Management Recruiters of the St. Croix Valley

Lean Manufacturing – Continuous Improvement Manager 

Looking for an opportunity to apply your lean experience with a growing manufacturing company located in Minnesota? We’re looking for a Continuous Improvement Manager to drive the lean program from the early stages and create a culture of continual waste reduction across the plant and office and become the next Director of Continuous Improvement in 2-3 years. 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

This position reports to the Director of Business Process Improvement and will provide you with the responsibilities of: 

• Facilitating lean improvement teams across the plant – multiple teams at one time
• Developing the long range strategy for the lean deployment in conjunction with department managers and manage the day-today task level projects
• Evaluating the training needs for each functional area and developing a training plan
• Teaching all employees OEE, TPM, SMED, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Flow, JIT, Kanban, Project Management, Cost Analysis and Process Capability Analysis
• Developing processes and systems to ensure sustainability
• Guiding the teams through Kaizen events and helping with project justification/ROI
• Tracking and reporting team progress to the senior management team – teaching teams how to use the metrics
• Assisting in the development of ‘future state” value streams and helping teams prioritize the tasks that need to be accomplished to get there
• Becoming the “go to” person for all teams and providing support wherever needed 

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

An excellent candidate will have the following skills and qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering required
• 5 years minimum experience working in a manufacturing operations
• 8 years minimum experience as a continuous improvement leader
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work with and teach a wide variety of individuals throughout the plant and office
• Familiar with quality systems, six sigma problem solving techniques
• Strong project management skills
• Green belt or black belt preferred – not required 

This high profile position will provide you an opportunity to prove you can be the catalyst that will take this organization to the next level. Your success will position you for future advancement opportunities in this rapidly growing organization. 

Interested? Please apply on line or email your resume to mike.armbrust@mrstcroix.com