Continuous Improvement Manager - Transcend Staffing Solutions LLC. a 100% Women Owned Minority Staffing Firm! : Job Details

Role: Continuous Improvement Manager

Hire: Type: Direct Hire

Location: Chesapeake, VA (On-Site)

Salary: $95K - $105K (DOE)

Client Domain: Power Transmission & Motion Control Equipment Manufacturing

The Continuous Improvement Manager/Lean Leader will serve as the SMA Lean change agent to ensure a consistent, rapid, and successful deployment continuous improvement activities by using the Lean principles to train employees, develop lean transformation/continuous improvement plans addressing critical needs, identify opportunities for improvement, execute improvement projects through Kaizen facilitation and employee engagement at all levels.

Essential Functions (other duties may be assigned):

• To assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a ‘world class' continuous improvement strategy.
• Identify and deliver service improvement activities across the business through employing process improvement methodologies and the application of innovative thinking.
• Work with key business stakeholders and other ‘LEAN champions' to build a continuous improvement environment to support an ongoing program of change.
• Support the delivery of better value and greater efficiency through the identification and elimination of unnecessary complexity within business processes, reduction of non-value added activities and identification of better ways of working.
• Identify trends and process variations as part of establishing a continuous improvement monitoring system
• Elicit requirements and drive process change using staff interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, business analysis and workflow analysis
• Lead Kaizen events, continuous improvement projects and other activities that execute the SMA improvement plan resulting in bottom line company results, with specific focus on achieving faster and more financially efficient processes company-wide.
• Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against objectives and remove barriers to deployment of lean/continuous improvement plan.
• Drive the change management necessary to implement effective lean manufacturing operations.
• Track and manage post-project implementation performance monitoring: including control plan audits, savings verifications, and reporting
• Coaches and trains plant/operations managers and coworkers on principles of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
• Performs follow-up verifications to ensure successful implementation and sustainment.
• Responsible for supervision of our maintenance and tool crib teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 year's experience implementing Lean/TPS and Six Sigma principles including 5S, SMED, Single Piece Flow, Bottleneck Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Hoshin Kanri, Visual Management, OEE, Standardized Work, TPM in a manufacturing/assembly environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, supply chain, operations or related field
• 3-5 years of working knowledge and practical experience in manufacturing environment
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt is preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive and manage the change process
• Demonstrated ability with facilitating teams/groups and working with all levels of the organization
• Proficient in operating Windows and associated Microsoft Office applications, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.