Manufacturing Operations & Kaizen Leader

Talent Strategy; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Strategy in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Manufacturing Leader to promote a strong safety culture, drive continuous improvement, and lead Kaizen events across facilities. You will use data and KPIs to reduce waste, standardize processes, mentor teams, and collaborate with Engineering, Planning, and Maintenance to ensure on-time delivery.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, proven manufacturing leadership, and a track record of achieving cost and quality improvements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, manufacturing, or a related field.
• Experience leading Kaizen events and process-improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to use data and performance metrics to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Promote a strong safety culture focused on employee awareness, training, risk reduction, and hazard prevention.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve product quality, throughput, and efficiency.
• Plan and lead Kaizen events and other process improvement activities to eliminate waste.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manufacturing costs through labor, processes, and material efficiency.
• Establish and monitor KPIs to ensure targets are achieved.
• Lead, develop, and mentor team members for increased accountability.
• Standardize manufacturing processes and work practices across shifts.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production Planning, Customer Service, Warehouse, Maintenance, and others to optimize flow.
• Ensure training is completed and SOPs are followed; perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Kaizen events

Continuous improvement

Data-driven decisions

Mentoring

Process standardization

Cross-functional collaboration

Training & development

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Talent Strategy in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Manufacturing Leader to promote a strong safety culture, drive continuous improvement, and lead Kaizen events across facilities. You will use data and KPIs to reduce waste, standardize processes, mentor teams, and collaborate with Engineering, Planning, and Maintenance to ensure on-time delivery.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, proven manufacturing leadership, and a track record of achieving cost and quality improvements