Continuous Improvement Supervisor

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, facilitate, and execute kaizen/rapid improvement events
• Develop training materials and processes in support of the organization’s lean transformation and creation of the Trojan Business System
• Train, teach, coach and develop associates to be leaders of continuous improvement activities throughout the organization as part of the implementation of the Trojan Business System
• Educate and position identified stakeholders to independently drive continuous process improvement within their departments with a set of proven tactics and techniques
• Supports key process owners and stakeholders to identify and prioritize improvement efforts
• Serves as a key change agent to effectively drive sustainable process improvement efforts across the organization
• Manage the project pipeline for assigned part of the business
• Create and maintain standard work procedures for key business processes
• Provide periodic status reports, issue lists, budget reports, and project plans
• Implements and supervise appropriate escalation protocols associated with tasks and projects
• Develops and delivers presentations for multiple organizational levels
• Acts as a Project Manager to execute process improvement initiatives, typically for projects yielding very large savings for the organization
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting deliverables and deadlines in a fast-paced environment, managing to a project plan, project charter, issues list and budget
• Utilizes root cause problem solving tools (including A3 process) in day-to-day decision making
• Perform workflow, cycle time, and throughput-analysis
• Optimizes workload and schedule
• Performs other duties as required

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Management, Operations Research, Information Technology, or another related field

• 5+ years of work experience in engineering, project management, consulting, or other related area
• Formal education in Lean/Six Sigma principles or other formal process improvement training preferred
• Experience in leading complex cross-functional, cross-business unit process improvement and management efforts
• Excellent leading skills to lead, mentor, and coach a group of specialists and trainers to success
• Ability to work collaboratively, both with and through individuals
• Ability to coach, mentor and teach staff and leaders to better integrate systems thinking into organizational practice
• Demonstrated expertise in change management, facilitation and project management methods
• Ability to design and implement business process reviews, performance scorecards and process governance teams
• Ability to integrate industry best practices and benchmarks into current operations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations for multiple organizational levels
• Experienced with in-depth financial analysis preferred

Salary Range: $70,000k - $72,500k

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location

if you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!