Continuous Improvement Manager

Hello,

My name is Arnold, and I am a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant with The Fountain Group.  We are a national staffing firm with an array of Fortune 500 clients constantly looking for candidates such as yourself to join the team. I believe you have a great background and would love to discuss what's most important to you then compared to see if it matches our job.  
Currently I have an opening for Continuous Improvement Manager located in Beaver Dam, WI. Details for the position are as follows:

Pay Rate: $100K-105K annually (25 % annual bonus)

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Manage and evaluate the Continuous Improvement staff including but not limited to performance management and employee development- etc.
• Partner with business leaders on implementation of process improvement (Six Sigma / Lean)
• Reporting into the Factory Director, the Continuous Improvement Manager will provide a full range of productivity services to Operations and direct cost reduction programs for the facility including leading lean events- implementing Food and Beverage company Management System (KHMS) throughout the facility- developing and measuring facility systems and developing and delivering continuous improvement training programs for the facility. Direction in fields of the best business practices including- but not limited to- yield improvement - workforce utilization-overhead spend - capital utilization- indirect spend- plant utilization and efficiency- working capital both raw material and finished goods. This role will act as a coach for the KHMS as well as leading the Site Steering Committee helping to implement KHMS. This person will work closely with the KHMS Task Force to drive greater utilization of processes and procedures and higher proficiency on the changes impacting employees in the organization such that business results are achieved. This person will provide direct support and coaching to front line managers, supervisors, and team leaders as they help their direct reports understand and adopt KHMS.
• The Continuous Improvement Manager will actively participate in annual planning, weekly PDCA meetings, Daily Level 3 meetings.
• The Continuous Improvement Manager will lead transformation analysis, center line definition and associated standard development. Develop control strategies to enable operators to respond to out-of-control situations. Leads root cause problem solving efforts on key chronic losses for the process. Coaches teams on CIL, CLM, 5S, FPQ, and Oscar systems execution. Coaches and develops teams by building problem solving skills within the process.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is required; Preferably in Industrial Engineering or related field
• 3+ years of operations experience in a manufacturing environment is required
• 1+ years CI leading CI projects or transformation projects required
• Black Belt Certification preferred: Green Belt
• Advanced skills in Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Word, Matrics and ZPI skills
• Demonstrated experience overcoming the inevitable problems and obstacles that surface to meet project timelines and cost initiatives
• Creativeness and desire to not to be bound by past solutions and to think creatively to drive productivity throughout the organization
• Ability to communicate and deal with a range of responsibilities is critical while managing multiple task
• Solid understanding of enterprise business principles and practices
• Presentation Skills
• Mentoring & coaching skills
• Facilitates the line loss analysis (waste elimination and yield improvement) and line throughput improvement plans.
• Leads transformation analysis and centerline definition and associated standard development.
• Participates in internal audit program, food safety committee, and sanitary design team.

Who We Are:

The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm with over 80 Fortune 100-500 clients. Since 2001, TFG has maintained a consistent standard of excellence, and our work is broadly recognized every year through numerous industry performance awards. Our success is a team effort.

Browse our website below for additional information on our company.

The Fountain Group

4505 Woodland Corporate Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614
“We work in Life Sciences, Clinical, Engineering, IT, and more. Above all, we specialize in people.”

If you are interested in hearing more about this position or other opportunities I may have please respond to this posting with your updated resume or contact me at (813) 425-2220, please reply/email your resume directly to Arnold.Suwan@TheFountainGroup.com

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