead and track CI projects using tools like A3, kaizen, 5S, RCA, SMED, and standard work to realize savings.
• Maintain adherence to standard work, checklists, and visual controls; provide daily updates to leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Excel analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma / GED

Associate’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Ignition

RedZone

Job description

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team!

We currently have an opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Team Leader at our Manufacturing Plant in Jacksonville, IL.

DAY SHIFT HOURS

(8 Hour Shift)

Responsibilities

The Continuous Improvement Leader supports daily improvement execution within the plant by connecting floor-level issues to structured action. This role works closely with operators, supervisors, and the Plant CI Manager to identify losses, follow up on improvement actions, elevate blockers, and help sustain standards. This is a hands‑on, floor‑focused role designed to develop strong problem‑solving capability while supporting plant priorities in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Productivity, and People. The CI Leader is not expected to solve every problem alone. The role is expected to help make problems visible, support daily action, and build ownership at the department level.

You Will Have the Opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

Floor Engagement & Loss Identification

• Maintains strong floor presence by observing the process, engaging operators, and capturing feedback on barriers impacting performance.
• Identifies process deviations, standard work gaps, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities in extrusion, conversion, or assigned department areas.

Daily Performance Management & DMS Support

• Supports shift change and department DMS routines by helping identify top losses, KPI gaps, downtime, scrap, waste, line stops, throughput issues, and help chain misses.
• Ensures daily issues are made visible and connected to actions, owners, due dates, follow-up, and escalation when needed.

CI Projects, Savings & Action Follow-Up

• Supports implementation of A3, kaizen, 5S, RCA, SMED, BRC, savings projects, and department improvement actions through floor follow‑up, action tracking, blocker escalation, and effectiveness checks.
• Helps identify savings opportunities using 8‑waste thinking, with focus on scrap reduction, downtime reduction, labor productivity, throughput improvement, line stops, standard work gaps, and overall waste reduction.
• Supports savings projects by providing floor feedback, before/after evidence, action updates, and validation support to the Plant CI Manager.

Standard Work, Sustainment & Communication

• Supports adherence to standard work, checklists, SOCs, visual controls, and process conditions at the point of use.
• Executes CI Leader Standard Work to identify daily gaps, follow up on actions, elevate blockers, capture wins, and support plant improvement priorities.
• Helps sustain improvements by verifying that new standards, countermeasures, and best practices are being followed.
• Captures operator ideas, wins, and before/after improvements, and provides short daily updates to the Plant CI Manager to support coaching, visibility, and follow‑up.

You Will Love It Here If…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Education/Experience

Requirements

Required

• High school diploma or GED.
• 3+ years of manufacturing experience with demonstrated leadership responsibilities.
• Associate’s degree in a related field preferred; high-school diploma or equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant work experience will be considered.
• Prior manufacturing, continuous improvement, quality, maintenance, process, or production support experience.
• Strong computer skills, including Excel analysis, including pivots, formulas, charts, filtering, sorting, and comparing performance trends.
• Ability to use data and floor observations together to identify recurring issues, process deviations, and improvement opportunities
• Ability to understand plant performance drivers such as downtime, scrap, waste, line stops, throughput, quality, standard work, and process deviations.
• Strong communication, ownership, follow‑through, teamwork, and willingness to learn CI tools and support daily improvement routines.

Preferred

• Experience with RedZone, Ignition, Power BI, SAP, or other manufacturing data/reporting systems.
• Familiarity with Lean Tools, CI, DMS, 5S, standard work, 5 Why, A3, kaizen, RCA, SMED.
• Experience supporting improvement work tied to savings, scrap reduction, downtime reduction, waste reduction, throughput, quality, or labor productivity.
• Ability to use data and floor observations together to identify recurring issues, process deviations, and improvement opportunities.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of manufacturing operations and standardized work principles.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop employees.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities.
• Ability to prioritize work and coordinate multiple operational activities.
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships across functional teams.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Competencies

• Directs Work – Organizes people and resources to consistently achieve operational objectives.
• Develops Talent – Builds individual capability through coaching, feedback, and ongoing development.
• Builds Effective Teams – Creates a collaborative environment focused on shared accountability and results.
• Decision Quality – Makes timely, sound decisions using available information and operational judgment.
• Drives Results – Maintains focus on achieving safety, quality, delivery, and productivity goals.
• Communicates Effectively – Shares information clearly and fosters open communication across all levels of the organization.

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Pay Range

USD $29.80 - USD $29.80 /H