Continuous Improvement Manager

Title - Corporate Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt

Location – Fort Mill, SC //Burlington, WA

Duration: Full Time Role

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in company’s Long-Term and Mid-Term Strategy Deployment process.
• Facilitate and support Annual Hoshin Planning processes at site and functional level.
• Facilitate annual Value Stream Mapping and Value Chain Mapping events to support Annual Hoshin and Budgeting processes.
• Identify teams, project opportunities, actions, required training, and deployment methodologies resulting from Annual Hoshin Planning, Value Stream Mapping and Value Chain Mapping events.
• Work with Operations, Product Engineering & Development, Supply Chain, Sales and all other business functions to align, select, prioritize and plan Lean & Six Sigma project and kaizen targets, timing and training needs identified in Annual Hoshin Planning process.
• Develop, coordinate and manage Lean & Six Sigma training plan to support annual project and kaizen targets.
• Assist sites and functional teams in integrating resulting initiatives and project decks to build the Annual Budget Plan.
• Lead Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt high-impact projects (~ $500K /project) identified during the Annual Hoshin Planning process.
• Facilitate deployment of Production System (SPS).
• Drive SPS KPIs and goals across the enterprise.
• Lead other Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt projects assigned by the Corporate Director of Continuous Improvement and Quality.
• Travel to location and support other Corporate Lean & Six Sigma Black Belts and their projects as required.
• Attend Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt training course; attain company’s Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt certification within established timelines.
• Develop and/or assist in the development and improvement of White Belt, Yellow Belt, Orange Belt and Green Belt training material.
• Conduct Lean & Six Sigma training courses for White Belts, Yellow Belts, Orange Belts and Green Belts.
• Assist in the development and improvement of Blue Belt, Brown Belt and Black Belt training material.
• Establish and deploy Lean & Six Sigma Program maturity growth Road Map.
• Drive and deploy the Lean & Six Sigma program through x-functional and x-site collaboration effort.
• Benchmark Best-In-Class metrics and performance on Lean & Six Sigma within our industry and outside our industry.
• Define Lean & Six Sigma Program KPIs, goals and metrics.
• Implement and manage the Belt Program.
• Coach and support implementation of the SPS.
• Drive Belt Certification goals and performance across the enterprise.
• Coach other belts in applying correct methodologies, closing projects on time and successfully achieving certification.
• Manage Lean & Six Sigma project decks and funnels to ensure company’s Lean & Six Sigma operational and financial goals are met.
• Assist site management and personnel with analysis and improvement of asset utilization, line flow constraint analysis and improvement.
• Assist site management and personnel with RCA (Root-Cause Analysis) and implementation of CA (Corrective Action) of PK, A3 and Apollo processes.
• Conduct benchmarking and analysis on Lean & Six Sigma practices; identify and implement process improvement opportunities.
• Support Supplier Quality and Customer Quality Program Managers with RCA (Root-Cause Analysis) and implementation of CA (Corrective Action) of PK, A3 and Apollo processes.
• Support site management and personnel in improving utilization of MES and other automated data collection and analysis systems.
• Support Safety, Product Engineering, Operations and Sales teams to ensure the highest level of safety in our products and processes.
• Support Product Design and Manufacturing Engineers in driving innovation, improving existing designs and reducing defects.
• Work with IT to develop information systems and automated, intelligent dashboards for the Lean & Six Sigma Program:
• Project & Program Financial Benefits review, approval and tracking
• Project Status tracking
• Project Methodology workflow and tracking
• Employee Certification workflow and tracking
• Minitab License management
• Establish operating mechanisms for reviewing, reporting and communicating Lean & Six Sigma program performance and maturity progress at multiple levels in the organization.
• Manage budget targets and financial reporting on Lean & Six Sigma projects and Kaizen.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement and Quality Summits, Share and Learn, and Benchmarking events.
• Other functions as deemed relevant and/or assigned

Core Competencies:

• Hoshin or other Strategy Deployment methodology.
• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving skills.
• PDCA, A3, Six Sigma DMAIC methodologies.