Lean & CI Leader: Operational Excellence for Americas

Durex Industries; Cary (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Chromalox is seeking a Continuous Improvement leader to drive the Operational Excellence framework across the Americas. You will embed Lean principles, identify opportunities, and deliver measurable performance gains across manufacturing sites.

You will lead or support CI workshops, coordinate with engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams, and champion standardization and best practices across sites. Travel within the Americas is required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading CI workshops and engaging cross‑functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to implement Lean tools to reduce waste and improve process performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of the Operational Excellence framework across Americas sites, ensuring alignment with global standards.
• Apply Lean principles to identify inefficiencies, reduce waste, and improve process performance.
• Deliver and support Gold-level Continuous Improvement activities in line with internal CI standards, and develop toward higher levels.
• Facilitate CI workshops (Kaizen, value stream mapping, root cause solving) to drive sustainable improvements.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute process improvement initiatives across manufacturing and support functions.
• Provide hands‑on support to sites, including leading or supporting SMED improvement exercises.
• Coach and train site teams in Lean tools and CI methodologies to build internal capability.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver end‑to‑end improvements and share best practices across sites.
• Own CI savings delivery for the ETS Americas and track savings against forecasts.
• Attend weekly meetings with the Manufacturing Engineering Manager to review CI updates and OPEX maturity.

Skills

Lean principles

CI workshops

Stakeholder engagement

Strong communication

Bilingual

Tools

SMED

5S

VSM

Root cause analysis

Standard work

Job description

Chromalox is seeking a Continuous Improvement leader to drive the Operational Excellence framework across the Americas. You will embed Lean principles, identify opportunities, and deliver measurable performance gains across manufacturing sites.

You will lead or support CI workshops, coordinate with engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams, and champion standardization and best practices across sites. Travel within the Americas is required.