Continuous Improvement Supervisor - Decatur, IL

Decatur

IL - Illinois

Operations:
Manufacturing, Production, Maintenance, Utilities

Continuous Improvement Supervisor – Corn Plant – Decatur, IL

This is a full‑time, exempt level position.

The Continuous Improvement Supervisor is responsible for driving and improving training execution, understanding department losses, developing and executing actions related to losses, and driving process improvement projects within the Alcohol Department.

• Training Progress & Accountability
• Ensure that trainees are staying on track through their training timeline by auditing their progress and checking in with them frequently
• Developing new training materials or updating existing training materials based on training and knowledge gaps
• Conduct 1:1 coaching sessions with trainees focused on topics missed during qualification steps
• Facilitate assessments and remediation plans for colleagues in training.
• Thoroughly execute qualification walk-throughs with each trainee prior to qualification.
• Send bi-weekly trainee progress reports with information including:
  Qualification timeline status, test status and performance, element tree progress, required sign-off completion, and identification of trainees who are on track, behind, or requiring additional support.
• Communicate clearly with leaders, trainers, operators, and stakeholders regarding training status, risks, gaps, and action plans
• Deliver learning content for classroom and field training as well as develop others to do the same.

• Review department health and previous-day losses daily.
• Update, analyze, and understand departmental losses using 0-loss, OEE and TEEP fundamentals
• Develop and present OEE/TEEP analyses for daily and monthly departmental review and response
• Assist the department with Alcohol Deployment Plan monthly by engaging with deployment owners to understand current status, identifying deployments that are on track, ahead, or behind schedule, confirming upcoming priorities, and capturing new deployment work not yet reflected in the plan.
• Lead various continuous improvement projects throughout the department
• Assist the department in Structured Management System ownership through KPI tracking and updating, Standard of Work rollouts and auditing, and driving departmental review and response

• Understand their role in food safety and quality systems, is actively engaged in plant and food safety efforts, and ensures conformance to good manufacturing practices
• Understand their role in process and operations safety, is actively engaged in the plant’s safety culture and improvements, and thoroughly understands Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements
• Supports the department as a backup operations champion
• Fill in as needed for department on-call and/or coverage on nights/weekends/holidays
• Assist with developing coverage schedule for hourly colleagues

• Three or more years of experience in an ADM operating facility preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work across functions
• Strong root cause analysis experience
• Experience with Value Stream Mapping and working to find efficiencies in process.
• Strong Performance Excellence background and experience
• Strong TPS and PSM background
• Demonstrated strength with trouble‑shooting activities Strong Microsoft office skills such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio and Pi Vision

• Minimum of a high school diploma/GED

• Able to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as hot and cold temperatures and a dusty environment & various chemical…