Continuous Improvement Specialist II

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We’re a family‑owned company under our fourth generation of leadership. We have built our business on trust, integrity, and a desire to help customers and employees succeed. Lift One invests in people, facilities and innovative technology, playing an essential role in supporting our country’s supply chain and enabling critical goods to be delivered to homes and businesses. We’re a privately held company, and we pair our scale with a strong foundation in our culture and values.

This combination gives us a competitive advantage in the market and helps make us a trailblazing organization built to last.

We’re looking for hard‑working, team‑oriented professionals who enjoy new challenges every day. Our employees are key to our success, and we’re committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential. We offer great benefits, competitive salaries and opportunities for advancement to all employees.

The Continuous Improvement Specialist provides continuous improvement and LEAN expertise to the entire Lift One business, and directly supports the execution of the Service Process Optimization by acting as an analyst, facilitator, consultant, trainer and/or project manager as assigned. This role is integral to the cultural transformation in Lift One by which continuous improvement will be embedded in all regions and functions.

• Play a key role in the development of a Continuous Improvement culture by which all efforts drive an improved customer experience
• Influence and guide leaders with respect to LEAN methodologies, and look for opportunities to develop continuous improvement proficiency in those leaders
• Facilitate and/or lead rapid improvement workshops, kaizens and other LEAN events to support execution of the Continuous Improvement projects
• Research and identify relevant benchmarks to be used in establishing standard work and standard operating procedures
• Assist in project management of Service Process Optimization and other continuous improvement projects
• Act as a 5S expert by performing ad‑hoc audits in the branches and training new employees on the methodology
• Provide necessary training for employees to support continuous improvement ideas that will be generated by all levels within the organization
• Analyze data and use value stream mapping to transform as‑is processes and procedures
• Deploy change management methodologies to implement operational changes across the enterprise
• Other duties as assigned

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or Technology
• 1‑3 years of experience in practicing LEAN methodologies (i.e. DMAIC, Kanban, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Flow/Cell Design, Toyota Production System (TPS)) in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• 3‑5 years of experience working in a leadership role
• 1‑3 years of Project Management experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment
• LEAN/Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
• Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills with technical and non‑technical content
• Experience with heavy machinery/equipment within a service‑focused operation, preferred
• 5+ years of experience in teaching and implementing CI/Lean methodologies, preferred
• PMP Certified, preferred
• 50% to Lift One branches throughout Southeast

Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

PMP Certification, preferred

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to…