Corporate Operations Specialist

Champion Homes; Troy (MI); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Medical

Rx

Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. seeks a Corporate Operations Specialist to drive manufacturing excellence across multiple facilities. The role focuses on hands-on coaching, lean execution, and continuous improvement to optimize production flow and quality.

The position reports to the Regional Director, entails high travel (up to 80%), and offers exposure to strategic plant turnarounds. Exempt status and remote work within the US are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, operations management, manufacturing, or related field.
• 4–8 years in manufacturing/operations leadership in high-volume environments.
• Experience with Lean, Kaizen, root-cause analysis, line balancing, and continuous improvement tools.
• Ability to coach and influence frontline staff without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional Directors to improve operational performance across multiple facilities.
• Spend ~50% of time on the manufacturing floor coaching production teams and supervisors.
• Apply Lean practices to off-site homebuilding operations for process improvements.
• Identify bottlenecks and perform structured root cause analysis to improve line velocity and throughput.
• Strengthen in-process quality controls and inspection gates.
• Coach Production Managers on labor management, daily execution, and accountability.
• Progress toward leading plant turnarounds and regional continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Kaizen

Line balancing

Continuous improvement

Coaching

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Job description

Champion Home Builders, Inc. wants YOU!

We are seeking to hire a Corporate Operations Specialist to join our team within the Corporate Operations Team.

WHAT DO WE OFFER

• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Rx
• Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC.

For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada.

Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee.

Job Title

Corporate Operations Specialist

FLSA Status

Exempt

Job Summary

The Corporate Operations Specialist is a rotational leadership development role designed for high-potential manufacturing professionals from outside the manufactured housing industry. Working closely with Regional Directors, this position provides hands-on operational support across multiple manufacturing facilities while developing the capabilities needed for future advancement into a Regional Director role. The position drives manufacturing excellence, continuous improvement, quality performance, and operational execution through direct engagement on the production floor.

Position Details

• Reports to Regional Director
• High travel requirement, up to 80% of the time
• Remote within US

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional Directors to improve operational performance across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Spend at least 50% of field time on the manufacturing floor coaching production teams, group leads, and supervisors on workflow, workstation pacing, labor utilization, and standard work.
• Apply proven discrete-manufacturing practices, including Lean sequencing, 5S, visual management, error proofing, cycle-time balancing, and standardized work, to off-site homebuilding operations.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks affecting line velocity, throughput, labor balance, subassembly staging, and schedule adherence through structured root cause analysis.
• Strengthen in-process quality controls, inspection gates, upstream verification, and defect containment while reinforcing a next-station-is-the-customer mindset.
• Coach Production Managers and plant leaders on labor management, daily production execution, supervisor accountability, and sustained performance improvement.
• Focus plant engagements on real-time coaching, hands-on problem solving, and high-impact tactical improvements rather than administrative auditing.
• Progress from supporting assigned operational projects to independently leading plant turnarounds, regional continuous improvement rollouts, and facility interventions.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Four to eight years of manufacturing, operations, production leadership, industrial engineering, process improvement, or related experience in a high-volume environment outside manufactured housing.
• Practical experience with Lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, Kaizen, line balancing, and continuous improvement tools.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence frontline employees, supervisors, and plant leaders without direct reporting authority.
• Ability and willingness to travel regionally up to 50% to 80%, including overnight travel.
• Experience in automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, consumer products, building products, or other discrete manufacturing environments.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading plant improvement workshops, Kaizen events, or operational turnaround initiatives.

EEO Statement

Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.