Plant Lean & Continuous Improvement Specialist

Schreiber Foods; West Bend (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Paid time off from day one

Wellness incentive

Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Schreiber Foods is seeking an Operational Excellence Specialist to lead Lean manufacturing initiatives at the line level in our Wisconsin plant. You will partner with floor teams to drive process standardization, apply DMAIC, and develop SOPs and training materials to sustain gains.

You’ll mentor leaders on Lean tools, track performance, and support cross-functional projects while ensuring food safety and quality requirements are met.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• 2-7 years of production experience.
• CQIA or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification within 3 years.
• Ability to identify waste in a process.
• Basic computer/technology skills, including Excel.
• Ability to facilitate training or meetings.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate with different groups.
• Passionate about continuous improvement.
• Ability to collect and interpret basic line information and data.

Responsibilities

• Identify and elevate problems by engaging with production floor partners.
• Coordinate and facilitate Kaizen Events, PSCs and Gemba.
• Deliver small improvement projects using Lean and DMAIC principles.
• Develop SOPs, Visual Work Instructions, 5-S material and training material.
• Develop measurement tools to show compliance with plant standards.
• Monitor and coordinate sustainment of process improvements.
• Provide guidance on Lean Tools and RCA, TPS, and Kanban.
• Maintain training and documentation related to operations excellence.
• Partner with OE team to realize initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Identify waste

Facilitation

Training delivery

Communication

Relationship building

Continuous improvement

Education

High School Diploma/GED

CQIA

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Tools

Excel

Job description

Schreiber Foods is seeking an Operational Excellence Specialist to lead Lean manufacturing initiatives at the line level in our Wisconsin plant. You will partner with floor teams to drive process standardization, apply DMAIC, and develop SOPs and training materials to sustain gains.

You’ll mentor leaders on Lean tools, track performance, and support cross-functional projects while ensuring food safety and quality requirements are met.