Regional Continuous Improvement Manager
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ValmontManufacturing operations
This role is a remote position with extensive travel supporting multiple southern locations. When not traveling, the individual must be located near one of the supported sites, with preferred availability in the Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA areas.Full-TimeManager
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Job Details
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, associate degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in operations, manufacturing, or continuous improvement.
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMicrosoft Office
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or an associate degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in operations, manufacturing, or continuous improvement.
- Have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Visio, and CI project management tools.
- Demonstrate expertise in multiple CI methodologies, such as Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, Theory of Constraints, or Business Process Improvement.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead a value stream mapping workshop and facilitate data-based improvement actions to ensure flow.
- Have a proven track record leading cross-functional improvement projects and delivering measurable business results.
- Have a solid understanding of production processes, cost drivers, and operational metrics.
- Bring effective facilitation skills and the ability to engage employees at all levels.
- Demonstrate leadership, problem-solving, and strategic planning abilities.
- Be able to travel domestically between 50–75%.
- Professional certification in one or more CI methodologies, such as Toyota Production Systems, Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt, or TPM, is preferred.
- Experience in strategy deployment, enterprise-level CI programs, and culture-change leadership is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and coach continuous improvement events across teams, support groups, and management.
- Lead cross-functional teams in developing and improving business processes, requirements, change management, and performance metrics.
- Diagnose workflow impediments and apply appropriate continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste and reduce variation.
- Guide site leaders, managers, and CI practitioners in applying continuous improvement principles and leadership behaviors.
- Define and facilitate improvement activities using the PDCA cycle and other CI frameworks aligned with site roadmaps.
- Establish, track, and communicate CI-related metrics and reporting for stakeholders.
- Facilitate TPM workshops, Standard Work design sessions, SMED projects, root cause analyses, and value stream transformations.
- Partner with the Director of Operations to develop the Regional Continuous Improvement Roadmap.
- Train and coach site staff and support the development of continuous improvement capabilities.
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