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CareersInFood.com · 19 hours ago

Continuous Improvement Lead

Savage, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $115K/yr

3+ years exp

Kettle Cuisine is dedicated to creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food, and they are seeking a Continuous Improvement Lead to enhance processes and people at their Savage facility. This role involves identifying improvement opportunities, leading cross-functional teams, and developing operations KPIs to drive action and efficiency.

Human ResourcesManufacturing

Hiring Manager

Andi Thornbury

Responsibilities

Follow and enforce safe working practices at all times

Identify, present, resource and execute projects that fall into one or many of the following categories:

Cost reduction (Material yield, labor effectiveness, and other cost reduction)

Capacity generation

Efficiency and asset utilization maximization

Safety and Quality Improvement

Track capabilities of the facility, monitor utilization of assets, present solutions for increasing total output

Assist with CapEx Projects by identifying opportunities requiring investment with a strategic or financial impact and assist with ROI calculation

Drive yield improvement. Identify areas of waste generation: propose and implement solutions to reduce the 8-wastes (defects, excess processing, overproduction, waiting, inventory, transportation, motion, non-utilized talent)

Implement Lean, Six-Sigma, and TPM methodologies to achieve business objectives

Interact at all levels of the business to cultivate and nurture a culture of Continuous Improvement

Work with plant teams to develop and ensure adherence to standard practices

Lead and facilitate Kaizen events: formulate and implement improvement plans extracted from key learnings

Become familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of Savage facility, drive operational synergies

Drive improvement to Operations KPI’s

Execute ad hoc projects as assigned

Qualification

Lean manufacturing principlesSix Sigma toolsStatistical AnalysisMS Office SuiteProject ManagementTraining developmentFacilitation skillsCross-functional team leadershipPositive attitudeSelf-starter

Required

Minimum education required: B.S. degree in Organizational Development, Process Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

3-5 years of direct experience successfully leading and implementing process improvement initiatives utilizing Lean manufacturing principles

Experience with Six Sigma tools

Experience with Visual factory/5S programs

Experience driving operational excellence and improving processes

Solid facilitation skills, with experience in training development and deployment

Ability to recruit, lead and work with resources from cross-functional teams to meet objectives

Must be proficient with MS Office Suite. Experience with ERP systems a plus

Self-starter able to conceptualize and drive initiative forward

Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team

Willing to address difficult situations head on with patience and respect