Direct Hire - Continuous Improvement Specialist - Entry Level
Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of, understanding of and compliance to all QOD’s that are associated with your job description.
- Actively participate in Lean, Quality, Product Safety, SQF (Safe Quality Foods), and Workplace Safety Programs.
- Utilization of CI/Lean tools, processes, and systems.
- Guide Kaizen events, follow up on action items, analyze outcomes and re-evaluate outcomes through hands-on participation.
- Analyze reporting and communication of departmental key metrics related to continuous improvements, safety, and environmental.
- Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by utilizing Lean Principles to analyze systems and create action plans to improve them.
- Understand and apply financial drivers and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
- Guide team to develop and maintain engineering competencies at the sites by coaching and mentoring to build capabilities.
- Work with a wide variety of corporate leadership, department management, site associates, and outside vendors and contractors to drive improvement in Safety, Quality, production efficiency, costs and loss reduction.
- Provide overall support, assistance, direction, and communication to management teams regarding CI initiatives.
- Sharing best practices to drive results and capability to development consistency.
- Perform relevant duties as assigned by Director of Quality and Operational Excellence.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Packaging Science or Engineering.
- Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred.
- 0-3 years of manufacturing experience with continuous experience is not required as this is an entry level role.
- Experience leading technical resources to successfully maintain production line equipment to achieve high levels of productivity.
- Analytical, problem solving, technical troubleshooting skills, self-starter, communication, leadership skills.