Continuous Improvement Manager Position Available In Iredell, North Carolina
Tallo's Job Summary: The Continuous Improvement Manager position, based in Mooresville, NC, involves leading initiatives to ensure safe, high-quality production in a cost-effective manner. Responsibilities include promoting a continuous improvement culture, training employees in methodologies like 6 Sigma and Lean, and ensuring product quality and safety. Requirements include a high school diploma, 2-3 years of high-speed production experience, and the ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
Job Description
Continuous Improvement Manager 2.9 2.9 out of 5 stars 110 Barley Park Lane, Mooresville, NC 28115
Position Summary:
Reporting to the VP of Operations this position is responsible for leading the Continuous Improvement initiatives at the plant, located in Mooresville, NC. This position will provide leadership, planning, technical direction, communication and coaching skills to ensure safe production of high- quality products to meet customer needs in the most cost-effective manner.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Promote a strong continuous improvement culture by defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling processes and equipment while empowering the people. Train and educate the organization and implement continuous improvement methodologies including but not limited to 6 Sigma, 5S, kaizen events, Lean, OEE and others. Responsible for discrete categories of OEE including tracking downtime results, improving data integrity and developing improvement plans based on the data. Supports safety as a top priority – in training, job design, ergonomics, and regulatory compliance. Ensures product quality. Establishes and manages systems for “right first time” performance and incorporates this philosophy in the continuous improvement teams. Focused on plant wide issues to continually improve product throughput. Develop a “standard” for each step in the process on the production floor. Look at ways to help improve production be it through new equipment, more training, better maintenance on existing equipment etc. Develop and maintain an internal corrective action program to help narrow gaps that may occur in the production process. Support on the production floor when needed. Work with management and employees to develop and maintain procedures that will improve product through put. Work with all employees in all departments developing ways to eliminate potential errors in the production process. Other duties may be assigned.
Position Requirements:
High School Diploma or G.E.D at a minimum with additional education preferred. 2-3 years’ experience in a high-speed production environment preferred. Prior lead/management experience preferred. Ability to lift to 50 pounds occasionally.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to work in wet, humid, or outdoor conditions. The employee is also exposed to varying temperatures extremes including heat and cold as the weather varies. The employee is occasionally exposed to work on elevated platforms, with fumes or airborne particles, or with toxic or caustic chemicals. This employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
