Bloom Partners has been engaged by a fast-growing Commercial Landscape company in the Palm Springs, CA area to recruit and hire an experienced Continuous Improvement Specialist - Landscape Maintenance to join their team.

The Continuous Improvement Specialist is a fast-paced job that offers a variety of activities including identifying, supporting, and executing continuous improvement efforts for Landscape Maintenance Operations. This is a job that keeps you outside and, on the go, and gives you a high degree of control within your team. The Continuous Improvement Specialist achieves success by using Lean Six Sigma principles to drive continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence. This position reports directly to the Operations Manager. The company culture is to be an innovative team that delivers exceptional customer service by investing in its people. The company’s key values are integrity, dependability, innovation, growth, and people first. If you are strongly attracted to these values, you will be a great fit.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS include:

• Base $80k - $90k+ a year

• Yearly bonus up to 10% of base salary

• PTO

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision available

• 401k with a match

• Company Vehicle

• Laptop and Cell Phone

RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:

• Report to the Operations Manager

• Coordinate & lead continuous improvement tools to find cost reduction and continuous improvement efforts across the branches to improve Landscape Operations and remove touchpoints

• Assist employees in lean six sigma and improvement processes

• Identify measures of success and business impact and communicate progress to leadership

• Collaborate with partners to analyze continuous improvement needs and implement solutions

• Be a subject matter expert on continuous improvement tools and processes, responsible for pillar team development and site-wide training where applicable.

• Use continuous improvement tools, including root cause analysis, process mapping, and statistical process control to eliminate losses.

• Present information in one-on-one and group settings

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2-3 years of Landscape experience with a passion for efficiency and improvement

• Prefer Bachelors' Degree in engineering, ergonomics, business, or relevant field from accredited college

• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

• Ability to recognize problem situations, investigate and take appropriate steps to resolve

• Green Belt Certification preferred

• 1 year of landscape construction experience preferred

• Comfortable working in extreme heat.