Continuous Improvement Manager
- Lead and facilitate kaizen events (labor productivity, layout, material flow, etc.)
- Develop and deploy standard work across production and support areas
- Train and coach operators, supervisors, and engineers on lean fundamentals
- Support site-level strategy deployment and KPI management systems
- Sustain improvements through layered process audits and tiered accountability
- Analyze process performance and identify opportunities for improvement
- Lean Manufacturing Expertise
- Deep hands-on experience applying lean tools (standard work, takt time, value stream mapping, problem-solving, etc.)
- Proven ability to implement lean systems in high-mix, low-volume or complex manufacturing environments
- Kaizen Leadership
- Led numerous formal kaizen events (5–10+ per year ideally)
- Skilled in pre-event planning, team facilitation, event execution, and post-event sustainment
- Trained in or has led training in standard work development and implementation
- Strategy Deployment / Hoshin Kanri Experience
- Demonstrated capability in translating company-level priorities into actionable functional goals
- Has experience facilitating X-matrix, catchball, and tiered management systems
- Academy Company Background
- Worked in a structured continuous improvement environment (e.g., Danaher, Parker Hannifin, Crane, Fortive, Illinois Tool Works, etc.)
- Exposure to formal operating systems and cadence-based management practices
- Strong Change Management and Coaching Skills
- Able to coach operators, supervisors, and executives on lean behaviors and systems
- Experience with resistance management and organizational transformation
- Results-Oriented and Metrics-Driven
- Has delivered measurable performance improvements (e.g., labor productivity, inventory turns, lead time, quality)
- Cultural Fit for Fast-Paced, High-Growth PE Environment
- Comfortable working with urgency, ambiguity, and high accountability
- Flexible and pragmatic with strong bias for action
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, or a related field
- 5–8 years of experience in manufacturing or operational excellence roles
- Experience planning and leading cross-functional kaizen events
- Strong working knowledge of lean tools: standard work, VSM, 5S, problem-solving
- Demonstrated career ambition with a track record of growth and increasing responsibility; highly promotable with the potential to take on broader leadership roles within a fast-paced, high-growth organization
- Prior experience implementing lean in a hands-on, shop-floor setting
- Excellent facilitation and coaching skills
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