Continuous Improvement Manager
Lincoln Industries
- Lincoln, NE
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversee all aspects of continuous improvement for the plant organization.
- Develops annual plans for the CI in the facility including IGNITE and MDI.
- Develops and implements training plans for the plant to promote growth and improvements to the CI process.
- Coach people in lean methodology and continuous improvement mindset utilizing kaizen, lean training and exercises/demonstrations.
- Responsible for the identification, development and implementation of process improvements and best practices focused on improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity (Labor and Material).
- Supports development of capital plans and plant budgeting as needed to support CI
- Facilitate financial justification for new projects.
- Lead and influence others through actions and expectations to meet improvement objectives.
- Leads regularly scheduled CI meetings with plant leadership to review and track progress
- Lead improvement events directed toward productivity improvements and waste reduction.
- Use continuous improvement techniques to capitalize on safety, quality, delivery and productivity opportunities.
- Ensures follow-up on improvement events are completed and realized gains are maintained. This includes scheduling and facilitating on-going status reviews with all vested parties.
- Could potentially come in contact with hazardous chemicals.
- Any other tasks as required fulfilling Lincoln Industries' Beliefs and Drivers.
- Reports to: Director of Operations
- Supervises: Continuous Improvement Engineers/Technicians/Process Specialists
- Bachelor's degree in engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a manufacturing or process environment using continuous improvement techniques/tools (i.e. Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, JIT, etc.)
- Must have green belt or be actively enrolled in green belt certification training class
- Strong computer skills
- Must have skills in development and implementation of CI training
- Ability to build teams, lead cross functional groups, and drive performance.
- Strong communication skills - shop floor through management
- Creative thought process
- Leadership
- Financial justification
- Experience in manufacturing industry.
- Black belt or be actively enrolled in black belt certification training class
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