Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement

HireRight; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Life/AD&D Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Short- & Long-Term Disability

401K

Generous Vacation and Sick Program

10 Paid Holidays

Education Assistance Program

Business Casual Attire

Generous Referral Program

Employee Discounts and Rewards

And much more!

All resumes are held in confidence.

Job summary

HireRight, a premier background screening and workforce solutions provider based in Nashville, seeks a Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement to lead enterprise-wide Lean initiatives across HR, Finance, IT and other corporate functions. You will map value streams, drive Kaizen events, and deliver measurable savings while shaping organizational design and productivity.

Join a collaborative team focused on sustainable change, data-driven decision making, and operational excellence across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of industrial engineering, operational excellence, process improvement, or continuous improvement experience.
• Experience performing Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen events, time studies, and workflow analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Visio, and process mapping tools.
• Experience developing metrics, dashboards, and productivity analyses.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing corporate costs and increasing operational efficiency.
• Conduct Value Stream Mapping (VSM) exercises to identify non-value-added activities, process bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate Kaizen events and process improvement workshops with cross-functional teams.
• Apply Lean principles to eliminate waste and improve transactional and administrative processes.
• Develop and implement standardized work procedures and best practices.
• Perform work measurement studies, workload assessments, and capacity analyses across corporate functions.
• Establish productivity metrics, performance standards, and staffing models.
• Analyze work distribution and resource utilization to identify optimization opportunities.
• Recommend organizational and process changes to improve labor productivity and service levels.
• Evaluate organizational structures, spans of control, and workflow alignment.
• Identify opportunities to streamline roles, eliminate redundancies, and improve accountability.
• Support workforce planning and organizational design initiatives.
• Develop recommendations for improving cross-functional collaboration and operational effectiveness.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret operational data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and performance scorecards to monitor results.
• Quantify financial impact and business benefits of improvement initiatives.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and business cases supporting recommended changes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce operating expenses through process optimization, automation, and resource alignment.
• Support business transformation and shared services initiatives.
• Evaluate and implement technology solutions that improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Track and report realized savings from continuous improvement projects.
• Collaborate with leaders and employees across corporate functions to gain alignment on improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and process improvement education.
• Support change management efforts to ensure sustainable adoption of new processes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders regarding operational excellence strategies.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Facilitation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Visio

Process mapping tools

Job description

HireRight, a premier background screening and workforce solutions provider based in Nashville, seeks a Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement to lead enterprise-wide Lean initiatives across HR, Finance, IT and other corporate functions. You will map value streams, drive Kaizen events, and deliver measurable savings while shaping organizational design and productivity.

Join a collaborative team focused on sustainable change, data-driven decision making, and operational excellence across the