Regional Logistics Hands-On CI Leader

Novolex; Romeoville (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

Paid vacation and sick days

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

Novolex is seeking a hands-on Regional Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement to drive operational excellence across multiple warehouse and distribution facilities in the United States. You will spend significant time on the shop floor with frontline teams and site leadership to identify opportunities, solve operational challenges, and lead sustainable improvements.

The ideal candidate combines strong Continuous Improvement expertise with deep logistics and warehouse operations experience,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Distribution, or Operational Excellence roles.
• Minimum of 5 years supporting or leading improvement initiatives within high-volume warehouse, distribution center, fulfillment, or logistics operations.
• Proven success leading cross-functional, multi-site improvement projects and operational transformations.
• Strong experience facilitating Kaizen events and structured problem-solving activities.
• Ability to influence, coach, and drive change without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead Operational Improvement across multiple warehouse and distribution facilities.
• Lead Kaizen events, process improvement workshops, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving activities.
• Identify and eliminate waste, process variation, and operational inefficiencies.
• Deliver measurable improvements in safety, productivity, service, quality, inventory accuracy, and cost performance.
• Spend significant time on the shop floor working with site leadership and frontline teams.
• Conduct Gemba walks and operational assessments to identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide hands-on leadership and coaching throughout implementation and sustainment.
• Build strong partnerships with operations leaders and support site performance objectives.
• Improve warehouse throughput, labor utilization, storage utilization, inventory accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Optimize picking, put-away, dock operations, material flow, inventory management, slotting, labor utilization, case picking, and related processes.
• Support process standardization, best-practice replication, WMS utilization, and operational technology improvements.
• Leverage operational and financial data to identify strategic improvement opportunities, quantify impact, and prioritize regional CI initiatives.
• Synthesize complex information into executive-level summaries, recommendations, and action plans.
• Utilize data analytics, performance trends, and operational metrics to support decision-making and resource allocation.
• Transform data insights into actionable CI projects that drive sustainable improvements in safety, quality, service, productivity, and cost performance.
• Coach leaders and teams on Lean principles, CI methodologies, and practical problem-solving.
• Develop site champions who can lead and sustain improvements within their facilities.
• Support implementation and ongoing utilization of the OPEX360 System.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Kaizen events

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Coaching

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, or related field

Tools

SAP

Blue Yonder

Rebus

MS Office

Co-Pilot

Smartsheet

Job description

Novolex is seeking a hands-on Regional Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement to drive operational excellence across multiple warehouse and distribution facilities in the United States. You will spend significant time on the shop floor with frontline teams and site leadership to identify opportunities, solve operational challenges, and lead sustainable improvements.

The ideal candidate combines strong Continuous Improvement expertise with deep logistics and warehouse operations experience,