Supervisor, Continuous Improvement

Position:Supervisor, Continuous Improvement

Location:

Columbus, OH

Job Id:4262

# of Openings:1

Supervisor, Continuous improvement

Remote (travel required)/Columbus, Ohio

Status:

Full Time

Job Category:

Operations: Continuous Improvement

Relevant Work Experience:

5-10 years

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UMMARY

The

Continuous Improvement Supervisor

is an ultimate team player, dedicated to creating value at every opportunity. This individual is resilient, adaptable, and committed to pushing the organization forward in its mission to provide customers with unparalleled service through operational excellence

This position plays a critical role in driving operational excellence and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. Additionally, this role is focused on elevating efficiency, productivity, and quality by leading and supporting initiatives that directly impact key business areas, including safety, customer value, quality, productivity, cycle time, growth, margin expansion, delivery, and inventory management.

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CCOUNTABILITIES

This position will provide leadership and oversight of the Continuous Improvement team to accomplish the following essential functions:

Push innovative boundaries to enhance the customer experience, fostering a service model that is grounded in operational simplicity and efficiency.Lead and support multiple improvement projects from concept through execution, ensuring projects are on time, within scope, and aligned with the company's goals for quality and productivity.Drive progress, eliminate waste and focus on short & long term strategies.Support the OTC teams in implementing lean transformation and daily management across the organization in a standardized way.Actively identify, design, and implement process improvements that reduce waste, streamline workflows, and elevate operational performance.Works with senior leadership to set strategic initiatives to drive growth, performance, profitability, strategy, staff development, and opportunity development.Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of continuous improvement efforts. This includes setting targets and continuously reviewing metrics to ensure initiatives are driving positive, measurable impact.Ensure OTC's Operations Methodology is applied in a way that supports business performance and true alignment of business goals and objectives across all segments.Participates in Gemba walksProvides necessary training specific to Lean Transformation tools and methodology.Execute key activities as part of Lean Transformation and daily managementSupport the launch of all activities needed to incorporate Lean Transformation and daily management into the OTC culture, including:Assisting in identifying on-going training needsSupporting communication of the direction of Lean Transformation and daily management initiatives to employeesUtilizing a change management model to drive the lean culture transformation for the segmentsEnsure high levels of engagement for Rapid Improvement EventsDrive OpEx culture change through coaching of employees and leaders to drive lean behaviors, and follow the principles and practices of OTCTrack all changes/improvements made to provide Segment Leadership/Management assurance that changes are effective and lasting.Up to 75% travel required.

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EXPERIENCE

5 - 10 years of related experience in the manufacturing or distribution industry.3 + years of leadership experience capable of driving organizational changeExperience with cost out methodologies and targets.Experience in continuous improvement (e.g. Lean, 5S, Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.)Strong knowledge in computers (MS Office).Technical skills, manufacturing processes, distribution process and / or materials knowledge.APICS CPIM Certification or equivalent experience preferred.Coach high-level leaders throughout the segment, including sales, CX, engineering, product management and operations, and ensure transformation priorities are aligned to the top overall business needs and Operational Excellence thinking is utilized in solution approaches.Coach all processes through lean execution and behavior changes. Develop a highly effective Daily Management process. Provide coaching on basic lean fundamentals of one-piece flow, on demand, zero defects and standardized work. Deployed techniques such as basic problem solving, Kaizen and A3 thinking and tools including Kanban, Value stream mapping, visual management, pull, TPM, SMED and 5S.Coached and developed the full time OpEx change leaders and grew their OpEx knowledge and execution capabilities. Mentored the team to be true agents of change. Improved their change management capabilities (tools and behaviors) and ensured rigor around conducting rapid improvement events.Demonstrated Financial acumen that provides cost estimates and capital expenditure justification as necessary, and accurately projected and tracked savings.Ensured compliance with standard processes and tools, supported the segment team to develop and follow their personal standard work (leaders and associates) that yielded a culture of system, process, and behavior discipline that provided results using lean principles.

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