Project Manager, Continuous Improvement

OPW Fueling Components, LLC; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

OPW Fueling Components, LLC in Wisconsin is seeking a Project Manager for Continuous Improvement (CI) to lead enterprise-wide operational excellence initiatives, applying Lean and Six Sigma to optimize processes, reduce waste, and drive cost-savings across sites.

You will guide end-to-end CI projects, manage plans and trackers, coach teams, and establish KPIs to measure productivity impact while building CI capability across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience leading continuous improvement and project management initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise in change management and data-driven problem solving.
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end continuous improvement projects from scoping to post-launch validation.
• Manage project plans, timelines, and trackers.
• Coordinate with site leadership and functional teams.
• Monitor savings targets, validate realized savings, and escalate barriers.
• Facilitate Kaizen workshops, value stream mapping, and root-cause investigations.
• Apply Lean and Six Sigma tools to reduce variation and remove waste across business units.
• Establish KPIs and robust control plans to measure productivity impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to align resources and track financial impacts.
• Deliver training and coaching sessions to build CI capability across the organization.

Skills

Continuous improvement

Project management

Change management

Data-driven problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Industrial Engineering

Job description

Job Summary

The Project Manager, Continuous Improvement (CI) leads enterprise-wide operational excellence initiatives, driving process optimization, waste reduction, and cultural transformation using advanced frameworks like Lean and Six Sigma. The purpose of this role would be to provide dedicated ownership and accountability for VWS productivity and cost-savings initiatives across all four sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end continuous improvement and operational projects from initial scoping to post-launch metric validation.
• Managing project plans and timelines and maintaining project trackers.
• Coordinating with site leadership and functional teams.
• Monitoring progress against savings targets, validating realized savings, and escalating barriers that could impact execution.
• Facilitate Kaizen workshops, value stream mapping, and root-cause investigations to eliminate operational bottlenecks.
• Apply Lean and Six Sigma tools to reduce process variation and remove waste across business units.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and robust control plans to measure productivity impact.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to align resources, gather baseline data, and track financial impacts.
• Deliver training and coaching sessions to build continuous improvement capability across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience leading continuous improvement and project management initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise in change management and data-driven problem solving.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working within an industrial, manufacturing, or complex matrixed environment.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to normal office conditions like telephone, personal computer, reports and files. The employee will also be exposed to normal conditions of a manufacturing facility. The employee will regularly required to talk or hear. The employee will required to stand for long periods of time. The employee will use his/her hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and climb or balance and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will frequently lift, carry or otherwise move and position objects weighing up to 50 pounds regularly, and occasionally up to 70 pounds. When working on machinery, employee will bend, stoop and crouch on a regular basis and constantly move about to coordinate work. The employee is required to regularly set up, adjust, assemble, control, test and operate machinery.

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